Economy

Structural challenges :  definition Subscribe on YouTube   Join Our Telegram Channel Redistribution:  intrinsic limitation in terms of the effectiveness of targeting. State capacity: to handle its domain of delivering on health and education remain impaired for maximum number of states. Competitive federalism failed to idealised a model of delivery of essential services like health … Read more

Solutions: Subscribe on YouTube   Allowing market to penetrate in the non -efficient areas. Government need to do way with the fear of private sector intrusion and instead adopt the role of facilitator. Intellectual property rights need to be preserved and ecosystem of safety of IPR should be there. Rational and quick decision making on … Read more

Universal basic income (UBI) is a model for providing all citizens of a country or other geographic area with a given sum of money, regardless of their income, resources or employment status. The purpose of the UBI is to prevent or reduce poverty and increase equality among citizens. It is one of the kind of … Read more

There are disproportionate burden that falls on women and girls due to deficiencies in sanitation facilities.A rapid study conducted in 2016 by WASH Institute and Sambodhiprovides some insight on the burden faced by women:   76 percent of women had to travel a considerable distance to use these facilities. 33 percent of the women have … Read more

India, however, seems to be in a demographic sweet spot with its working-age population projected to grow by a third over the same period.India’s demographic cycle is about 10-30 years behind that of the other countries, indicating that the next few decades present an opportunity for India to catch up to their per capita income … Read more

Ans:  Green Box Subsidies: The subsidies which cause no, or at most minimal, trade distorting effects or effects on production. These subsidies are permitted under WTO regime, for instance; Government services such as research, disease control, and infrastructure and food security. Join Our Telegram Channel   Amber Box Subsidies : All domestic support measures considered … Read more

Decoupling means Decline in the growth rate of India when world was facing positive growth rate. The Reasons for this decoupling can be attributed to Domestic reasons and the long term effect of balance sheet syndrome. Subscribe on YouTube   Reasons are: Demonetisation exercise lead to negative growth rate. Problems in new Indirect tax reform … Read more

Decoupling means Decline in the growth rate of India when world was facing positive growth rate. The Reasons for this decoupling can be attributed to Domestic reasons and the long term effect of balance sheet syndrome. Subscribe on YouTube   Reasons are: Demonetisation exercise lead to negative growth rate. Problems in new Indirect tax reform … Read more

The committee, set up in 2015 to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces, has submitted its final report in December 2016. The committee said that if recommendations are implemented, the government can save up to Rs. 25,000 crore from the current expenditure. The major recommendations are as follows: … Read more

FRBM act was brought to bring fiscal discipline in the Indian fiscal milieu. But the objectives of FRBM have been shifted for various reasons in the past due to global reasons as well as the domestic reasons. Hence FRBM panel was set up to review the act. The recommendation are explained hereunder which are nonbinding … Read more