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Insights into Editorial: Women in the workplace: Not yet a better balance

Insights into Editorial: Women in the workplace: Not yet a better balance 21 June 2016 Article Link The position of women has steadily improved in India over the last 25 years. Employment gender gap, especially, has improved over the last 25 years. Conducive environment for women to balance work along with household responsibilities is being …

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Insights into Editorial: NEET breather for States as President signs ordinance

Insights into Editorial: NEET breather for States as President signs ordinance 26 May 2016 Article Link Summary: President Pranab Mukherjee recently gave his assent to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ordinance. According to this, all postgraduate (PG) admissions will be done through NEET this year. However, for undergraduate (UG) courses, an exemption has been …

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Insights into Editorial: Payments banks aren’t looking that lucrative anymore

Insights into Editorial: Payments banks aren’t looking that lucrative anymore 25 May 2016 Article Link Summary: Three firms—Tech Mahindra; Sun Pharma promoter Dilip Shanghvi and his partners IDFC Bank Ltd and Telenor Financial Services; and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co- have withdrawn their applications to start payment banks. These firms, along with eight other firms, …

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Insights into Editorial: The judiciary is shifting the balance of power

Insights into Editorial: The judiciary is shifting the balance of power Article Link 18 May 2016 Summary: Judiciary, in recent years, is increasingly being criticized for actively encroaching on the powers of legislative and executive authorities. “The judiciary has appropriated for itself a role far beyond its primary duties of dispensing justice and interpreting laws”, …

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Insights into Editorial: All you need to know about the new IPR Policy

Insights into Editorial: All you need to know about the new IPR Policy 16 May 2016 Article Link Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently released India’s new National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. The Policy which is in compliance with WTO’s (World Trade Organisation) agreement on TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of IPRs), aims to sustain entrepreneurship …

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Insights into Editorial: Divestment: More than just revenue

Insights into Editorial: Divestment: More than just revenue 03 May 2016 Article Link Summary: Divestment in India is a by-product of the economic reforms initiated in 1991. Although the objective of redefining the role of the government versus the market started in 1991 and there was considerable discussion on the role of PSUs, the process …

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Insights into Editorial: Raghuram Rajan’s pivot to liquidity management

Insights into Editorial: Raghuram Rajan’s pivot to liquidity management 07 April 2016 Article Link Economists have welcomed the slew of liquidity management measures announced by RBI in its latest monetary policy, saying it will result in quicker transmission of policy rates to lending rates. Why new liquidity management measures were required? Bank lending rates have …

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Insights into Editorial: Did climate change cause those floods?

Insights into Editorial: Did climate change cause those floods? 28 March 2016 Article Link A lot has been discussed about weather-related extreme events and their impact on day-to-day activities. Events such as heavy downpours followed by floods, droughts, storms, heat and cold waves, and wild fires often destroy lives, property and ecosystems. At the same …

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Insights into Editorial: The Uday plug-in

Insights into Editorial: The Uday plug-in 21 March 2016 Article Link The Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (Uday) has been the subject of much debate in the recent past. Uday was launched to turn around power distribution companies (discoms), which are generally inefficient state government monopolies that are struggling financially. Seventeen states, adding up to 77% …

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Insights into Editorial: Privacy is a fundamental right

Insights into Editorial: Privacy is a fundamental right 19 March 2016 Article Link The Central government has forced the Aadhaar Bill through Parliament in a week. However, as cited by many experts, there are extensive threats to privacy contained within this legislation. The Aadhaar bill seeks to institutionalise an extensive, pervasive database that links multiple …

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Insights into Editorial: Why the WTO is right in the solar panel dispute

Insights into Editorial: Why the WTO is right in the solar panel dispute 03 March 2016 Article Link A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has ruled against India in a dispute raised by the US over the country’s solar power programme, requiring the government to offer a level playing field to both foreign and domestic …

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Insights into Editorial: Why no Corporate Bond Market?

Insights into Editorial: Why no Corporate Bond Market? 24 December 2015 Article Link Despite several recommendations being implemented, Corporate Bond Market in India remains to be underdeveloped. There is still anaemic activity in existing corporate bonds, and anaemic issuance of new corporate bonds in relative terms. Added to this is the steadily falling debt to …

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Insights into Editorial: An assertion of primacy

Insights into Editorial: An assertion of primacy 17 October 2015 It is widely accepted fact that the present system of judicial appointments that was put in place in 1993 is deeply unsatisfactory and there is a need for significant legislative reform. However, a five-judge supreme court Bench recently struck down the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, …

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Insights into Editorials: Limited Finance Limits Democracy

Insights into Editorials: Limited Finance Limits Democracy 12 October 2015 Source India’s campaign finance rules are frequently violated. It is now a well known fact that candidates in Indian elections grossly overshoot spending limits imposed by the Election Commission (EC). Such violations create deeper problems for representation and democracy at large. The major Indian political …

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