October Editorial 2019

A NEW KIND OF GOVERNMENT
31, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) is one of the largest experiments on outcomes-focused governance in the world. Spread across 115 of India’s socio-economically challenged…
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CITIES AT CROSSROADS: SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ONLY PART OF THE CHALLENGE
30, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: On October 2, the Prime Minister said that single use plastics will be phased out by 2022, and the officials indicated that states will…
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THE EFFORT TO REDUCE POVERTY IN INDIA IS RIDDLED WITH COMPLEXITY
25, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Why in News? The Nobel Prize for economics this year has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for “their experimental approach…
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THE LAW ISN’T ENOUGH
24, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The glaring absence of figures relating to incidents of lynching in the recently released national crime records bureau (NCRB) database on the pretext that the data…
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FIRM STEPS TO EASE THE FISCAL FEDERALISM TENSION
23, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Why was in News? Centre now proposed that there should be a permanent expenditure fund created for defence spending out of the total tax revenue…
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ASIA’S REMARKABLE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
22, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Two centuries ago, in 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s population and more than a half of world income. It also contributed…
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DIGITALLY READY: NEED TO ADDRESS FEARS OF THOSE ON THE FENCE TO JOIN DIGITAL BANDWAGON
21, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: There is often anguish, on why adoption of digital payments is slow. One of the reasons, some claim, is that we have an overly…
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THE COMING DISRUPTION IN INDIA’S JOB MARKET
19, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The new Labour and Social Security codes will fundamentally alter the nature of employment. In this context, we will analyse how the Labour codes…
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AN INCLUSIVE STRATEGY FOR INDIA TO REVIVE ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH
18, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have just been awarded the 2019 economics Nobel for their work on combating poverty. Economists have also…
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FIVE YEARS OF MAKE IN INDIA
17, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Prime Minister launched the Make in India campaign on September 25, 2014. Five years later, this policy has produced contrasting results. In this context,…
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WHAT A CARBON TAX CAN AND CAN’T ACHIEVE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
16, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Climate change is undoubtedly one of the most serious challenges for the entire world, and the poor in countries such as India are especially…
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A GANGRENOUS WOUND THAT COULD BLOCK INDIA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
15, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: A cyclical economic downturn exacerbated by continuing banking sector issues, a severe contraction in automobile sector demand, and, most recently, a seven-year low in…
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A TAX POLICY THAT COULD WORKS
14, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Government missed its tax targets massively in the last fiscal year, largely because of poor goods and services tax (GST) collections. Its declared budgetary…
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GOOD GOING AND A TRIANGULAR AFFAIR
12, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Why in News? Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day official visit to India recently highlights India’s deepening bilateral relationship and growing interdependence with Bangladesh. She…
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TIME TO THINK SMALL
11, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The second Informal Summit between Indian Prime Minister and President Xi Jinping will be held in Chennai.e In this context, we will analyse the…
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THE MINIMUM WAGE SOLUTION
10, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The government made two recent announcements at two ends of the spectrum to mitigate the economic crisis. One concerns a new indexation of NREGA…
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STIRRING UP THE TRUTH ABOUT ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING
09, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Recently, the criticisms levelled against Green Revolution technologies were criticisms of the increasing “Chemicalisation” of agriculture. In this context, Claims were made that alternative,…
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A BILL THAT UNDERCUTS KEY CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES
07, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Recent debate about the implementation of the National Register of Citizens all over the country. This in fact echoing the provisions of the Citizenship…
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WHATEVER IT TAKES
05, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the repo rate again, the fifth time since February 2019 by 0.25 percentage points, based on the views…
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MAKING POLITICAL PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE
04, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Why in News? Recently, the Supreme Court in A.V. College Trust and Management Society Vs. Director of Public Instructions held that non-governmental organisations which were substantially financed…
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AN EFFECTIVE PLAN TO END THE USE OF PLASTIC
03, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Why in News? Single-use plastic items including plastic bags, spoons, cups, straws and bottles will be banned with effect from October 2, 2019, on the…
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THE PEOPLE’S POLICY
02, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: As the states prepare to dedicate an open defecation free (ODF) country to Gandhi@150, it is timely for us to analyse how the Swachh…
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THE LINK BETWEEN JOBS, FARMING AND CLIMATE
01, Oct 2019 | Editorial
Context: Growth has slowed for the past few quarters — the past two-and-a-half years, if we go by annual growth rates. The report of the…
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