Editorial Analysis

Context As the importance of social security came into focus after the major waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the debate on universal basic income (UBI) began to resurface in policy circles across the globe. However, there is another UBI that needs to be examined in the Indian context, i.e., Universal Basic ‘Insurance’. Need of Social […]

In News  Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 5G deployment in India will commence sooner than expected.  The implications of the 5G roll-out could be significant, particularly for law enforcement in India.   About 5G Technology It is the latest upgrade in the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband networks with reduced latency than 4G. […]

In News  Recently ,Chief Ministers expressed their concern about dwindling State revenues in a NITI Aayog meeting and the States  sought a higher share in the divisible pool of taxes and an extension of GST compensation. About Fiscal Federalism:  It deals with the division of financial powers as well as the functions between multiple levels […]

In News  As India celebrates 75 years of Independence and enters the Amrit Kaal toward 2047, it is time to salute Indian farmers and scientists who transformed the country’s food situation from “ship to mouth” in the mid-1960s to emerging as one of the largest food grain exporters in the world. Agriculture at the time […]

In News  One of the most significant economic fallout of the pandemic has been the declining labour market conditions.  And in this background Labour Codes were reformed in 2019-20. Past Labour Reforms  The government has worked to create employment opportunities in the formal and the informal sectors.Schemes such as MUDRA Yojana, Svanidhi Yojana, Garib Kalyan […]

In News  The global politics of data is rapidly evolving as leading and emerging digital economies like the European Union (EU), the U.S,India, Indonesia, and South Africa strive to protect, monetise, and leverage data collected within their territories for domestic purposes.  Data localisation It means restricting the flow of data from one country to another. […]

In News In August 2022, Finnish Meteorological Institute researchers published their study concluding that the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet.  The warming is more concentrated in the Eurasian part of the Arctic, where the Barents Sea north of Russia and Norway is warming at an alarming rate — […]

Context  As India is celebrating 75 years of Independence, the police continue to be in the public gaze, most often for antagonistic reasons.  Constitutional provisions: Police is an exclusive subject under the State List (List II, Schedule 7 of the Constitution). However, the centre is also allowed to maintain its own police forces to assist […]

In News While India celebrates its 75th year of Independence, it also celebrates 60 years of diplomatic relations with the European Union (EU).  India-EU relations  Background  India-EU relations date to the early 1960s, with India being amongst the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the European Economic Community.  A cooperation agreement signed in 1994 […]

In News  Recently ,It has been observed that  the quality of employment in India is poor.  About  India’s gravest socio-economic problem is the difficulty a vast majority of citizens have in earning good livelihoods. Their problem is not just employment. It is the poor quality of employment — insufficient and uncertain incomes, and poor working […]