Editorial Analysis

Recently, India hosted the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) in Delhi, with Prime Minister of India as the Chief Guest and Union Agriculture Minister as the Guest of Honour, marking a momentous occasion as it was held in India after a gap of 65 years.

The government has announced its intent to review the Income Tax Act (1961) aiming to fundamentally resolve the contentious sections of the Act be carefully redrafted, tax structure simplified.

The water crisis has affected more than 7,000 villages, 1,100 wards, and 220 talukas thus far in Karnataka. 

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the right of states to sub-classify SCs and STs for the purpose of providing reservation benefits. It recognises that these communities are not monolithic; rather, they exhibit varying degrees of social backwardness.

The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) recently began..

Recently, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a split verdict on the question of allowing Genetically Modified (GM) mustard in farmer fields.

Recently, Wayanad of Kerala faced a devastating landslide that claimed over 250 lives. Factors such as Kerala’s fragile ecosystem, extreme rainfall, and increasing population contributed to this disaster. The loss of lives and livelihoods underscores the urgency of understanding and mitigating landslide risks.

Recent tragic accident at an IAS coaching centre in New Delhi, where flooding led to three IAS aspirants dying, was a largely man-made, hence avoidable, disaster. Such incidents are an increasing feature of localised urban flooding in which human failures play a major role.

There is growing demand for a caste-based census to be conducted by the Centre to precisely understand the economic well-being of the marginalised communities.

Recent Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog that was skipped by the representatives..