Economy

High-Performance Buildings: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future

This analysis, based on Sandhya Patil’s article “High-Performance Buildings are the Next Step Towards a Sustainable Future” in The Hindu...

Building Sustainable Cities Through TOD

This analysis, drawing from the article “How to Enable Transit Oriented Development” by Radha Chanchani and Jaya Dhindaw in The...

Government Partially Restores Wheat Allocation Under PMGKAY

Context: The Centre will partially restore wheat distribution for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) after...

Governance and Oversight of SEBI: A Critique for Reform

This essay talks about K P Krishnan’s article “A Checks and Balances Challenge” from Business Standard, published in Business Standard...

Balancing Climate Action, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Global Dilemma

The essay, based on Prof. Dani Rodrik’s article titled “The Global Economy Confronts Yet Another ‘Impossible Trinity’” and published in...

Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)

Context: Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), which will provide government employees with assured pensions...

Government Approves BioE3 Policy and Vigyan Dhara Scheme

Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the ‘BioE3’ (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment, and Employment) policy and the Vigyan Dhara scheme. ...

Growing Deposit-Saving Gap in the Banking Sector

Context: Recently, the financial services sector experienced outflows of Rs 23,000 crore by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), as per National...

PM WANI

Context: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) proposed reduction in broadband connection rates charged by telcos and Internet service...

Regional Rural Bank

Context: The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised the need for regional rural banks (RRBs) to adopt more employee-friendly policies...

Climate change induced Food Inflation

Context: Recently, RBI’s Bulletin highlighted a concerning trend where  climate change has become the dominant reason for food price rise....

Containing subsidies: States must Reassess and Rationalise Expenditure

Context: Subsidies are crucial for welfare in India, but their impact on state finances, especially post-pandemic, has raised concerns.  A...

E- commerce

Context: The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal emphasised that while the government supports online commerce for its benefits, it...

OTT services regulated under Telecommunication Act

Context: A conflict has emerged between telecom service providers  and OTT platform companies over the interpretation of what constitutes a...

Pumped Storage Projects and their Importance

Context: The Union Budget  2024-25, promised the introduction of a policy to promote pumped storage projects for electricity storage. This...