Agricultural credit in India Agricultural credit is considered as one of the most basic inputs for conducting all agricultural development programmes. In India, there is an immense need for proper agricultural credit as Indian farmers are very poor. From the…
National Register of Citizens The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of Indian citizens of Assam. The NRC was introduced to identify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and recognise the Indian citizens in Assam. It was prepared in 1951,…
MSME: Role, Challenges and Way forward MSME sector currently contributes nearly 29% to the manufacturing segment and 40% to the exports. It has the potential to generate additional employment of 5 crores in the next five years. Union Government has…
Anti Defection Law in India A legislator is deemed to have defected if he either voluntarily gives up the membership of his party or disobeys the directives of the party leadership on a vote. This implies that a legislator defying (abstaining…
What is Strategic disinvestment? Simply, strategic disinvestment is transferring the ownership and control of a public sector entity to some other entity (mostly to a private sector entity). Unlike the simple disinvestment, strategic sale implies some sort of privatisation. The…
RTI Act and the Judiciary Why in news? Recently, the Supreme Court of India held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority and falls within the ambit of the Right to Information Act. A…
Zero Carbon Act or Climate Change Response (Zero-Carbon) Amendment Act New Zealand has passed a law that aims to make the country almost carbon neutral by 2050. According to the New Zealand government, this is the first legislation in the…
Export Subsidies In India And WTO Guideline WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk…