TEST OF GREEN BUILDINGS LIE IN OPTIMISING RESOURCE AND ENERGY USE
‘Green’ and ‘Sustainable construction’ have evolved from a fringe movement to achieving mainstream status The ‘Green’ industry has turned the ideology from being ‘a way of life’ to a mere marketing tool There is no doubt that buildings contribute to over 40 per cent of all carbon emissions in the world and therefore, must be […]
THE HIGH COST OF RAISING TRADE WALLS
Finance Minister in her Budget speech said that, imports under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are on the rise. Undue claims of FTA benefits have posed threat to domestic industry. Such imports require stringent checks,” adding that the government will ensure that all FTAs “are aligned to the conscious direction of our policy”. The case of […]
AIMING A BILLION TRANSACTIONS A DAY: DAWN OF DIGITAL PAYMENT
Digital payment transactions on the Universal Payment Interface (UPI) platform rising from 0.1 million in October 2016 to 1.3 billion in January 2020 represents the magic of entrepreneurs, nonprofits and policymakers working together India was long a financially excluded nation — only 17 per cent of Indians had a bank account in 2011 The World […]
REDUCING CUSTODIAL DEATHS
Context and Details: The police play a major role in the administration of criminal justice. One of the reasons for custodial death is that the police feel that they have a power to manipulate evidence as the investigation is their prerogative and with such manipulated evidence, they can bury the truth Custodial deaths have been […]
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Contents NCMC reconvenes to oversee Preparedness for Amphan Star rating of Garbage Free Cities Lower rate of EPF subscription with EPFO notified Indian Railways Produces High Horse Power Locomotive NCMC RECONVENES TO OVERSEE PREPAREDNESS FOR AMPHAN Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Prelims Why in news? The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) held a meeting to review […]
LISTENING TO THE CALL OF THE INFORMAL
Context and Details: The key question here is: Who benefits from formalisation of informal firms? Formalisation does reduce the last-mile costs for banks. The state finds it easier to monitor and to tax the firms that adopt its version of formality. However, the process can also produce adverse outcomes for the informal sector firms themselves […]
FOR A DATA FIREWALL
Why in news? The report by a German cybersecurity firm that medical details of millions of Indian patients were leaked and are freely available on the Internet is worrying. The firm listed 1.02 million studies of Indian patients and 121 million medical images, including CT Scans, MRIs and even photos of the patients, as being available Such […]