Author: CH.Sreevidya

On Thursday, India called for developed nations to pledge at least USD 1.3 trillion annually until 2030 to support developing countries, emphasizing that the UN climate conference in Azerbaijan’s negotiations on a new climate finance package must not be framed as an “investment objective”. Increase in Climate Finance Representing the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) at the sixth High-Level Dialogue on Climate Finance at COP29, India highlighted the importance of providing assistance to developing nations to adapt to a warming planet through grants, concessional loans, and non-debt-creating aid. It argued that the new climate finance package or the New Collective Quantified…

The question of the inadequate relief fund support and further rejection of the national disaster title brings back the rift in centre-state relations. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has referred to a rule from the UPA government to oppose labelling the Wayanad landslides a national disaster. The Home Affairs Ministry of State (MoS) has turned down the plea to categorize the landslides as a national disaster, arguing that such a designation is not allowed under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) rules. Further,  the MoS stated that the state government has sufficient funds to…

Rally Battle has begun by the leaders of major Maharashtra Assembly elections contesting parties. As the assembly elections coming up soon in Maharashtra, PM Narendra Modi, representing BJP party led Mahayuti alliance and Oppostion Leader Rahul Gandhi representing Congress and INDIA alliance rallied in different regions of the state for election campaigns. During these rallies, both of them have made comments against eachother and their parties way of governments. However such competitive rallies by the leaders of parties holding the office, also raises concerns for the political development of India.  PM Narendra Modi At Rally He gathered support in Chhatrapati…

The major promises part of Congress Manifesto for Jharkhand assembly elections are as follows: The Manifesto The party’s manifesto committee chairman Bandhu Tirkey released the manifesto. It was released right before the first phase of polls for 43 seat out of 81 seats up for elections.  As mentioned by Tirkey, a chaupal was conducted in every state district to identify the tribal and public needs. Chaupal is a gathering meeting under a tree or a place in the village to discuss various matters of concern. Therefore their manifesto is centered on addressing their issues at the local level.  Currently the…

India’s Focus Areas The 29th Conference of Parties (COP) will start in Baku, the Capital of Azerbaijan. The conference will be held from November 11 to November 22, 2024. India is going to participate with an anticipated focus areas of Climate Finance, Accountability of Developing Nations, and improvement of resilience of vulnerable. India’s national statement to be held on Novemeber 18 and 19.  India has already submitted its request to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seeking an amount of $1 trillion. While this move highlights its focus on climate finance. It also aims to assert the need of…

Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 The amendment is set to make 44 changes to the existing Waqf Act, to stop illegal practices happening in the name of waqf boards. The name of the act is set to be changed to Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act (UMEED). However, the cases of illegal activites arising recently have been proved to be false, and various MPs have been opposing the amendment bill. But the rising politics to rush the amendment by highlighting the waqf land issues such as in Karnataka is being used as justification for amendment proposal. Waqf Politics In…

The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, on November 6, announces the passing of resolution seeking the restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The resolution seeks for a discussion to happen regarding the same with the elected representatives of J&K. It demands for a national unity. He stated that this resolution was the first official document from Jammu and Kashmir, that opposes the removal of special status and scrapping of article 370, since its happening in 2019.  Demand of Statehood Restoration As soon as the resolution was passed in the assembly by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder…

The by-polls are to be conducted for 14 seats among three states, i.e., Punjab (4), Kerala (1), and Uttar Pradesh (9) on November 13 have been shifted to 20. As there have been requests sent by various national parties to the Election Commission citing festival reasons that have potential effect on voter turnout. The parties which requested included Congress, BJP, BSP, and RLD. Kerala Bypolls Pallakad Constituency in Kerala is up for bypolls. However, the bypolls of wayanad remained to be conducted on the same date as decided earlier, i.e., on November 13. And the state  has the festival of…

Elections will be conducted in two phases for 81 seats, on November 13 and 20, and votes will be counted on November 23. The major contestants of the elections are from the parties of the BJP and JMM, resulting in a battle between the NDA and INDIA blocs. While JMM has recently finalised its seat sharing, the BJP released its manifesto (Sankalp Patra) on November 3. Sankalp Patra It is named Sankalp Patra, which has various reforms to be taken if the BJP is elected in the upcoming elections. It was launched by the union Home Minister, Amit Shah, at…

Climate Action and NDC’s On October 28, the 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions Synthesis Report was released. It assessed the so-far effectiveness of the NDCs to foresee the possibility of achievement of the 2030 goals set by the Paris Agreement. The information assessed was of 168 NDCs from 195 nations part of the Paris Agreement. The main goal was to limit the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius and preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. On this occasion, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell had urged nations to end the inadequate efforts and accelerate the actions…