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India needs a new, integrated approach to Eurasia

Context: India’s National Security Advisor has invited his counterparts from Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia, Russia, and China to join discussion on Afghanistan. This week’s consultations in Delhi on the crisis in Afghanistan among the region’s top security policymakers, following the US withdrawal, is part of developing a Eurasia... .Read more

Updated on 9 November, 2021 GS2 International Relations

Lack of Funding in MGNREGA

Context: Recently, the Centre has decided to scrap the system of caste-based wage payments in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme after complaints from State Governments. Earlier, the Central government had introduced a category-wise (SC, ST and others) wage payment system, for better accounting purposes. No do... .Read more

Updated on 8 November, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific

Context: The trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) continues to be in the news. AUKUS is based on a shared commitment of its three members to deepening diplomatic, security and defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific to meet the challenges of the 21st century. China has criticise... .Read more

Updated on 8 November, 2021 GS2 International Relations

World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12)

Context: The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) will be convened in Geneva, Switzerland. Earlier it was scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan (June 2020) but postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic). MC12 needs to consider how the economically weaker countries “can secure a share in the growth in intern... .Read more

Updated on 6 November, 2021 GS3 Economy

Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Context: Recently, India’s power demand broke a daily threshold of 200 GW, setting a new record that will surely be broken in the years to come. To manage this surge and other equally significant developments in the power distribution sector, there's a need for a paradigm shift in the energy model. A key change in India’s energy... .Read more

Updated on 2 November, 2021 GS3 Infrastructure

Why India needs a Ministry of Energy

Context: Experts may differ on the weightage to be given to the various reasons cited for the coal shortage earlier this month, but all will agree that the blame cannot be placed on the doors of any one entity or ministry. India’s coal reserve is of generally 28-30 days but due to disruption in supply chains induced by monsoons and inflated... .Read more

Updated on 1 November, 2021 GS3 Economy