POWERING SOUTH ASIAN INTEGRATION

International Relations, Pune news, World & Indian Geography, World News

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-03 POWERING SOUTH ASIAN INTEGRATION Relevant for: International Relations | Topic: SAARC On December 18, the Union Ministry of Power issued a seemingly anodyne memo that set the rules for the flow of electricity across South Asian borders. Evaluated against the turbulent politics around the issue, the new guidelines are…

LESSONS FROM KERALA

Education, Health, Human Resources

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…

ALL ALONG THE COASTLINE

Indian Economy

Source: www.thehindu.com Date: 2019-01-03 ALL ALONG THE COASTLINE Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Infrastructure: Roads The Cabinet has approved a significant relaxation of development controls along the coastline through the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2018, as part of a plan to encourage construction of buildings and launch tourism activities in areas that are…

A COAL COMMISSION FOR INDIA

Indian Economy, Pune news

Source: www.indianexpress.com Date: 2019-01-03 A COAL COMMISSION FOR INDIA Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Infrastructure: Energy incl. Renewable & Non-renewable © 2019 The Indian Express Ltd. All Rights Reserved Rohit Chandra is a political scientist and economic historian who studies the Indian coal and power sectors. In Germany today, there is an existential tug-of-war…