LEGISLATING PAYMENTS OUT OF RBI’S EXCESS CAPITAL COULD COMPROMISE ITS INDEPENDENCE

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-01-23 LEGISLATING PAYMENTS OUT OF RBI’S EXCESS CAPITAL COULD COMPROMISE ITS INDEPENDENCE Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI The writer is professor of economics, Royal Bank research professor and Johal Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada How much equity…

ILO URGES UNIVERSAL LABOUR GUARANTEE

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-23 ILO URGES UNIVERSAL LABOUR GUARANTEE Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development The ILO report addresses the issue of inequality.V.V. KrishnanV_V_Krishnan As heads of State and business leaders gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum this week, the UN agency…

LESSONS FROM KERALA

Source: www.thehindu.com Date: 2019-01-03 LESSONS FROM KERALA Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Last year, in October at Astana, Kazakhstan, world leaders declared their commitment to ‘Primary Care’. They were reaffirming what their predecessors had done in Alma Ata in 1978. The Alma Ata Declaration, as…