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24Dec 2025

Viksit Bharat Livelihood Vision Explained

Viksit Bharat Livelihood Vision Syllabus GS 3: Employment Why in the News? Recently, the President of India gave assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, enhancing rural employment entitlements and restructuring livelihood delivery through a strengthened statutory, decentralised, and convergence-based framework. This process, much like obtaining environmental clearances …

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20Dec 2025

Shifting Signals in India’s Drug Policy

Signalling Shift in Drug Policy Why in the News? US President Donald Trump reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, marking a major shift in federal drug policy and advancing long-standing efforts to align federal law with state-level cannabis legalisation. This move mirrors recent changes in environmental policy, where concepts like ex …

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18Dec 2025

Overseas Mobility Bill 2025: Migrants Betrayed?

Overseas Mobility Bill 2025: A Betrayal of India’s Migrant Workers Syllabus: GS 3 ● Migration ● Economic development Why in the News The Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025 marks a shift from rights-based protection to bureaucratic facilitation of labour migration. By diluting safeguards against trafficking, centralising governance, weakening recruitment regulation, and neglecting reintegration, …

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17Dec 2025

New Governance in Fifth Schedule India

Reimagining Governance in Post-Maoist Fifth Schedule India Syllabus: GS Paper – 2 Government Policies & Interventions GS Paper – 3 Left Wing Extremism Why in the News ? The decline of Maoist influence in several Fifth Schedule areas has renewed focus on the governance failures that historically enabled insurgency. Recent debates highlight how administrative neglect, …

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08Jun 2024

CAUTION, NO CUTS AHEAD

Syllabus: GS 3: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources. Effects of Liberalization on the Economy. Why in the News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to lower interest rates before October due to persistent high inflation, despite strong economic growth. The RBI’s focus remains on achieving its medium-term inflation …

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15May 2024

“ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING IN INDIA”

Syllabus: GS-2 :Public health and expenditure by government . its impact and challenges therein.  Focus : This article critically examines the trends in public health spending in India, shedding light on recent increases attributed to the States rather than the Union government. It analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on spending patterns, explores shifts …

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15May 2024

NHRC’S STATUS DEFERRAL

SYLLABUS: GS 2: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Focus: India’s NHRC accreditation deferred by GANHRI for second year due to lack of transparency and diversity. Background The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) recently learned that the deferral of its status will continue for an additional year. This decision was made by the …

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10May 2024

THINK TANK CRITICISES MISREPORTING OF EAC-PM WORKING PAPER FINDINGS

Why in the News? Population Foundation of India criticises media misrepresentation of EAC-PM data, clarifying declining Muslim growth rates and development factors. source:wordpress About the Concerns Raised by Population Foundation of India (PFI): The PFI expressed deep concern over media misrepresentations of data from the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister’s (EAC-PM) working paper. …

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08May 2024

NAVIGATING INDIA’S LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS: THE MIDDLE GROUND POLICY

Relevance: GS 3 – Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. Why in the News? The current discourse suggests that Pakistan has lower unemployment rates than India with assertions that a staggering 300 million individuals have exited India’s labor force, alongside youth unemployment figures peaking at 45 percent. …

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04May 2024

NAVIGATING INDIA’S DUAL NARRATIVE: GLOBAL ASCENT AND REGIONAL EBB”

Syllabus: GS 2: India and its Neighbourhood- Relations. Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests Focus: Highlighting the conundrum of India’s simultaneous global ascent and regional descent prompts a critical examination of its foreign policy trajectory. The juxtaposition of India’s growing stature on the world stage with its declining …

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