CURRENT AFFAIRS

The mobilisation of private and public finance for Payments for Ecosystem Services is not get due attention in India as in many parts of the world.

Recently, the G7 allies unveiled the ambitious Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), announcing the collective mobilisation of $600 billion by 2027 to deliver “game-changing” and “transparent” infrastructure projects to developing and middle-income countries.

Electoral promises on freebies raise several questions of sustainability, efficiency, opportunity cost and the best possible use of public money etc.

This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended two meetings, one as a ‘special invitee’ at the 48th G7 Summit at Schloss Elmou in Germany and second a bilateral summit in Abu Dhabi with the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.

Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion inthe U.S. as the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision.

Every year on June 27, World MSME Day provides us with the opportunity to appreciate their valuable contribution to job creation and sustainable development across the world. 

Beijing has been hosting a virtual forum of the 14th BRICS nations summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ) which account for over 40 percent of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world's gross domestic product.

The Union government has made capturing of attendance through its app, National Mobile Monitoring System, compulsory at worksites where 20 or more workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are employed.

The introduction of a uniform GST was a watershed moment in India since the country’s earlier regime of taxes and cesses, both at the Centre and the States, was a big barrier to free trade and economic growth and was a cesspool of corruption.

Recently, the Ukrainian Parliament passed a Bill on June 20 ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.