CONTEXT Livestock breeding in India has been largely unorganised because of which there have been gaps in forward and backward integration across the value chain. Such a scenario impacts the quality of livestock that is produced and in turn negatively …
NEWS It is time to formulate a wage employment-based national urban livelihood scheme similar to MGNREGS. CONTEXT During the pandemic, people around the globe faced, again and again the difficult choice of saving lives versus protecting livelihoods. AS PER THE …
NEWS Going by past experiences and historic ruptures, there is hope for global trade recovery in the post-COVID-19 world. CONTEXT Last year, countries around the world responded to COVID-19 pandemic-induced shortages with protectionist reactions and nationalist aspirations. This resulted in …
NEWS India’s failure to honour adverse international judicial rulings hurts its image as an investment destination. CONTEXT Recently the Commerce Ministry reported that India attracted the highest ever FDI of $81.72 billion in 2020-21. However, several economists have argued that …
CONTEXT The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could be slowly receding as per official estimate. The economy is also very gradually getting back to normal, with many States beginning to ease some of the restrictions imposed in their lockdowns. …
What is Priority Sector Lending? Priority Sector means those sectors which the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India consider as important for the development of the basic needs of the country and are to be given priority over …
About the commission The Government constituted a Commission on 2nd October, 2017, headed by retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice G. Rohini, under Article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issues of the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes : …