Daily Briefing Current Affairs

EDITORIALAGRICULTURAL POLICY AND FARM INCOMES

When Food Security Becomes a Water Debt: Should India Pay Farmers to Leave Paddy?

An Indian Express column by ICRIER's Ashok Gulati, published on 12 October 2026, called for the next farm revolution to focus on raising farmers' incomes by realigning subsidies towards pulses and oilseeds and scaling agri-photovoltaics. An Indian Express editorial by agricultural economist Ashok Gulati argued that India's next farm revolution must shift focus from cereal production to raising farmers' incomes through crop…

Sub TopicREDIRECTING PADDY INPUT SUBSIDIES TOWARDS PULSES…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, PMF IAS…
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EDITORIALELECTORAL INSTITUTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

When Independence Becomes Silence: Can a Constitutional Body Protect Its Autonomy by Refusing to Explain Itself?

An Indian Express editorial on 12 October 2026 argued that the 10 October mass detentions in Delhi cannot resolve the credibility questions facing the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The Indian Express editorial argued that the mass detention of 7,000 protesters in Delhi cannot resolve the Election Commission's credibility crisis over the Special Intensive Revision. This highlights…

Sub TopicWHETHER THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S SILENCE ON THE SIR…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, TIMES OF INDIA…
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