India Inc. not sanguine about growth

GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Indian economy- issues related to growth and mobilization of resources   Context: A recent poll survey result conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) involving the CEO of companies Observations made through this survey: Growth expected by the government and RBI: The central bank has recently downgraded its GDP growth projection for …

Oil palm plan is a recipe for disaster

GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.   Context: Environmental activists and politicians have expressed concerns over the centre’s proposal to promote oil palm cultivation in the Northeastern states and in the Andaman and Nicobar islands More on this: The concerns are primarily expressed on the ground that promotion …

NITI bats for tax breaks to achieve monetization goal

GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment.   Context: Recommendation made by NITI AYOG pertaining to the monetization plan unveiled by the government recently  More on this: NITI AYOG has opined that to  make the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) a success, the government should give Income …

The Relevance of QUAD:

GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.   Context: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday while stating that unexpected Paradigm shifts affects countries globally that the Quadrilateral grouping has been constituted keeping these things in mind. Facts for prelims: The quadrilateral security dialogue …

India and Russia Ties amidst uncertainties in Afghanistan:

GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.   Context: Amid unprecedented developments in the region, India and Russia have a series of engagements lined up in the next few months leading up to the summit between the two leaders.  Facts for prelims: …

Glued to their names, a slice of Malabar rebellion

GS Paper 1: Topics covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.   Context: 100th anniversary of the Moplah rebellion  The story of Pookkottur: The people of Pookkottur, which saw a crucial battle between the Moplahs and the British on August 26, 1921, as …