Editorial Simplified: Corporate Taxes Must Be Rationalised| GS – III
The current peak corporate tax rate in India, at 35 per cent, is the highest among the BRIC as well as the Asia-Pacific countries.
Editorial Simplified: A tragedy that was long in the making | GS – III
The Sixth Schedule was enacted to protect the community rights of tribals from any form of exploitation of their land and resources. How can it now be used as an instrument to protect an activity that is a private enterprise, that is inhuman, and that violates Article 21 of the Constitution?
Value Added Article: The City in the Constitution | EPW
While unplanned urbanization is definitely hazardous and could lead to environmental damage, well-planned urbanization can have positive impacts on the environment.
Editorial Simplified: The Missing Women | GS – III
Sustainable Development Goal 8 (Target 8.6) mentions that by 2020 there should be a substantial reduction in the proportion of youth in the category of Not in Education, Employment and Training.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Congress Dominance | Focus – Mains
The Congress party won 364 of the 489 seats in the first Lok Sabha and finished way ahead of any other challenger. The Congress scored big victory in state elections as well.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Challenges of Building Democracy | Focus – Mains
The country’s first general elections were expected sometime in 1950 itself. But the Election Commission discovered that it was not going to be easy to hold a free and fair election in a country of India’s size.
Gist of Editorials: Protect Indigenous People (The Hindu) | GS – I
The killing of an American national by the Sentinelese has put the spotlight on the vulnerability of indigenous communities in India.
Editorial Simplified: Protect Indigenous People | GS – I
The debates following the recent alleged killing of an American national, John Allen Chau, by the Sentinelese have put the spotlight on the vulnerability of an indigenous community that has lived for thousands of years with little contact with outsiders.
