September Editorial 2019

WHY PREJUDICED AGAINST LOAN MELAS?
30, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Recently Finance Ministry propounded to conduct Loan Melas to improve the reach of the credit to the rural people thereby creating demand in the…
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THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE AND WHY A CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO FEDERALISM IS IMPORTANT
28, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: With the period of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) coming to an end, debates around India’s federal fiscal architecture are gathering momentum. What is…
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THE FOOD INDUSTRY’S ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
27, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The world is moving towards sustainable development with focus on attaining the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In this context the role of food…
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A HUNDRED SMALL STEPS
26, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The Ministry for Food and Public Distribution has commenced pilots of “One Nation, One Ration Card” between Maharashtra-Gujarat and Andhra-Telangana, and has committed to…
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THE ROADMAP FOR REAL BANKING REFORMS
26, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The move to merge 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four large banks has been touted as a banking sector reform. Background: Merging Banks…
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DRAFT POLICY SEEKS TO PLUG GAPS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF WASTE LAWS
25, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Driven by serious sustainability concern, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Changehad proposed a draft National Resource Efficiency Policy 2019. It aimsto streamline the efficient use of…
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MAKING THE GRAND INDIAN PSB MERGERS WORK:
24, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Recently, government unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banksinto four as part of plans to create fewer and stronger global-sized lenders as…
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FIX THE FUNDAMENTALS FIRST
21, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: India’s GDP growth rate has slowed down to 5 per cent in Q1 of FY20 and is expected to be around 6 per cent…
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FORGING TRADE ALLIANCES
20, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: There is a huge debate in India over joining Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. India’s allies in Southeast Asia, as well as Australia, want India…
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BANNING E-CIGARETTE
19, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Union cabinet has announced an blanket ban on e-cigarettes. Concerns: If e-cigarettes are banned, then why not cigarettes?” Why there is global panic among…
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UNIFORM CIVIL CODE: THE DEBATE, THE STATUS
18, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Why in News? Last week, while hearing a matter relating to properties of a Goan, the Supreme Court described Goa as a “shining example” with…
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GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXPLORE ALL AVENUES TO EXPAND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
17, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Background: India's GDP growth rate has came down to 5 per cent in first quarter of 2019- 20, from 8.1 per cent in fourth quarter…
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ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING
16, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the 14th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification on Monday, mentioned that “we are focusing…
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THE COUNTRY’S POPULATION CAN BE AN ASSET: IT IS NOT A LIABILITY
14, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Our honourable Prime Minister in his recent address to the nation on Independence Day, said that a “population explosion”—posed a formidable challenge to our…
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REDESIGNING MEDICAL EDUCATION
13, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Despite tremendous changes in health systems over the last century, medical education curricula have remained mostly outdated. The key challenges that define today’s global…
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THE ABSENTEE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
12, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been placed under a ‘communications lockdown’. The political leaders along with the other individuals have been detained.…
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ISRO’S MOON MISSION PRESENTS INDIA A CHANCE TO REASSESS ITS SPACE PRIORITIES
11, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: India’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon has not been successful. The ground control station had lost contact with the lander…
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ASSAM NRC: THE DANGER IN LEAVING THE ISSUE OF CITIZENSHIP TO FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS
10, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: On 31st August, the updated National Registry of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam after a Supreme Court deadline. Of the 3.3 crore applicants,…
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WHO WILL GUARD THE GUARDS?
09, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The recent transfer of Chief Justice Vijaya K. Tahilramani from the Madras High Court to Meghalaya high court and the consequent resignation of the…
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EMPOWERING PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONERS
07, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Primary Health Care (PHC) System: It is the essential care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable method and technology made universally accessible to…
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FINDING THE DATA ON MISSING GIRLS
06, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The recently released Sample Registration System (SRS) data for the period 2015-2017, shows the drastic fall in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) Rate and…
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JURISPRUDENCE OF THE JUDICIAL RUBBER STAMP
05, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: Recently, the government has passes amendments the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967 (UAPA), India’s signature anti-terrorism legislation, allowing the Central government to designate individuals as…
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PUTTING THE SKIDS UNDER BORDER TRADE
04, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: The rising bilateral tensions between India and Pakistan might not have impacted their respective economies to a greater extent, but has perished the livelihood…
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‘MAURITIUS LEAKS’ AND NEED FOR TAX REFORMS
03, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: In July 2019, the International Consortium of International Journalists published over 200,000 confidential documents from the offices of Conyers Dill & Pearman, a Bermuda-based…
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AN E-COMMERCE BLUEPRINT FOR INDIA’S ‘NEXT HALF BILLION’
02, Sep 2019 | Editorial
Context: By 2022, half a billion Indians are expected to come online through their mobile phones, a population we refer to as India’s Next Half…
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