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Way out lies within

Context Domestic demand must play a greater role in India’s growth story. Recovery in the Indian economy Sub-5 per cent growth rate: India’s fourth-quarter GDP growth (the calendar year 2019) printed another sub-5 per cent growth rate. Favourable base effect: It would have been lower had it not been for the large downward revisions to… Continue reading Way out lies within

Teaching the teacher

Context Our teacher education system must be aligned with global standards. Learning crisis and teacher vacancies in India Teacher education as a status check on schooling education: Comparable to the role of a thermometer in diagnosing fever, an assessment of the quality of teacher education can be a status check on the schooling system. Teachers… Continue reading Teaching the teacher

The growth challenge

Context The focus in the near future should to increase investments and facilitate credit for funding these productive assets so that India’s potential output growth can steadily rise. Growth prospects of India The NSO forecast at 5%: The latest data from the National Statistical Office (NSO) retained India’s economic growth forecast at 5 per cent… Continue reading The growth challenge

Explained: Why UN Human Rights Commission intends to intervene in a SC case against CAA?

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights “intends to file” an Intervention Application in the Supreme Court of India seeking to intervene in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1474 of 2019 and praying that it be allowed to make submissions. On what grounds is a UN body seeking to intervene in a case regarding a domestic… Continue reading Explained: Why UN Human Rights Commission intends to intervene in a SC case against CAA?

[pib] Biomethanation Process

    In an all India coordinated project, efforts are on to produce bio-gas for kitchen use and quality manure for fields using bio-methanation of rice straw by anaerobic digestion method. Six domestic level paddy straw-based bio-gas plants have been installed in Punjab for field trials and further study is in progress. What is Biomethanation?… Continue reading [pib] Biomethanation Process

[pib] Amendment to the Export Policy of APIs and formulations made from these APIs

The Government has made amendments in the export policy and restricted export of specified APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) and formulations made from these APIs. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) All drugs are made up of two core components: the API, which is the central ingredient, and the excipients, the substances other than the drug that helps… Continue reading [pib] Amendment to the Export Policy of APIs and formulations made from these APIs

Students Suicides in India

    Between 2016 and 2018, nearly 10,000 students committed suicide every year in India, data tabled by the Human Resource Development Ministry in Parliament show. About the Report HRD Ministry sourced its data from ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’. The report is based on data provided by the states and UTs. Highlights of… Continue reading Students Suicides in India

Species in news: Swamp Wallaby

  Researchers reported that the swamp wallaby, a marsupial related to the kangaroo, is pregnant throughout its adult life. It typically conceives a new embryo days before delivering the newborn from its previous pregnancy. Swamp wallaby IUCN Status: Least Concerned The swamp wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. It is likely the… Continue reading Species in news: Swamp Wallaby

Pushing the wrong energy buttons

Context For more than a decade, no major meeting between an Indian Prime Minister and a U.S. President has passed without a ritual reference to India’s promise made in 2008 to purchase American nuclear reactors. Issues in the nuclear deal Construction of reactors: During president Trumps visit techno-commercial offer for the construction of six nuclear… Continue reading Pushing the wrong energy buttons

Hazards of using fertilizers in Punjab

  Studies have pegged consumption of phosphatic fertilizers in Punjab at ten times higher than the national average. Thence media has consistently reported on cancer deaths in the Malwa region of Punjab. What are phosphatic fertilizers? Phosphatic fertilizers are chemical substances that contain the nutrient phosphorus in an absorbable form (Phosphate anions) or that yield… Continue reading Hazards of using fertilizers in Punjab

[pib] Star Labelling Programme

  The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has included Deep Freezer and Light Commercial Air Conditioners (LCAC) under its Star Rating Programme on a voluntary basis. What is the news? The program will be initially launched in voluntary mode from 2ndMarch, 2020 to 31st December, 2021. Thereafter, it will be made mandatory after reviewing the… Continue reading [pib] Star Labelling Programme

Whither tribunal independence?

Context The reframed Tribunal rules are in contempt of several Constitution Bench decisions of the Supreme Court. What the SC said in Rojer Mathew case Rules being unconstitutional: In November 2019, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in Rojer Mathew, declared the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualification, Experience and other Conditions of Service… Continue reading Whither tribunal independence?

Tracking the big three

Context The article focuses on the top three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, namely poverty elimination, zero hunger, and good health and well-being by 2030. India’s record on extreme poverty, hunger and health Decline in extreme poverty: The World Bank’s estimates of extreme poverty- measured as $1.9/per capita/per day at purchasing power… Continue reading Tracking the big three

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