About Payment banks Payment banks are the new age banks with limited facilities. These banks mostly operate through the small vendors and shopkeepers. It exists in between the mobile wallet and regular banks. A payment bank provides following services to …
About UNCLOS The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international treaty which was adopted and signed in 1982. The Convention was formed to ensure freedom …
Background The unorganized food processing sector in the country comprises nearly 25 lakh food processing enterprises which are unorganized and unregistered. With only 7% of investment in plant & machinery and 3% of outstanding credit, the unorganized enterprises contribute to …
NEWS The amendment to the abortion laws retains the notion that the state must intervene in what is a woman’s absolute right. CONTEXT Recent amendment by central government done to the abortion laws not only retains the traditional notion that …
BACKGROUND Justice delayed is justice denied. Also, access to justice for the poor is a constitutional mandate to ensure fair treatment under our legal system. Hence, Lok Adalats were established to make justice accessible and affordable to all. It was …
NEWS Along with comparable levels of commitments there need to be equally comparable metrics for well-being. CONTEXT Global transformation is affecting the planet. But there is no uniform transformation across the world. Global temperature increased sharply only after 1981 with …
Why in the News? Recently, the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate visited India to rekindle the climate change partnership between the two countries. In its bid to reclaim global climate leadership, the US is widely expected to commit itself …
Tropical Marine Zones Tropical oceans encircle Earth in an equatorial band between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude). The warm tropical oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth’s climate and …
CONTEXT Cyberattacks point to the need to rethink what constitutes a force and what a justified response can be. BACKGROUND A report in The New York Times on the October 2020 breakdown of the Mumbai power distribution system points a …
NEWS Along with comparable levels of commitments there need to be equally comparable metrics for well-being. CONTEXT Global transformation is affecting the planet. But there is no uniform transformation across the world. Global temperature increased sharply only after 1981 with …