- Recently India-China held the 24th round of India-China Special Representative talks.
- Advance Border Dialogue: Prioritise early progress on boundary delimitation and phased de-escalation at the LAC to ensure lasting peace and stability.
- Balanced Economic Cooperation: Trade and investment flows should be mutually beneficial, avoiding over-dependence.
- Transparency on Rivers: Build trust through open data-sharing and cooperation on trans-boundary water projects to safeguard ecological and security interests.
- Strengthen Multilateral Cooperation: Leverage forums like SCO, BRICS, and G20 to promote multipolarity, global governance reforms, and the interests of the Global South. Read More
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Daily Current Affairs – 20 August, 2025
PDF - The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan, envisaged as the world’s largest tribal grassroots leadership programme.
- Guided by Sewa (Service), Sankalp (Resolve), Samarpan (Dedication).
- Embodies the principle of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Prayas, Sabka Vishwas.” Read More
Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan
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Core Philosophy
- In August 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on imports from India, including a 25% penalty related to India’s oil purchases from Russia.
- U.S. tariffs averaged 2–3% for two decades until April 2024 but the new hike marks a sharp departure.
- In return for tariff relaxation, the U.S. is demanding greater market access, especially for agricultural and dairy products, which could hurt Indian farmers.
- Despite being a U.S. ally, India faces steeper tariffs than China (now reduced to 30%).
- The tariff war highlights India’s vulnerabilities in the global system. Read More
U.S. Tariffs on India: Implications and Policy Options
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India’s vulnerabilities in the global system.
- The Ministry of Finance released the Draft Framework of India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy which is aimed to create a unified classification system for climate-aligned investments, ensuring transparency, credibility, and alignment with national and global climate goals.
- Mitigation: Projects that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions;
- Adaptation: Initiatives that enhance resilience to climate impacts;
- Transition: Measures that enable high-emission sectors to shift toward sustainability; Read More
Draft Framework of India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy
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Classification Approach (Three Categories)
- According to the Department of Defence Production, the private sector contributed ₹33,979 crore (22.56%) to India’s total defence production of ₹1,50,590 crore in FY 2024-25.
- Sectoral Contribution: In FY 2024-25, defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) accounted for 57.50% of the total defence production, while Indian ordnance factories contributed 14.49%, and non-defence PSUs 5.4%.
- Defence Budget Growth: Increased from ₹2.53 lakh crore in 2013-14 to ₹6.81 lakh crore in 2025-26.
- In 2024-25, India achieved its highest-ever defence production of ₹1.50 lakh crore, more than three times the ₹46,429 crore recorded in 2014-15.
- Surge in Indigenous Defence Production: 65% of defence equipment is now manufactured domestically, a significant shift from the earlier 65-70% import dependency. Read More
Increase of Private Sector Share in India’s Defence Production
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Defence Production in India
- In her book, India’s First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire, Rosinka Chaudhuri highlights Henry Derozio’s role in India’s independence movement.
- In 1826, Henry Derozio, a 17-year-old Anglo-Portuguese poet, became a lecturer at Hindu College, Calcutta.
- He was Dismissed in April 1831 for “propagating atheism,” Derozio died soon after, but his students continued his legacy. Read More
