The success of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme Context: Raghuram Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), recently questioned the PLI scheme’s effectiveness in stimulating local manufacturing and exports in India. The Centre unveiled the PLI programme in 2020. Thousands of […]
Vande Bharat trains hit a hurdle Context : The joint venture (JV) between Indian public sector organisation (PSU) Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) and Russian transportation firm Transmashholding (TMH) to produce 120 Vande Bharat Express train sets, valued at about $3.63 billion (more than 30,000 […]
India, Its SDG Pledge Goal, And The Strategy To Apply Context: While speaking at the first Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting under India’s G20 Presidency, held on February 24-25, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern about “progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) […]
Discrepancies With Great Nicobar Island Project Context: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has raised concerns about suspected irregularities in the forest clearance granted for the 72,000-crore Great Nicobar Island (GNI) Project. Points to Ponder: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has raised […]
Top-Notch Toilets To Usher In Change Context: A quarter of all new public restrooms in Indian cities will soon have high-end features such as luxurious bath cubicles, touchless flushing, breast-feeding rooms, and automatic sanitary napkin incinerators. These will be indicated as “aspirational toilets” on Google […]
AIIMS Inaugurated in North East Context: On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Northeast’s first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Changsari, near Guwahati.Among the several initiatives totaling more than 3,400 crores he initiated and dedicated to the nation in Assam were […]
Unemployment and the Pandemic #GS-03 Economic Development For Prelims: Reports of International Labour Organisation (ILO): Global Wage Report 2022-2023: The Impact of inflation and COVID-19 on wages and purchasing power’. This discusses the twin crises, inflation and economic slowdown, which created a “striking fall” in […]