-The Hindu Why did senior officials of the apex banking regulator meet the MD and CEOs of public and certain private sector banks? What are the possible reasons for low deposit growth? What is the net status of non-performing assets? Has credit growth risen when compared to the year-ago period? The story so far: The Governor, Deputy Governor and a few other senior officials of apex banking regulator, the Reserve Bank of...
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How the proposed Data Protection Bill will undermine India’s Right to Information -Shailesh Gandhi
-Scroll.in A PLAnned amendment says that all information that can be related to a person may be denied. India’s Right to Information Act, 2005, has been hailed as one of the best transparency laws in the world. It recognises that citizens are the rulers of the nation. As a consequence, the Act acknowledges their right to access all information from their government. The law effectively states that the default mode is that they...
More »ExPLAined | What is India’s future strategy on emissions? -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Is the use of nuclear power and hydrogen critical for India to transition to a carbon neutral economy? Besides the use of electric vehicles, what are some of the other PLAns on the anvil to help the country achieve net zero by 2070? The Climate Change Conference (COP27) at Sharm el-Sheikh was to end on Friday but the deadline was extended to the weekend because there were divisions among member...
More »Gross valuation -Gopalkrishna Gandhi
-The Telegraph The 2026 delimitation exercise will lead to anomalies On November 15, according to a subtle calculation, the world’s population touched eight billion. And who was the largest contributor to this figure? Who but… India, adding 177 million people out of the last billion born in the world. This ‘contribution’ would have been a matter of some embarrassment were it not for some good news that came alongside. The United Nations...
More »Antimicrobial resistance: Intensification of food production must be sustainable -Habibar Rahman and Kennady Vijayalakshmy
-Down to Earth Rise in demand for meat and dairy products was reconciled through the intensification of livestock systems Intensification of food production is gaining prominence in a world battered by climate change and food insecurity. Intensification aims to increase output for each unit of input (labour, land, time, fertiliser, seed, feed, or money). The need for intensification is more pressing when the supply of food needs to be augmented. For instance, in...
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