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Creating a healthy power sector

A healthy power sector is the need of the country to help India realise the dream of being amongst the developed countries. Though all the three segments of...

November 2, 2023

It has been argued that shifting from traditional agriculture to e-Agriculture and the use of ICT tools can transform the agriculture scenario in India. Discuss, along with initiatives taken in this regard.

E-agriculture refers to the use of digital tools to enhance all aspects of the agriculture system, e.g production, procurement, storage, marketing, etc. Use of Information & communication technology...

November 1, 2023

The government has announced the TOP Scheme similar to AMUL model to protect interests of both consumers and producers. What are the challenges in modeling the TOP scheme on the lines of AMUL model?

In the budget of 2018 the government had announced “Operation Green-TOP” with an allocation of Rs 500 crore to build value chains of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP)...

October 31, 2023

Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2.0

The winner-takes-all business models are characterised essentially by inequitable dynamics since they distribute most gains to themselves vis-à-vis their host countries. This demands a policy response through FDI 2.0. FDI...

October 29, 2023

It is said that current situations has made an economic slowdown inevitable. Examine how the US ha been at the centre of these factors resulting in slowdown

Different factors have been at play which is resulting in slow growth in each of these big economies. Factors such as the global slump in the manufacturing sector,...

October 29, 2023

A way out to strengthen the price volatility in the prices of Tomato, Onions and Potato is strengthening TOP Scheme. Discuss

In the budget of 2018, the government had announced “Operation Green-TOP” with an allocation of Rs 500 crore to build value chains of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP)...

October 29, 2023

The rate cut by the RBI is expected to address the two structural issues haunting the Indian Economy. What are those issues?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut its lending rate to the banks by 135 basis points (or 1.35 percentage points) in the span of nine months...

October 29, 2023

How the BharatNet project seeks to revolutionise the connectivity in rural India?

BharatNet is touted as the world’s largest connectivity project. The features of the BharatNet project are: The project envisages laying of about 8 lakh kilometre of incremental optical...

October 28, 2023

What are key components of the latest monetary policy release of the RBI?

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by the RBI governor has released the new monetary policy which outlines the following decisions: The repo rate which is the key...

October 27, 2023

What are the features of the DBT scheme introduced for the fertilizers? How it is different from the earlier subsidy transfer scheme?

To ensure better targeting and to eliminate leakages and corruption, the Department of Fertilizers had introduced a new model of the Direct benefit transfer (DBT) Scheme. As per...

October 27, 2023

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