Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Small Sector: Big Push Needed A huge percentage of population is employed in the small sector industries which is highly labour intensive and grapples with its own problems of getting access to credits, skill shortage, lack of policies to sustain itself and many others. This sector …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: World Economic Forum 2017 World Economic Forum annual meeting began at Davos with the call for the Governments to be responsive and responsible in the backdrop of falling trust in all kinds of institutions and uncertain global economy. The global economy faces an array of risks from …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : H1B-Concerns The H1B is a non immigrant visa in the US set up under its Immigration and Nationality Act. It allows US employers to temporarily employ workers from other countries in specialty occupations. Indian IT companies are the largest users of this visa. They employ …
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Lok Sabha TV- Insight: Payments Banks In September 2013, the Reserve Bank of India constituted a Committee headed by Dr. Nachiket Mor to study comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low income households. The objective of the Committee was to propose measures for achieving financial inclusion and increase access to financial …
The Big Picture- SC Ruling on Media Censorship Stating that it will not regulate media content, the Supreme Court recently said that the role of a court or a statutory authority will come into picture only after the complaint is levelled against the telecast or publication. A Bench led by Chief …
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The Big Picture: Two years of NITI Aayog Mr. Narendra Modi’s Government replaced the Planning Commission which was set up in 1950 with NITI Aayog on 1st January 2015. The new policy body which is serving as a think tank is tasked with the role of formulating policies and directions for the …
Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Promoting Scientific Excellence Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress recently in Tirupati. Tirupati was hosting the Science Congress for the second time, the first being in 1983. While addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister spoke at length about scientific excellence and about …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum : Agni-5 Takes Off Recently, India’s longest range and indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5 was launched from Odisha’s Wheeler Island. With this successful test, the missile will very soon become a part of the Indian military arsenal and can tilt the scale of …
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Security Scan- Security Challenges 2017 As the new year unfolds, it is expected that 2017 will be a year of many uncertainties and the prevailing global strategic framework is likely to be rearranged in an unexpected manner. The more immediate trigger for such an assessment is the assumption of office by US President …
Public Forum: NGO’s Licenses cancelled Government’s decision to cancel the licenses of nearly 20,000 NGOs issued under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) has raised the debate regarding the role of NGOs in India. There are both positive and negative responses after this move. Many are saying that NGOs are misleading public …
Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Spending on Education Stagnant Education in India is provided by both public and private sector with the control and funding coming from three levels i.e. centre, state and local bodies. In various Articles of Indian Constitution free and compulsory education is provided as a Fundamental Right …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: India-Indonesia Ties The Indonesian President Mr. Joko Widodo was recently in India on his maiden state visit this week and held delegation level talks with Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. While some agreements were signed between the two nations, what remains crucial was the focus on jointly …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Banks On Hacker’s Radar When entire nation is grappling with the effect of demonetization positive and negative both and long queues in front of ATMs are testing the patience of the people, Government is trying hard to make people believe that normalcy will be restored …
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Rajya Sabha TV: Security Scan – Maritime and coastal Security of India With a vast coastline of about 7600 kilometres, island territories on both sides of the peninsula are sizeable Exclusive Economic Zone and sea borne trade, the greater part of which moves by ship; there are many strands to India’s …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Tapping Solar Potential A new solar plant has been unveiled in Kamuthi in Tamil Nadu which is seen as the world’s largest solar power plant ata single location. With this, India is expected to become the world’s 3rd biggest solar market after China and the US …
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Lok Sabha TV- Insight: International Day of Rural Women Note: Please watch from 23ed minute for today’s topic On October 15th each year, the United Nations celebrates International Day of Rural Women and recognizes importance of women in enhancing agricultural and rural development worldwide. As per the UN, empowering rural women …
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Lok Sabha TV- Insight: One Nation One Election Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi a few months ago had given the idea of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and local bodies. He said that frequent elections affect the functioning of bureaucracy. President Pranab Mukherjee had also backed the …
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Lok Sabha TV- Insight: Constitution Day The Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949. In its meeting last year, the Government decided to observe this day as the Constitution Day to honour our Constitution and its promulgation. The day is celebrated to preserve and value the …
Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Kanpur Train Tragedy The recent train accident in Kanpur has raised serious questions about India’s railway infrastructure, management, safety issues and other issues. The Indore-Patna Express was about mid-way through a 27 hour journey between the two cities when it slid off the track during …
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Lok Sabha TV- Public Forum: Food Stock-Taking Since 2010, the problem of insufficient food grain’s storage capacity has attracted Government and media attention. Nearly 5 decades have passed since the green Revolution began. India provides a unique case of overflowing godowns and rotting grains on one hand while on the other …
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