Disaster Management in India
Disaster response mechanism has improved a lot in India. For example, Super Cyclone in 1999 killed more than 10,000 people in Odisha, whereas Cyclone Phailin in 2013 took less than 40 lives.
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Is Technology making us less human?
When someone is in trouble, some people are taking videos and pictures instead of helping them. Dependence on technology is affecting our morality, our system of values and principles that decide which is right and which is wrong.
Zero Budget Natural Farming
In the 2019's Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Indian government will promote 'Zero Budget Natural Farming', as a part of its efforts towards doubling the farmers' income by 2022.
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How can India become a superpower?
India is still dependent on agriculture and tax collection for the most part of its revenue. We definitely have missed out the golden opportunity of opening our markets after the cold war era.
Data Localisation – Benefits & Challenges
Not just India, but other countries are also taking steps on data localisation. For example, Australia mandated companies to store certain health records locally. And Russia restricted companies to store personal data only within the country. At present, India implemented data localisation laws only for the payments data.