Food Security – Ending Hunger by 2030

Konda Reddy, Ulac Demiragis, Bishow Parajuli - Food Day as Reminder to Leave No One Behind Data Points Around 828 million people worldwide do not have enough to eat. Over 50 million people are facing severe hunger. Over 205 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance to survive - The Hunger Hotspots … Continue reading Food Security – Ending Hunger by 2030

Rising Population in India – Different Facets

Poonam Muttreja & Sonalde Desai - Does India Need a Population Policy - The Hindu Data Points: India would surpass China as the world’s most populous country by 2023. – United Nations India’s demographic dividend will peak around 2041, when the share of the working age population is expected to hit 59%. - 2018-19 Economic … Continue reading Rising Population in India – Different Facets

Pressure on the Rupee and Way Ahead

Source: Duvvuri Subbarao, With the Rupee Under Pressure, What Next Why is the rupee falling: Widening current account deficit, mainly owing to the rise in the price of oil triggered by the Ukraine war. Capital outflows, driven by a strengthening dollar on the back of aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The risks … Continue reading Pressure on the Rupee and Way Ahead

Corruption and the Challenges it Poses

Source: T.R. Raghunandan, The Hindu, After the Floods, Bengaluru Needs to Clean Up its Act Practice Question: Corruption poses multi-layered challenges to the society. Comment. How does corruption cripple economic growth: Corruption transfers inordinate wealth to the undeserving. It creates a slew of vested interests, who resist anti-corruption process reforms. Loopholes in the fight … Continue reading Corruption and the Challenges it Poses

Importance and Challenges in the Bay of Bengal Region

Relevance: Relevance, at the fourth BIMSTEC summit, the opening of the Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies (CBS) at Nalanda University was announced. Source: Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, The Hindu Practice Question: The Bay of Bengal region has been historically important not just for South Asia but for the world. What are the contemporary challenges the … Continue reading Importance and Challenges in the Bay of Bengal Region

Digital Infrastructure, Digital Platform and Digital Future

How the Government is bridging the digital divide: Government of India has made a plan to extend the mobile services to all 6,40,000 villages of the country by 2023 and Optical Fibre by 2025. Digital Indian Initiative. Aadhar and Aadhar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) - every day, 400 million transactions have been taking place of … Continue reading Digital Infrastructure, Digital Platform and Digital Future

Conservation of Wetlands in India

According to the definition of wetland under Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017, an area of marsh, fen, peat land or water; whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed … Continue reading Conservation of Wetlands in India

Restructuring of Defence Forces – Challenges and Changes

The modernisation/reforms of defence forces is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges. In order to reduce arms dependency and promote indigenous manufacturing of defence equipment, a comprehensive revamped ‘Make and Innovation’ … Continue reading Restructuring of Defence Forces – Challenges and Changes

The Contribution of Food Processing Sector in GDP

The contribution of the food processing sector has increased continuously with Gross Value Added (GVA) in food processing sector from Rs.1.34 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 2.37 lakh crore in 2020-21 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.97%. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) implements various schemes with an objective of … Continue reading The Contribution of Food Processing Sector in GDP