A ready supply of safe blood in sufficient quantities is a vital component of modern health care. In 2015-16, India was 1.1 million units short of its blood requirements. Here too, there were considerable regional disparities, with 81 districts in the country not having a blood bank at all. On the other hand, it must … Continue reading Blood Banks in India.
Tokenisation.
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to allow card payment providers to offer tokenisation services will ensure the safety of digital transactions and reduce chances of fraud. Tokenisation involves a process in which a unique token masks sensitive card details like card and CVV number. The token is used to perform card transactions in … Continue reading Tokenisation.
Inequality and Basic Income
1 (A critical account of Universal Basic Income) India’s GDP is growing quite well, however, benefits of India’s economic growth must trickle down much faster to people at the bottom of the pyramid: to poorer farmers, landless rural labour, and hundreds of millions of workers living on the edge in low-paying, ‘flexible’ forms of employment … Continue reading Inequality and Basic Income
Angel Tax
1 What is angel tax? The ‘angel tax’ is a tax on the excess capital raised by an unlisted company through the issue of shares over and above the fair market value of those shares. This excess capital is treated as income and taxed accordingly. This tax most commonly affects start-ups and the angel … Continue reading Angel Tax
AGRICULTURE SERIES – PART V
This article is the fifth part of the ‘Agriculture’ series of articles. Read Part IV here. ‘Agriculture’ is a hot topic for UPSC. Questions from this topic can be expected in the essay paper or any other general studies paper. Therefore, in order to cover various aspects and dimensions of this topic we bring to you … Continue reading AGRICULTURE SERIES – PART V
India-US Trade Gap.
(Data in this article as on September, 2018). This article is also relevant for any topic related to ‘global trade war’. United States (US) has recently imposed higher duties on imports to spur local manufacture and increase jobs in the US. Along these lines, the US has pressurized India to import at least $10 billion … Continue reading India-US Trade Gap.
Climate Change – Part II
This article is the second part of the ‘Climate Change’ series of articles. Read Part I here. ‘Climate Change’ is a hot topic for UPSC. Questions from this topic can be expected in the essay paper or any other general studies paper. Therefore, in order to cover various aspects and dimensions of this topic we … Continue reading Climate Change – Part II
EDUCATION SERIES – PART V
This article is the fifth part of the ‘Education’ series of articles. Read Part IV here. ‘Education ’ is a hot topic for UPSC. Questions from this topic can be expected in the essay paper or any other general studies paper. Therefore, in order to cover various aspects and dimensions of this topic we bring to … Continue reading EDUCATION SERIES – PART V
AGRICULTURE SERIES – PART IV
This article is the fourth part of the ‘Agriculture’ series of articles. Read Part III here. ‘Agriculture’ is a hot topic for UPSC. Questions from this topic can be expected in the essay paper or any other general studies paper. Therefore, in order to cover various aspects and dimensions of this topic we bring to you … Continue reading AGRICULTURE SERIES – PART IV
India Sri Lanka Relations – Important Dimensions.
Political Crisis in Sri Lanka and India’s stand - Sri Lanka recently went through a prolonged political crisis in which Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena withdrew support to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place. Even as the European Union and the United States expressed concern over the … Continue reading India Sri Lanka Relations – Important Dimensions.
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