A negative impact of the Covid-19 period has been the negligence in the management of bio-waste in the country.Doubts in following CPCB guidelines for Covid treatmentA large number of observers, like members of prominent NGOs, members of doctors’ forums and several stakeholders have been concerned...
In India, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were defined for the first time by the MSME Development Act of 2006. The two criteria for defining MSMEs were investment in plant and equipment for manufacturing and investment in equipment for services. Investments in land and building, cos...
Recently, the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind approved an ordinance by the Union cabinet that seeks to amend the Banking Regulation Act of 1949. The amendments are applicable to urban cooperative banks (UCBs) and seek to bring the UCBs under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)....
There was an apprehension among the people on the eve of the lockdown of that they would have to suffer to get the essential items for daily use from the markets. But thanks to the state governments for their decisions to keep open all the grocery shops and markets for vegetables. Those who de...
Almost all the industries of the world have been facing demand shortages in the Covid-19 period. Surprisingly, the jute industry in India has been an exception. This industry has been thinking of how to meet the supply of products according to the market requirements. “Jute industry is not a...
A notable feature of the Indian economy in the Covid-19 period has been the good performance of agriculture. The growth rate agriculture and allied sectors achieved was 4% in FY 2019-20, a targeted rate of growth of agriculture to stabilise the Indian economy. This is considered to be sp...
Aristotle had said, “Man is a political animal.” One meaning of this is that man by nature, wants to live in a ‘city’ or a ‘polis’. This means man wants to live in a place where there exists law and order and a government. Savage life is not preferred by man. Throughout history, it has b...
The Covid-19 pandemic meant a muted celebration of International Tea day. The United Nations (UN) had declared May 21 as International Tea Day. India took the initiative for this and started this on its own on December 15, 2005. A year later, Sri Lanka celebrated it and it spread to the rest of the ...