The Union Ministry of Education's 'Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Center 2024' aims to regulate India's 'shadow education' system by mandating registration, setting age limits for enrolment, ensuring tutor qualifications, and enforcing fair fee policies. These regulations are a response to rising student suicides, financial exploitation, and the undermining of formal education.
Click to View MoreThe US strike on Venezuela, framed as counter–narco-terrorism, undermines the UN Charter and reflects weakening international law. Economic interests, not drugs, appear central. For India, the episode reinforces the need for strategic autonomy through indigenous defence strength and calibrated multialignment in a fragile global order.
Click to View MoreThe Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is launching a nationwide cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims under the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019. Offering up to ₹1.5 lakh for seven days, it targets the golden hour, reduces deaths and financial distress, subject to effective implementation.
Click to View MoreDe-dollarisation is accelerating as U.S. sanctions and a shifting global balance push countries to diversify reserves, adopt local-currency trade, and build alternatives to SWIFT. Despite the dollar’s dominance, a multipolar currency system is emerging, offering India a strategic chance to internationalise the rupee.
Click to View MoreRapid expansion of the Q-commerce model, promising 10-minute deliveries, has created a socio-economic dilemma. While offering consumer convenience and generating gig employment, it imposes high costs on worker welfare, road safety, and traditional local retailers. This model, characterised by dark stores and algorithmic management, operates in a regulatory grey area.
Click to View MoreThe public health crisis in Indore exposed deep urban governance failures, as sewage-contaminated water from ageing pipelines caused deaths despite prior warnings by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The episode reveals neglect of core water infrastructure and highlights the need for audits, monitoring, accountability, and effective implementation of AMRUT 2.0.
Click to View MoreThe global order is shifting from US unipolarity to a fluid multipolar system shaped by US–China rivalry. The United States refocuses strategy, China expands influence, and Russia plays a revisionist swing role. For India, multi-alignment remains essential to preserve strategic autonomy.
Click to View MoreThe PRAGATI, launched in 2015 by the Prime Minister’s Office, uses data analytics, geospatial tools, and video conferencing to fast-track projects and resolve grievances. It strengthens cooperative federalism and accountability, though concerns over centralisation and data reliance persist.
Click to View MoreDespite child marriage declining from 47.4% to 23.3% in 15 years, India still risks missing the 2030 elimination target under United Nations SDG 5.3. Poverty, patriarchy, and weak enforcement of the PCMA sustain the gap. Ending it needs strict law enforcement, community mobilisation, and empowering girls through education and livelihoods.
Click to View MorePolitical funding in India suffers from opacity and inequity, as corporate “big money” distorts competition and fuels quid pro quo politics. After the Supreme Court of India struck down Electoral Bonds, reforms like state funding, strict spending parity, internal party democracy, and bringing parties under RTI are vital to protect electoral integrity.
Click to View MoreThe Lok Sabha controversy highlights parliamentary privileges under Articles 105 and 194. It explains individual and collective privileges, breach procedures, disruption causes, and the codification debate. The Sita Soren (2024) ruling reshapes bribery law, highlighting the need to balance protest rights with legislative decorum.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court flagged organised child trafficking as a grave reality, directing courts to treat victims as injured witnesses. Despite strong laws, poor implementation and rehabilitation persist, demanding victim-centric justice, judicial training, coordination, and action on root socio-economic causes.
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