Make in India – Features, Outcomes, Challenges & Prospects
India is largely an agrarian economy. More than 50% of its population is dependent on the agricultural sector for its livelihood and survival, though …
In-depths
Demonetisation – A Success or a Failure?
The government under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, had announced that the largest denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 we…
India’s Water Crisis – How to Solve it?
Water is the most valuable natural resource as it is essential for human survival and life on earth. However, the availability of fresh water for huma…
India’s Manufacturing Sector – Issues, Challenges & Government Initiatives
India’s manufacturing sector is facing issues and is currently forced to lay off most of its labour force due to lack of profit and growth. In the p…
Naxalism in India: Causes, Government Response & its Outcomes
Left-wing extremism has been a major threat to India since the 1960s. Many of these militant groups, for many years, had held the mineral-rich lands u…
Collegium System in India – The Controversy of Judiciary Transparency vs. Independence
The Collegium system in India also called “Judges- selecting- Judges”, is the system by which the judges are appointed and transferred only by the…
Precision Farming in India – Features, Merits, Demerits and Challenges
Recently, a session on “Sensors and Sensing for Precision Agriculture” was conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricu…
Poverty in India: Reasons, Responses, Solutions
Pew Research Center, using World Bank data, has estimated that the number of poor in India (with income of $2 per day or less in purchasing power pari…
The Great Indian Reservation System – Understanding its Past, Present and Solutions
The Supreme Court has recently ruled that reservation for promotions in public posts is not a fundamental right, and a state cannot be forced to provi…
