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Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 31 May 2021

Contents Tarun Tejpal case judgment workplace safety of women Centre vs states: IAS officers put on central deputation Tarun Tejpal case judgment and workplace safety of women Context: The Goa Government has filed an appeal in the High Court against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge acquitting a former editor of a news magazine, […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 29 May 2021

Contents Tackling rural economic distress Weathering storms: On disaster response Tackling rural economic distress Context: Several States are under lockdown due the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and this will have severe implications for the livelihoods of those in the informal sector. There is adequate evidence that migrant workers and the rural poor have […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 28 May 2021

Contents Cultural Mapping Project proposed in 2015 Cultural Mapping Project proposed in 2015 Context: A cultural mapping project, National Mission on Cultural Mapping, proposed in 2015 is now all but dead. Relevance: GS-I: Art and Culture, GS-II: Polity and Governance (Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors, Issues arising out of their design […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 27 May 2021

Contents WhatsApp against traceability clause in IT Rules 2021 WhatsApp against traceability clause in IT Rules 2021 Context: WhatsApp’s lawsuit taking the Indian government to court over the traceability clause in the new IT Rules 2021 has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The new IT rules include a traceability clause that requires social […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 26 May 2021

Contents How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Deflating India’s COVID black market boom How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Context: In a move that is expected to help curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities will now be able to track real-time data of commercial vehicle (CV) movement on highways by […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 25 May 2021

Contents Expanding the scope of POCSO Expanding the scope of POCSO Context: Since 2012, India has sought to “protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography” through the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Recently, the Supreme Court had to injunct an interpretation of ‘skin-to-skin contact’ given by the Bombay […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 24 May 2021

Contents SC: On loans to corporate borrowers, Guarantor beware The many benefits of an eco-tax in India SC: On loans to corporate borrowers, Guarantor beware Context: Supreme Court has ruled that creditors can proceed against promoters of defaulting companies to recover debt if such promoters have given personal guarantees to secure funds. This comes six […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 22 May 2021

Contents Vaccine tourism: Going abroad for Covid-19 shots Vaccine tourism: Going abroad for Covid-19 shots Context: Recently, reports emerged of a Dubai-based tour operator offering a 24-day package tour from Delhi to Moscow, which included two shots of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine. Even as several constraints need to be worked out first – including visa […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 21 May 2021

Contents Avoiding breakdown: On GST council meeting The outdated nature of bureaucracy Avoiding breakdown: On GST council meeting Context: After a gap of over seven months, the GST Council will meet in May 2021 as announced by the Union Finance Minister. The GST Council has taken possibly the longest pause in its functioning and since […]

Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 20 May 2021

Contents Social Security: Laws that leave the workers out Social Security: Laws that leave the workers out Context: If the informal workers, who constitute 91% of the workforce, had a social security (including free basic curative care in public clinics and hospitals, the elderly had old age pensions, the dying had death/disability insurance or life […]

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