1. Stem: उत्पन्न होना
Germinate, derive, come from, come into being, start up, originate in
Example: Loan waivers have not stemmed protests or farmer suicides.
Example: Loan waivers have not stemmed protests or farmer suicides.
2. Wretch: अतिदुखी
In a very unhappy or unfortunate state; miserable, sad, broken-hearted, heart-broken, desolate
Example: While the actual wretch, who borrowed money from the local moneylender to grow a crop that turns out to be worthless, eats his heart out.
Example: While the actual wretch, who borrowed money from the local moneylender to grow a crop that turns out to be worthless, eats his heart out.
3. Remunerative: पारिश्रमिक-संबंधी
Financially rewarding; lucrative, well-paid, financially worthwhile, moneymaking, gainful, profitable
Example: Farmers need remunerative prices, not debt waiver, to end rural distress.
4. Perennial: चिरस्थायी
Everlasting, enduring, endurable, tenable, deathless, perpetual, eternal
Example: But this problem is one-off, whereas farm distress is perennial.
Example: But this problem is one-off, whereas farm distress is perennial.
5. Multi-pronged: बहु आयामी
Having several distinct aspects or elements
Example: The solution is necessarily multipronged but consists, in essence, in creating missing market linkages between the farmer and the end consumer.
Example: The solution is necessarily multipronged but consists, in essence, in creating missing market linkages between the farmer and the end consumer.
6. Lentil: मसूर
A high-protein pulse which is dried and then soaked and cooked prior to eating
Example: India cannot have rice, wheat and lentil prices out of sync with global prices while being part of the interdependent global economy.
Example: India cannot have rice, wheat and lentil prices out of sync with global prices while being part of the interdependent global economy.
7. Arbitrariness: निरंकुशता/मनमानी करना
Autocracy, tyranny, rebelliousness, absoluteness, absolution, willfulness
Example: Tariffs can be set to move within a band on both exports and imports, with predictable triggers for shifting from one level to another within the band, eliminating arbitrariness.
Example: Tariffs can be set to move within a band on both exports and imports, with predictable triggers for shifting from one level to another within the band, eliminating arbitrariness.
8. Drumming: नगाड़ा बजाना
Play on a drum
Example: Mobilising farmers to demand procurement at the MSP is a legitimate method of drumming up political support for any political party when desperate farmers dump their produce at prices far below the MSP.
Example: Mobilising farmers to demand procurement at the MSP is a legitimate method of drumming up political support for any political party when desperate farmers dump their produce at prices far below the MSP.
9. Viable: व्यवहार्य
Practicable, Feasible, workable, workable scheme
Example: The proposed investment was economically viable.
Example: The proposed investment was economically viable.
10. Assorted: विभिन्न
Various, different, varied, diverse, several
Example: If assorted farmers can bring their produce to a common centre where this is done, before its transportation in a refrigerated truck to a nearby town, the farmer would get a good price.
Example: If assorted farmers can bring their produce to a common centre where this is done, before its transportation in a refrigerated truck to a nearby town, the farmer would get a good price.
11. Puree: भरता
A smooth cream of liquidized or crushed fruit or vegetables; mashed potatoes, mash, pap
Example: Setting up plants to create puree out of tomatoes or freeze-dry fruit calls for organisation and release from restrictive APMC laws.
Example: Setting up plants to create puree out of tomatoes or freeze-dry fruit calls for organisation and release from restrictive APMC laws.
12. Pragmatic: व्यावहारिक
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Example: The amnesty proved a pragmatic way to improve compliance.
Example: The amnesty proved a pragmatic way to improve compliance.
13. Amnesty: आम माफ़ी
An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences; pardon, pardoning, reprieve, liberty, forgiveness
Example: The amnesty proved a pragmatic way to improve compliance.
Example: The amnesty proved a pragmatic way to improve compliance.
14. Badger: सताना
Repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something; harass, bother, plague, torment, pester
Example: The question is, should these new taxpayers be badgered for their past absence from the ranks of taxpayers, or welcomed aboard as future good citizens?
Example: The question is, should these new taxpayers be badgered for their past absence from the ranks of taxpayers, or welcomed aboard as future good citizens?
15. Expeditions: अभियान
Campaign, drive, action, sledding
Example: The focus should be on systemic changes to stop generation of black money, not on punitive expeditions into the past.
Example: The focus should be on systemic changes to stop generation of black money, not on punitive expeditions into the past.
16. Glaring: स्पष्ट
Clear, apparent, pronounced, straightforward, articulate
Example: Remove the glaring exemptions in GST, incentivise people to come out of their old mindsets.
Example: Remove the glaring exemptions in GST, incentivise people to come out of their old mindsets.
17. Impede: बाधा डालना
Interrupt, hamper, baulk, trammel, prevent, obstruct
Example: The threat of harsh penalty should not impede a possible mass migration to tax compliance.
Example: The threat of harsh penalty should not impede a possible mass migration to tax compliance.
18. Portend: संकेत
Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen; presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy
Example: Does the current attack portend a new terrorist policy of targeting civilians?
Example: Does the current attack portend a new terrorist policy of targeting civilians?
19. Recurrence: पुनरावृत्ति
Reiteration, reduplication
Example: There has been no recurrence of such an attack since then, till this Monday.
Example: There has been no recurrence of such an attack since then, till this Monday.
20. Nab: दबोचना
Catch (someone) doing something wrong
Example: t is imperative that security is beefed up along the route and no effort is spared to nab the assailants.
Example: t is imperative that security is beefed up along the route and no effort is spared to nab the assailants.
