30th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content A Budget blueprint for difficult times Casting the net in a sea of conflict Editorial: A Budget blueprint for difficult times Context: As the country prepares to enter a new financial year after an ominous and gloomy 2020-21, there are great expectations about green shoots and the shape of the economic recovery. Relevance: GS […]
29th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content Fiscal policy will likely play a bigger role in shaping the growth recovery in 2021 Remembering the Holocaust Editorial: Fiscal policy will likely play a bigger role in shaping the growth recovery in 2021 Context: As fiscal spending falls gently in the rest of the world, we expect it to remain unchanged and at […]
28th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content Troubling trends Emphasizing self-reliance in science Editorial: Troubling trends Context: The world economy is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that is only partial solace. The recovery is uneven among countries, and within countries, but the emerging universal truth is that economic inequality is rising sharply in all countries. […]
27th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content Many vulnerabilities Pursuing national interests, at the UN high table Editorial: Many vulnerabilities Context: The robustness of blockchains in electronic voting is, as yet, suspect. Relevance: GS Paper 3: S&T developments and everyday applications & effects; Awareness in fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nanotech, Biotech, IPR issues Mains Questions: What is blockchains technology? […]
26th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content Can the Biden-Harris team save the planet? Widening gulf Editorial: Can the Biden-Harris team save the planet? Context: After four years of egregious anti-environmental policies during the Trump years, climate change activists and the general public can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Biden-Harris team has taken office in the White House. […]
25th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content In agri-credit, small farmers are still outside the fence The shipping sector is at sea Editorial: In agri-credit, small farmers are still outside the fence Context: Agricultural credit has become less efficient in delivering agricultural growth. Otherwise, why should over 85% of farmers’ income remain stagnant over the years? Any other sector which has […]
23rd January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content: A new framework around caste and the census Imbalances in India’s cereal economy need more than a short-term fix Editorial: A new framework around caste and the census Context: Enumerating, describing and understanding the population of a society and what people have access to, and what they are excluded from, is important not only […]
22th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content: Getting it wrong on India’s level of agricultural support Privacy and surveillance Editorial: Getting it wrong on India’s level of agricultural support Context: The OECD has estimated that Indian farmers received negative support to the extent of minus ₹2.36-lakh crore and minus ₹1.62-lakh crore in 2010 and 2019, respectively. Relevance: GS Paper 3: Farm […]
21th January 2021 – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Content: Removing the creases in housework valuation True empowerment of the electricity consumer Editorial: Removing the creases in housework valuation Context: As in the 2011 Census, while 159.85 million women stated household work as their main occupation, a mere 5.79 men referred to it as their main occupation. Relevance: GS Paper 1: Role of women […]
20TH JANUARY 2021 – EDITORIALS/OPINIONS ANALYSES
Content: Editorial: In bad faith: On the ongoing farmers agitation The threat of deepfakes Editorial: In bad faith: On the ongoing farmers agitation Context: The NIA’s decision to summon people associated with the ongoing farmers agitation as ‘witnesses’ in a sedition case is definitely out of the ordinary, even if not entirely surprising. Relevance: GS Paper 2: Fundamental […]