DOUBLING DOWN ON A RESILIENT INDIA
Context: Google, Facebook, Walmart, Samsung, Foxconn, and Silver Lake have been just a handful of the firms that made big ticket bets on India in 2020. Due to this, even though India experienced one of the world’s sharpest economic contractions, it also saw the fastest growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows among all the […]
WATER, THE LOOMING FRONTIER
Context: NITI Ayog and WaterAid, amongst others, have found that over 70% of India’s surface and groundwater is contaminated by human and other waste and is likely to carry viruses. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Water Resources and their Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation) Mains Questions: How has the water crisis in India worsened due […]
25th March 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Doubling down on a resilient India Water, the looming frontier DOUBLING DOWN ON A RESILIENT INDIA Context: Google, Facebook, Walmart, Samsung, Foxconn, and Silver Lake have been just a handful of the firms that made big ticket bets on India in 2020. Due to this, even though India experienced one of the world’s sharpest […]
CREDIBILITY OF THE 2020 OXFAM INEQUALITY INDEX
Context: Indian Labour and Employment Minister accused that the 2020 Oxfam inequality index lacked clarity and did not take into account provisions of the four new labour codes. In response the non-profit group Oxfam India said that the methodology adopted in the index is in the public domain as is the basis of India’s scoring. […]
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ALLIED & HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS BILL
Context: The Lok Sabha cleared the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professionals Bill, 2021, after the Rajya Sabha had passed it earlier. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Health related issues, Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: Who are Allied and Healthcare Professionals? National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professionals Bill, 2021 The Statutory […]
BANKRUPTCY COURTS AWAIT A FLOOD OF DEFAULT FILINGS
Context: In order to provide relief to Covid-19 pandemic-hit companies, the government temporarily suspended the initiation of corporate insolvency resolution processes in 2020. The government is expecting a flurry of default cases in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) now and preparing a framework so that the lender and the borrower could settle the matter […]
PARLIAMENTARY PANEL: DEFINE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE FOR E-COM
Context: A parliamentary panel, in its report on ‘The Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, has recommended that the government should offer a more clear-cut definition of what constitutes ‘unfair’ trade practice, along with practical legal remedy to tackle the issue. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Government Policies & I Interventions for better Transparency & Accountability […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 25 March 2021 | Legacy IAS Academy
Contents Credibility of the 2020 Oxfam inequality index National Commission for Allied & Healthcare Professionals Bill Bankruptcy courts await a flood of default filings Parliamentary panel: Define unfair trade practice for e-com CREDIBILITY OF THE 2020 OXFAM INEQUALITY INDEX Context: Indian Labour and Employment Minister accused that the 2020 Oxfam inequality index lacked clarity and […]
PIB 25th March 2021
APEDA Focus: GS III- Agriculture Why in news? APEDA organizes virtual buyer-seller-meet with Nepal for harnessing and strengthening agri-exports potential. Details: In a bid to strengthen the foot-print of India’s agricultural and processed food products export to Nepal, APEDA organized a virtual Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) in association with Indian Embassy, Kathmandu. The focus of […]