Editorial Analysis

In Context  c About Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY) It was part of the Centre’s initial COVID-19 relief package , back in March 2020 when the first lockdown was announced. Under this welfare scheme, 5 kg of food grain per person per month is provided free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered […]

In News  The Third Ministerial ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference scheduled to be held next week will further India’s efforts to build understanding and cooperation among nations on this issue. What is Terrorist financing? It involves the solicitation, collection or provision of funds with the intention that they may be used to support terrorist acts […]

In News Recently ,it has been observed that rather than strengthening cooperative federalism, the central government of the day is resorting to policies that make the Indian federation coercive. About Cooperative federalism Federalism is the method of dividing powers so that the general and regional governments are each within a sphere coordinate and independent”.  This […]

In News Recently, Some activists approached the Supreme Court to ban Genetically-Modified (GM) food crops — Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) for various reasons. About Genetically Modified Crops A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is any living organism whose genetic material has been modified to include certain desirable techniques.  Genetic modification has previously been used for the […]

In News Recently ,The Union Minister of Jal Shakti released the Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report for the entire country for the year 2022.  About the assessment  The assessment was carried out jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and States/UTs, which can be used for taking suitable interventions by various stake-holders.  As per […]

In News  Recently ,At COP27 ,India insisted on a higher global climate finance target by 2024. About Climate finance  Climate finance refers to local, national or transnational financing—drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing—that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change.  The Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the […]

In News  Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said the latest amendment of IT rules will put more definite due diligence obligations on social media companies to make efforts that no unlawful content or misinformation is posted on their platforms. About Social media  Social media are websites and programmes that help people […]

In News The Government of India has questioned Global Hunger Index’s methodology and sample size. The Global Hunger Index(GHI) It has been released almost every year since 2000 .  It is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.  GHI scores are based on the values of four component […]

In Context  Global and regional food security have been deliberated upon as one of the priority agendas of the G20 for many years now. About G20  It is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.  The G20 comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, […]

In News  By a majority of 3:2, a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Constitution (103rd) Amendment, which came into effect in January 2019.  About 103rd Amendment  The 103rd Amendment, passed by Parliament in 2019, had inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution to provide up to 10 […]