About WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. It …
About Lok Adalat Lok Adalat (people’s courts) is a body established by the government to settle disputes through conciliation and compromise. Lok Adalat is an alternative method of dispute resolution. It is a forum where disputes or cases pending in …
What’s in the news? World Bank has said that Indian economy is expected to grow at 8.3 percent in the current financial year. It has upgraded India’s GDP growth for the next fiscal to 8.7 percent, reflecting higher investment from …
An important report on “India and international law” by the parliamentary committee on external affairs discussed how Indian courts have dealt with international law. The committee observed that India follows the principle of “dualism”, that is, international law does not …
GS-4 Ethics is a high-scoring paper compared to the others if you master it well. For the Ethics paper, two kinds of questions are asked- Theoretical Questions and Case studies. Theoretical questions, as the name suggests, are based on the …
Why in News: The Ministry of External Affairs signed an agreement with Tata Consultancy Services Limited for the second phase of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP), one of the several Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) of the Government of India. The …
About PM GatiShakti Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the “PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan” for infrastructure development aimed at boosting multimodal connectivity and driving down logistics costs. About the project PM GatiShakti is a digital platform that …
Context China’s status as a ‘developing country’ at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become a contentious issue with a number of countries raising concerns over the upper middle-income nation deriving benefits reserved for developing countries under WTO norms. Moreover, …