December Editorial 2019

Secondary Agriculture: The shift Indian Farming Needs
31, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: Secondary Agriculture assumes prominence with the announcement of the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes. What is Secondary Agriculture? Ashok Dalwai Committee on doubling the…
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India Needs a Bottom-up Growth Model
30, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India’s bold decision to stay out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) until the needs of the country’s small enterprises, farmers, and poorest…
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The Difficulty of Being Honest
28, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: “Honesty is the best policy” was a favourite topic of debates in school. It is another matter that both sides — for and against…
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Transforming Indian Health Systems
27, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: National Health Policy 2017 has provided a concrete shape giving direction to health sector and has universal health coverage as its central goal. The…
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The Tech Frontier for Developing Nations
26, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: Rapid Technological Transformation will be a key feature of the economy well into the Future. At the National, Regional and global levels, frontier technologies…
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Energy – A key driver of Socio-Economic Growth
25, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India is the sixth largest economy in the world and is poised to become the second largest economy by 2030. It is also the third…
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Tackling India’s economic slowdown
24, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India’s GDP growth has decelerated to 4.5% in the second quarter. Neither consumption nor export and private investment are supportive. In fact, India’s economic…
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Some Onion Lessons
23, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The failure to control spiking onion prices (It has crossed Rs.100/kg in Several Retail Markets) has become a nightmare for the central government. Background:…
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Bio fortification: A Plausible Antidote to Hidden Hunger
21, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: A dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a stir in the country. The continued focus on calories…
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‘India’s Great Slowdown’
20, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: Seemingly suddenly, India’s economy has taken ill. The GDP numbers are worrying enough, but the disaggregated data are even more distressing. Production of consumer…
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Three Vital Ingredients for Path-Breaking Innovation
19, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: Deep science innovation is the art of drawing fundamental scientific breakthroughs up the value chain into useful products and processes. The most successful innovations…
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COP 25: Failure of Talks Shows Countries Willing to sacrifice future of Planet
18, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: In the just concluded 25th Conference of Parties (CoP25) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Madrid, Spain, went over…
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Navigating the Indo-Pacific
17, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: “Indo-Pacific” is today a buzzword that has been interpreted differently by various countries in their outlook or vision documents. The “Asian Century” appears inevitable,but…
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Economic Slowdown: Fix The Fundamentals First
16, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India’s GDP growth rate slowed to 4.5 per cent in Q2 of FY20 and is expected to be around 6 per cent or below…
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Poor Market Intelligence Impacts Food Prices
12, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The frequent rise in the price of commodities, especially onions, has seen little to no effective response from policymakers. Background: After two years of…
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Scaling up Indian agri-tech start-ups
11, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The year 2019 turned out to be a golden year for the 450-odd registered agriculture-technology start-ups, as they witnessed a growth rate of 25%…
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Inequality and its Discontents
10, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India Ranks 129 out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) – up one slot from the 130th position last year…
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Asia’s Remarkable Economic Transformation
09, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: Two centuries ago, in 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s populationand more than a half of world income. It also contributed more than…
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Environmental Challenges Call for a Holistic Approach
07, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context Mankind’s progress has had unintended consequences on the environment. These include climate change, extreme weather events and the reduced availability of potable water. Background…
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Foundational learning: Let’s not delay the NEP
06, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019—the first update in almost three decades—is potentially a game changer as it aims to bring some long-awaited…
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Water Conservation as a National Movement
05, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: India faces several limitations and global challenges in order to realize dreams, expectations and ever rising aspirations of the people. Water Crisis - A…
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Govt Policy on Funding Political Parties’ Bad News for Democracy
04, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The Government decided to Issue Electoral Bonds as a Money Bill. This was unconstitutional because electoral bonds are not covered by the definition of…
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What a Well-Aimed Fiscal Stimulus could do for India
03, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: The Recent Economic Growth suggests that, we need a large dose of fiscal stimulus to reviving up the engine of growth. All eyes are…
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India’s Fertilizer Drain: Urea of Darkness
02, Dec 2019 | Editorial
Context: With falling farm yields, exacerbated by climate effects, doubling farmers’ real income by FY23 will be difficult, which means continuing to subsidise fertiliser will…
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