National 30-Sep-2021
Recently, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana made a plea to ‘Indianise’ courts to make them responsive to the needs of the Indian citizens. Despite good intentions, the nation’s judiciary is hurtling due to the pendency of cases in courts across the country.
29-Sep-2021
The covid pandemic and subsequent restrictions posed serious economic turmoil where most business plans and strategies faced near chaos. While the worst is over but economic glitches still remain in the economy.
28-Sep-2021
The importance of effective governance and service delivery by city governments becomes important as Indians start to live in ‘smart cities’. In smart cities digital systems enable the use of data to continuously improve the functioning of cities.
28-Sep-2021
Almost every year Floods have been a recurrent phenomenon in many parts of India specially in Bihar causing loss of lives and public property and bringing untold misery to the people.
25-Sep-2021
Government shows restraints in giving data about migrants, frontline health workers who lost their lives during the pandemic, number of job losses, actual number of manual scavengers as well as people died due to lack of oxygen.
24-Sep-2021
A recent report released by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) named as “Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region” revealed that India has warmed up 0.7° C during 1901-2018.
23-Sep-2021
The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently launched the e-Shram portal to develop a national database of unorganised workers. The E-shram portal is for the unorganised sector workers to promote their social security.
21-Sep-2021
The recent National Statistical Office (NSO) data estimated India’s economic growth surged to 20.1% in the April-June quarter. This shows a V shaped recovery of the indian economy.
20-Sep-2021
The Union Cabinet recently approved a ₹30,600-crore backstop facility for guaranteeing securities to be issued by the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. (NARCL).The NARCL, also called ‘bad bank’, is being set up to help aggregate and consolidate lenders’ non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans.
20-Sep-2021
The Union government recently announced higher Minimum Support Price (MSP) for rabi crops to boost their production. Notably, crops such as oilseeds and pulses have witnessed a higher percentage rise in their MSP when compared to major crops such as wheat.