Financial sector of India-An Analysis
INTRODUCTION Financial sector is the backbone of any economy and it plays a crucial role in the mobilisation and allocation of resources. The constituents of the financial sector are Banks,…
Right to Privacy
Fodder Points for Mains: India lacks such an institutional mechanism. An explicit law on privacy would be the place to create one. The law is required not only in relation…
Make in India & Delivering Quality Healthcare
India emerged as a front runner in the medical tourism space as early as the 1990s. Today, the sector is valued at $3 billion and has been witnessing a steady…
GST & Small and Medium Businesses
GST is breaking down barriers created by the older, complicated tax structures, paving the way for a unified marketplace and is making it easier to conduct business. While large corporates…
The growth of our domestic economy & foreign entanglements
Rising powers like India usually have differing ways to increase their influence. To reach the inflection point that casts a nation as a great power, one must navigate the shoals…
Ministry, NITI Aayog moot privatisation of select services in district hospitals
As a part of a radical ‘privatisation project’, the Health Ministry and the NITI Aayog have developed a framework to let private hospitals run select services within district hospitals, on…
Think beyond loan waivers
Indian agriculture is characterised by low scale and low productivity. About 85% of the operational landholdings in the country are below 5 acres and 67% farm households survive on an…
Bill on mob violence
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi sent notice of a private members' Bill to combat incidents of mob lynchings, with sections that enjoin penalties…
National Trade Facilitation Action Plan
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP). The NTFAP was considered a major milestone for the global trading system. About the NTFAP: The NTFAP gives…
Food Wastage-Critical Issue of National Importance
Food wastage is an extremely critical issue of national importance. To address the problem of food loss and waste globally, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 aims to halve per…