SBI merger with associate banks – Good or Bad?
Theme :-- State Bank of India’s five associate banks will be merged with SBI from 1st April, 2017. This is the biggest merger yet in the Indian banking industry.
- With this move, SBI’s assets will be 37 lakh
Cap on wedding expenditure – Is it fair?
Theme :-- A private bill to curb wedding expenditure was introduced in Lok Sabha on 16th, February 2017.
- This bill proposed to impose 10% tax on wedding expenses, if exceeds 5 lakh rupees.
- It also highlighted the food wastage issue
Ever growing air pollution levels – Where does the problem lie?
Causes of Air pollution in India :-- Increasing usage of Automobiles.
- Dust kicked up by vehicles moving on roads.
- Increasing constructions and demolitions of buildings.
- Increasing demand for houses is leading to deforestation, which is worsening the quality of air
Farmer Suicides in India – What needs to be done?
Reasons for farmer suicides in India :-- Financial distress.
- Crop failures.
- Unorganized farming practices.
- Overwhelming debts to banks and money lenderers. Incapable economic condition of farmers leads them to borrow loans. Though local moneylenders are usually portrayed as the main
Tightening H-1B visa rules – Is it Fair?
Theme :-- US government under Donald Trump’s rule proposed multiple bills to tighten H-1B visa rules. One of them aimed at rising the minimum wage requirement to $130000 from $60000.
- IT companies in USA, especially Indian based
