Paris Agreement is toothless and has no mechanisms to enforce actions, and therefore will have little impact. Discuss critically.

The Paris Agreement was drafted in 2015 and signed in 2016, within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change related to greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and...

November 18, 2023

In the light of inefficiencies of the current judicial system, examine the need for putting in place an All India Judicial Service.

The judicial system of India has many systematic inefficiencies which hamper the delivery of justice. Key issues: High pendency of cases (2.3 million cases). Low judge-Population ratio: 19.6...

November 17, 2023

Discuss the significance of the recently launched metal index (METLDEX) and bullion index (BULLDEX) in strengthening commodity derivatives trading and price discovery in India.

The launch of metal index METLDEX and bullion index BULLDEX by leading commodity exchange MCX carries immense significance for commodity derivatives and the wider Indian metals industry. Firstly,...

November 17, 2023

The Indian Railways need to improve its competitiveness if it needs to compete with the growing aviation sector. Discuss.

The Railways inability to incrementally raise passenger fares is the biggest impediment to its revenue growth. The railways has officially recorded its worst financial performance in 2017-18, since...

November 17, 2023

Is the new seeds Bill titled against farmers’ interests and is in favour of seed companies ? Discuss.

The seed bill 2019 has had two earlier versions in 2004 and 2010, which have been more or less the same. As per the government, a new seeds...

November 17, 2023

Discuss the implications of Supreme Court mandate to exclude the telecom consumers and services from the purview of Consumer Protection Act. Include the views of parliamentary Standing Committee on IT on this matter in your answer.

The Supreme Court in its judgement of the case, General Manager, Telecom v. M. Krishnan, 2009 observed that, the Section 7-B of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 addresses...

November 17, 2023

Can the advice given by the Council of Ministers to the President be inquired into by the courts? Examine the scope and ambit of the exclusion of judicial review mandated by Article 74(2) of the constitution.

Article 74 of the constitution states that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who...

November 17, 2023

To what extent, the recent proposal of electoral bonds can help in increasing transparency in political funding in India? Critically examine.

In the Budget 2017-18, government has come up with a proposal to reform political funding. It has unveiled the so called electoral bonds which can redeemed only in...

November 17, 2023

Present an account of the Indus Water Treaty and examine its ecological, economic and political implications in the context of changing bilateral relations.

The Indus Waters Treaty is a treaty between India and Pakistan for the distribution of the water of the Indus river and its tributaries. The treaty was signed...

November 17, 2023

Promotion of secondary agriculture

Secondary agriculture assumes importance as India look to achieve the goal of doubling farmer’s income. There is no formal definition of secondary agriculture, however its essence can be...

November 16, 2023