Global Wage Report 2020-21: The ILO report titled ‘Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19’ was recently released. The Report inter-alia, comments on various issues including on Indian workers having low average wages, longer hours as well as that the workers in Asia and the Pacific enjoyed the highest […]
Category: Important Reports
World Air Quality Report 2020 : Findings
The ‘World Air Quality Report 2020’: It is a report on air quality released by Swiss organization, IQAir. The global cities ranking report is based on PM2.5 data from 106 countries, which is measured by ground-based monitoring stations, most of which are operated by government agencies. Air Pollution in Indian cities: Delhi is the world’s […]
World Energy Transitions Outlook Report 2021 : Findings
World Energy Transitions Outlook Report: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released the World Energy Transitions Outlook report. Key highlights of the report: Previewed at the virtual Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, which began on March 16, 2021, the report proposes energy transition solutions for the narrow pathway available to contain the rise of temperature to […]
Arms Report 2021 : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Report By Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI): According to a recent report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) India’s arms imports came down by a third (about 33%) between 2011-2015 and 2016-2020. India Specific Findings: India remains the second-highest importer, only behind Saudi Arabia. Russia is the largest arms supplier to India in […]
Index Monitoring Cell Report : Recommendation
Index Monitoring Cell (IMC): Pointing out that the right to dissent should be the central focus of press freedom, independent journalist P. Sainath struck a dissenting note in the report submitted by the Index Monitoring Cell (IMC). The Index Monitoring Cell (IMC) was set up by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry with stakeholders to improve […]
Autocratisation Goes Viral Report : Findings
Autocratisation Goes Viral: Report: India has been classified as an “electoral autocracy” in the annual report named Autocratisation Goes Viral of Sweden-based Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute. This report comes just after the US watchdog Freedom House downgraded India’s status to “partly free” in its ‘Freedom in the World 2021’ report. The V-Dem Institute, an […]
Report : Parliamentary Standing Committee On Water Resources
Parliamentary Standing Committee On Water Resources: According to information provided to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources, Only half of government schools and anganwadis have tap water supply, despite a 100-day campaign for 100% coverage being launched by the Jal Shakti Ministry in October 2020. Less than 8% of schools in Uttar Pradesh and […]
MSME Credit Health Index 2021 : Latest Data
MSME Credit Health Index: The latest MSME Credit Health Index indicates that MSME credit growth has accelerated in the quarter ending September 2020 as compared to the quarter ending in June 2020. The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECGLS) has helped in the credit growth for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. About […]
UNDP Report on Gender Equality : Temporary Basic Income
Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality”: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest report named “Protecting Women’s Livelihoods in Times of Pandemic: Temporary Basic Income and the Road to Gender Equality” has proposed a Temporary Basic Income (TBI) for poor women in developing […]
QS World University Rankings 2021
QS World University Rankings 2021: As many as 25 courses by Indian universities have figured in the top 100 globally, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject. Three Indian Institutes of Technology have entered the top 100 engineering institutes with IIT-Bombay grabbing the best-ever 49th position in the engineering and technology category followed by […]
