India’s NAP-AMR 2.0 (2025–2029) adopts a One Health approach and, for the first time, assigns budgeted responsibilities to over 20 ministries. It strengthens governance, surveillance, infection control, and stewardship, but its success depends on funding, regulation of the unorganised sector, and behavioural change.
Click to View MoreThe Fossil Fuel Treaty seeks to complement the Paris Agreement by ending new fossil expansion, phasing out existing production, and supporting a just transition. It targets the widening production gap but faces resistance from major producers. For India, it poses a tough balance between climate goals and coal-dependent development.
Click to View MoreThe Sixteenth Finance Commission, chaired by Arvind Panagariya, submitted its 2026–31 report to the President after wide consultations. Formed under Article 280, it reviews Union and State finances, recommends devolution, grants, and disaster funding. It will be in public, once presented in the Parliament under Article 281.
Click to View MoreIndian farmers and scientists oppose expanding the ITPGRFA to all crops at the Lima summit. They fear loss of seed sovereignty, biopiracy, and weak benefit sharing. They insist on mandatory payments and strict DSI regulation before any change, arguing the current system already fails developing countries.
Click to View MoreChina cleaned its air through strict central planning, the 2013 action plan, industrial controls, and rapid EV adoption backed by bureaucratic accountability. India needs similar long-term, well-funded, multi-sector action instead of reactive steps like GRAP to tackle its persistent pollution and achieve sustained air-quality gains.
Click to View MoreThe deletion of 2.7 million MGNREGS workers, linked to mandatory Aadhaar-based payments, has raised concerns of wrongful exclusion and erosion of the Act’s demand-driven rights. Critics argue technical errors removed genuine workers and call for optional technology, stronger audits and an inclusive, worker-centric approach.
Click to View MoreIndia has reduced TB cases and deaths but will miss its 2025 elimination target. It still carries 25% of the global burden, worsened by drug resistance, malnutrition, funding gaps and private-sector under-reporting. COVID-19 setbacks make a stronger, multi-sectoral strategy with nutrition and private engagement essential.
Click to View MoreTamil Nadu leads sub-national climate action through the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company, which drives a district-level, bottom-up approach. It implements four missions: climate change (carbon neutrality before 2070), Green Tamil Nadu (33% green cover), wetlands restoration, and coastal restoration, linking growth with ecological resilience.
Click to View MoreWHO has opened a Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response site at AIIMS New Delhi to act as a regional hub. It will strengthen health security through training, simulations, capacity building, and better surveillance. The initiative supports faster responses to outbreaks and aligns India with WHO’s global preparedness strategy.
Click to View MoreThe Draft Seeds Bill, 2025 replaces the 1966 Act, makes seed registration mandatory, adds a traceability portal, and sets penalties up to ₹30 lakh while easing minor offences. Farmer groups oppose it, citing a pro-corporate tilt, weak compensation provisions, and excessive central control that affects farmer rights.
Click to View MoreChina’s dominance in REE processing creates a major strategic risk for green tech and defense. With Beijing able to weaponize supplies, countries are turning to friend-shoring through the MSP. India is reforming mining laws and strengthening KABIL to cut dependence and secure long-term strategic and industrial autonomy.
Click to View MoreThe GRI’s new Integrity Matters Checklist turns UN-HLEG guidance into a practical tool for checking corporate climate claims. It pushes firms to back their pledges with real data, clarify transition plans, and show clear fossil fuel phase-out steps. Investors can use it to spot greenwashing more easily.
Click to View More
© 2025 iasgyan. All right reserved