The Topic guides for Debating Matters Regional finals have been uploaded for schools’ reference. They are arranged in two categories. Kindly download the topics specified for your region (East, West, North and South)

The topics and the stage are mentioned below

			Day 1:   Preliminary Rounds (All Regions) The media is justified in invading the privacy of public personalities. Download the word document. Commercial surrogacy in India is morally acceptable. Download the word document. There should be no curbs on artistic freedom. Download the word document.
			Day 2:   Semi Finals (All regions) Quotas for women in politics will help bring about equality. Download the word document. Injustice and not ideological fanaticism is at the root of global terrorism. Download the word document.
			Day 2:   Finals

Kolkata and New Delhi

• India should pay more attention to economic development than climate change. Download the word document.

Chennai and Mumbai

• Clinical trials in India exploit the poor and the vulnerable. Download the word document.

For the debates, we advice the students to prepare extensively from the Topic guides and refer to the hyperlinked articles/news items for each topic. We also encourage debate teams to refer other sources for their Regional Finals preparation. Do your research well.