We discourage the demand for AIIMS-like hospitals everywhere, instead Budget 2021 focuses on more primary healthcare centres as the first points of call: Finance minister. Read more »
Individual decision-making has increasingly relied on heuristics which has in turn led to cognitive biases and suboptimal decisions. Read more »
The onus is on the government, boards, and educational institutions to pivot the country’s human resource development on Education for Sustainable Development. Read more »
People will conduct most of their day-to-day activities including work in a virtual world, leading to a future of commuting without means of transportation such as cars, planes, and trains obsolete. Read more »
The Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 does not define the terms ‘fraud’ and ‘corruption’, allowing losing parties to obtain an automatic stay on enforcement of an arbitral award. Read more »
There are more positives than negatives in Sitharaman’s Budget 2021 with the government seems to be firm on its commitment to revive the economy from the current crisis. Read more »
The four labour codes expanded the ambit of some laws, removed some obsolete provisions, and made compliance easier, tilting the scale in favour of employers with some anti-worker provisions. Read more »
PLI scheme will boost telecom and networking equipment manufacturing in India with a Rs 12,195 crore outlay over five years. Read more »
Instead of cutting down spending amid an economic crisis to achieve fiscal consolidation, the government should raise funds through monetisation of land, and PSU disinvestment. Read more »
It is estimated that less than half of Indian population has access to safe drinking water and two-thirds of the country's 718 districts are experiencing extreme water depletion. Read more »