The need for digitizing land records in India Clear land titles will make it easier for the poor to borrow from the formal financial sector The Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has often pointed out that a modern market economy requires a strong system of property rights. India is a mess on this front. Land […]
Read MoreThe warping of the logic of reservations It has become a quick and dirty fix for problems caused by the state’s inability to deliver inclusive growth and good governance
Read MoreThere are more working women than working men in this Indian state The tiny northeastern state of Mizoram, which follows a matrilineal social system, has the highest percentage of female workforce in India at 59% while insurgency-hit Jammu & Kashmir has the worst representation from women at 7.9% An average woman in small tribal states […]
Read MoreSamagra Shiksha – an Integrated Scheme for School Education as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in pursuance of the proposal of the Union Budget, 2018-19, to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-school to Class XII, the Department of School Education and Literacy has launched the Samagra Shiksha – an Integrated Scheme for School Education […]
Read MoreObjective and Possible Improvement Through Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA). The Scheme will be implemented during the period from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2022 at the total cost of Rs. 7255.50 crore Features: (i) This scheme will extend […]
Read MoreEase of doing business rankings 2018: Andhra Pradesh tops the list, Telangana slips to second In the latest ease of doing business rankings, those in the list of top 10 states include Haryana (3rd) Jharkhand (4th), Gujarat (5th), Chhattisgarh (6th), Madhya Pradesh (7th), Karnataka (8th), Rajasthan (9th) and West Bengal (10th) Andhra Pradesh topped the […]
Read MoreThe paradox of job growth Besides the missing informal sector, over-estimation of output growth also offers clues Are the latest employmentestimates by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) factually correct? No. They are off the mark, and confined to the economy’s organised or formal sector, accounting at best for 15% of the workforce. Is there a paradox […]
Read MoreWorld Food Prize winners tie improved child nutrition to economic health This year’s World Food Prize will be awarded to two “nutrition champions,” who use research to show political and business leaders that improving pregnant mother and child nutrition is critical to economic health. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro were named the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates during […]
Read MoreThe world will miss the SDG target 1, a poverty-free world The World Poverty Clock is ticking faster as it sounds both good and bad news on global poverty level. Accessed at 12.35 pm on June 27, it gives away the bad news first at the top of the tool: the world will miss the first Sustainable […]
Read MoreIndia no longer home to the largest number of poor: Study #upsc mains 2018 exam topic of economic issues.India has finally shed the dubious distinction of being home to the largest number of poor, with Nigeria taking that unwanted position in May 2018.upsc main, In the time that it takes you to read this article, […]
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