Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    This house, as leaders of marginalised minority groups, would urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes.
  • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT, in times of economic crisis, it is legitimate for governments and central banks to strategically withhold information that may damage market confidence
  • 2
    THO minimum support prices in agriculture in India.
  • 3
    This House would temporarily and significantly relax minimum labour standards in times of unusually high unemployment, including workplace health and safety standards, minimum wage, working hours restrictions etc
  • Open Grand Finals

  • 1
    THR the popular shift towards generalist professions (eg: management consultants/ business analysts, graduate management trainee) as opposed to specialist roles (digital marketing associate, valuation/M&A analyst).
  • Open Semi-Finals

  • 1
    THBT movements that aim to advance Dalit rights should advocate and support conversions en-masse to popular religions outside of Hinduism (e.g. Islam, Christianity)
  • 2
    TH, as the contemporary Dalit movement in Maharashtra, will condemn the legacy of Namdeo Dhasal.
  • 3
    THBT Dalit historians should emphasise the contributions of Dalit leaders to their own community (eg: Babasaheb demanding public drinking water sources open to all and right for all castes to enter temples) as opposed to their contributions to events considered historically significant (eg: Babasaheb's contribution to Indian Constitution).
  • Open Quarter Finals

  • 1
    THO the rising trend of onshoring/nearshoring in global manufacturing
  • 2
    THBT policymakers in developed economies should prioritize achieving degrowth as a central policy objective.
  • 3
    THW ban debt monetization by governments
  • Round 5

  • 1
    THBT India should adopt a two-child policy.
  • 2
    In failing cities, THW allow corporations to buy autonomous control over social and economic policy for a period of up to 99 years
  • 3
    THW cut government and parliament members' wages and pension funds if they run fiscal deficits beyond the limits set by economists.
  • Round 4

  • 1
    TH regrets the rise of pop feminism
  • 2
    TH, as a progressive female candidate, would not use conventional gender roles (e.g. marketing oneself as a mother or a wife) as a tactic in political campaigns.
  • 3
    This House, as a WGM in a position of power, will choose to give preferential treatment to WGMs in their workplace at the expense of cis men.
  • Round 3

  • 1
    THO the rise of large private ed-tech firms in India (Byju’s, Unacademy etc.)
  • 2
    THO the norm of company founders remaining in key C-suite roles (Eg: CEO, CFO, CTO) in the company after its IPO.
  • 3
    THR the narrative that selling your start-up is considered a success
  • Round 2

  • 1
    THBT criminal justice policy should be outsourced to technocrats instead of elected representatives.
  • 2
    For crimes with low prosecution and conviction rates (e.g. sexual assault, domestic violence or membership of criminal gangs), THW lower the burden of proof from "beyond reasonable doubt" to "on the balance of probabilities"
  • 3
    THBT the International Criminal Court should abolish its practice of complementarity
  • Round 1

  • 1
    In areas with chronic teacher shortages, THW outsource teacher hiring and management to private agencies
  • 2
    THR student wings of political parties in Delhi University.
  • 3
    THBT schools in India should adopt a major shift away from memorization-based exams (involving repetition of facts, formulas etc.) towards application-based exams (involving critical thinking, problem-solving etc.) for students till Grade 10.