Editorial Analysis

In News  Recently, Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said that the country’s economic growth for the current fiscal year is “insufficient for the kind of jobs” it needs. A lot of this growth is jobless growth. Jobless growth In a jobless growth economy, unemployment remains stubbornly high even as the economy grows.  […]

In Context Recently, there has been renewed concern across states over the functioning of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Concerns Related to RTI Implementation On the occasion of 16 years of implementation of the RTI Act in India in October 2021, Satark Nagrik Sangathan has compiled a report on the performance of information commissions […]

In News Recently, Rajya Sabha suspended 19 Opposition members for ‘willfully obstructing the House’. More about the issue Disruptions & Political rivalries: Disruption has become the norm, with the Opposition seeking to use the debates as a ploy to gain publicity. Representatives of political parties are utilising Parliament more to showcase political spectacle than to […]

In News The International North-South Transport Corridor(INSTC) recently began. It started off with the two containers that journeyed from Russia to India via Iran. International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) Origin:  The legal framework for the INSTC is provided by a trilateral agreement signed by India, Iran and Russia at the Euro-Asian Conference on Transport in […]

In Context Recently, it was noted that since the implementation of the Right to Information Act (RTI), some 100 RTI activists across the country have been killed and several are harassed on a daily basis. Issue Bihar is turning out to be one of the most dangerous States for RTI activists despite being one of […]

In Context There are many criticisms surrounding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).  Recently, the Supreme Court also upheld the core amendments made to the Act in 2002. Overall scenario Money laundering has become a matter of international concern and India has undertaken several international commitments in this regard.  The PMLA was introduced in […]

In Context  The concerns of the founding fathers for addressing socio-economic inequities are being forgotten in today’s fiscal policy. Fiscal Federalism:  It deals with the division of financial powers as well as the functions between multiple levels of the federal government.  It has within its ambit the imposition of taxes as well as the division […]

In Context Recently ,it  has been observed that Integrating terrestrial 5G networks with LEO satellite networks is the next step in communication infrastructure Major Points  As terrestrial 5G mobile networks are being rolled out across countries, there is a renewed interest in integrating Non-Terrestrial Networks, the primary one being the low latency Low Earth Orbit […]

In News  Recently ,a division bench of the Supreme Court of India in Satender Kumar Antil vs CBI laid down fresh guidelines on arrests in order to have strict compliance with the provisions of Section 41 and 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.  These guidelines are in addition to the earlier ones which […]

In Context  Recently ,The issues related to Technocratic initiatives in governance of MGNREGA & ICDS  have been highlighted in some studies . A recent article by Tapasya of The Reporters’ Collective highlights some alarming technocratic proposals for ICDS About Initiatives  Poshan Tracker In 2021, the Union government launched the Poshan Tracker, a centralised platform, to […]