There is a need for realizing projects under ‘open source’ license for the welfare of society at large. Critically examine the above statement in the context of intellectual property rights.

Intellectual Property Rights provide protection to innovation – in products, processes, etc to incentivize investments and outputs in innovation. India’s IPR policy provides overarching framework for same. Open source licence, refers to making innovation public, at no cost to all. ..

Tackling Malnutrition with Biofortification

In the Global Hunger Index, India has ranked at 103rd position among 119 countries. It is continuous focus on calories rather than nutritional aspects of diet which has led to this distressed state. According to the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey ..

Ujjwala scheme has the potential to be transformative but only if effective monitoring is done to prevent leakages. Comment.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to provide LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. It provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection ..

To what extent does the Draft National Education Policy 2019 address the challenge of preparing the Indian workforce for the transformation brought by the fourth industrial revolution and what enhancements could be proposed?

The Draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019 does address the challenge of preparing the Indian workforce for the fourth industrial revolution. It acknowledges the need for a systemic shift from rote learning to an education entailing lifelong learning and skills ..

India’s Policy Towards Trans Fats

Consumption of junk foods high in salt, fats and trans fats are an open invitation to non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, heart ailments and cancer. A 2016 report by ICMR shows that the disease burden due to unhealthy diet, high ..

Leakages in the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme

The CAG has found many leakages in the Government’s LPG scheme. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme was launched in 2016 with the aim to provide free cooking gas connections to around 80 million poor families. The programme has ..

In the absence of scientific planning and implementation, measures like Jal Shakti Abhiyan may fall short of being successful. Analyze.

The Central Government launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan in the summer 2019 following the massive water crisis across India. Though, in the absence of any scientific planning and implementation, such measures like Jal Shakti Abhiyan may fall short of being ..

Medicine : India’s dependence on API

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) notified a one time increase of 50% in price of 21 essential drugs. The pharmaceutical policy aims to regulate the drug prices with most of the formulations priced below Rs 1 and only two ..