G20 Common Framework: How effective is it?
Formed in 1999, during the uproar of the Asian financial crisis, the G20, initially, united financial ministers and central bankers from twenty of the world’s largest established and emerging economies.
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Saudi-Iran Ties Will Redefine West Asia’s Geopolitics
West Asia has a tremendous innate capacity to spring surprises despite being a highly volatile region. Of late there has been a greater interest among major regional powers to consciously tone down the rhetoric and differences and work on aligning the common areas of interest through expanding reproachment.
MAKING AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE
Intensive human activities toward development have harmed the earth 's ecosystem. India’s international commitment to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aims at the protection of our mother Earth. New innovative technologies are being adopted towards advancement and it is spread across different sectors that include agriculture, as per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 2021 the share of agriculture and allied sectors in g ross value added reached 20.2% and India is the 2nd largest producer of agricultural products.
Overlapping Solutions: Climate Change and Drugs Demand
Focusing on the supply, instead of demand, is pure expedience in the case of both drugs and greenhouse gas emissions
Education Challenged by Rulers’ Predicament
Mr Fadnavis, Dy. CM of Maharashtra has exhorted the youth to come forward to foil the attempts of urban naxals from getting into universities. Since anyone differing from the establishment of education is being called an urban naxal these days, this is a call to curb dissent in the universities.
Welfare and Development in a Neo-Liberal World
In this essay, the author looks at the dynamics of development in an ever-changing global context. The global context here is the proliferation of global capital flows, which has led to increased economic integration among nations, indirectly resulting in increased inequality across nations, across social groups, and among individuals. While keeping in mind that correlation does not imply causation, the author recognizes the fact that the free market is not the only factor that has aided inequality. Within this understanding of rising inequality, the author addresses the need for government intervention in correcting market failures, by drawing heavily on existing literature on development and public economics. The author traces existing literature on the relationship between inequality and capital income while showing how an increase in the skill premium is also related to higher levels of inequality. Finally, the article outlines a few niche areas which require active policy interventions to better direct the flow of capital in order to aid long-term and sustained development practices.
Adani – Hindenburg Report : Epitome of Loopholes in Indian Democracy
The Supreme Court of India appointed Committee (Expert Committee (EC)) on
the Adani-Hindenburg issue submitted its Report on May 9, 2023. It
disappoints because it chose not to go deeper into issues that hold back the
nation from achieving its full potential. It hides behind the technicality of
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) following the currently applicable
rules that prevent it from investigating the real issues raised in the Hindenburg
Report. Therefore it concludes that there was no regulatory failure.