Context Union Minister for Minority Affairs presented in Lok Sabha data on the rates of unemployment across major religious groups over the last three unemployment surveys conducted by the National Sample…
Context Of late, the poisoning of public discourse in India through frequent invocation of religion by politicians has reached alarming levels. Conventionally, the place of religion in politics has been examined with…
Context The Union Budget suggests that the government has not recognised the need to create more manufacturing jobs. For the first time ever, manufacturing jobs fell in absolute terms between…
Context Cutting down the Forests Right Act will only weaken the conservation regime and affect the rights of forest dwellers. The Forest Rights Act (FRA) The Forest Rights Act (FRA)…
Context Recently, the Lok Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA), Bill 2019. What is the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and its amendment? 1. UAPA Act currently allows the…
Context 1. According to the new Sample Registration Survey (2017) data, the fertility rates continue to fall rapidly but the data shows two contrasting trends in rural and urban India.…
Context The committee set up to look into the legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry and recommended that private cryptocurrencies be banned completely…
Context The recommendation of an inter-ministerial committee that India should ban all private cryptocurrencies, that is, Bitcoin and others like it, hardly comes as a surprise. Background Indian policymakers and…
Context The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs in Maharashtra, but directed that it be slashed from the present 16…
Context: The term “Indo-Pacific” has featured during the just-concluded G20 summit as well as during US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s recent visit to Delhi. Geographically, the Indo-Pacific refers to…
