Yearly Archives: 2024

Syllabus: GS3/Economy, Agriculture Context Minimum Support Price (MSP) Current Status of MSP Crops Covered under MSP – Kharif Crops (total 14) like paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, tur/arhar, moong, urad, groundnut, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, niger seed, cotton;– Rabi Crops (total 06) like wheat, barley, gram, masur/lentil, rapeseed and mustard,and safflower; and– Commercial Crops (total 02) […]

The recent agitations by the governments of Kerala and Karnataka, and the support extended by several State governments, have highlighted many disquieting issues in the practice of fiscal federalism in India. 

Recently, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) remarked that the ‘lack of unity’ amongst UNSC members had ‘perhaps fatally undermined its authority’ at the Human Rights Council.