In June 2017, the government of India launched the National Data Repository (NDR) and Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) under the progressive, market driven Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) of Government of India. What […]
History of Universal Basic Income (UIB) in India: The first serious attempt to figure out how to guarantee a minimum standard of living for every Indian was made way back in 1962. A group of […]
Relevance – Palghar district (in Maharashtra) has seen thousands of small earthquakes since November 2018, but the March 01, 2019 quake measuring 4.3 on the moment magnitude (Mw) (a measure of earthquake magnitude) scale was […]
Relevance – How AIIB has impacted Indian finance? What are AIIB’s strengths? What are the challenges and way ahead? How developed countries like USA do not react well to a changing global financial order? […]
(Update: March 06, 2019) This is a ‘follow-up update’ to the previously written article on GSP. This will keep our readers updated with recent events and at the same time provide them with an opportunity […]
Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the environment, a U.N.-backed study said. Desalination plants pump out 142 million cubic meters (5 billion […]
1 Relationship between employment and housing: Based on an interview of Mr. Srinivas Acharya, managing director of Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance. Growth in stable employment opportunities and addressing local infrastructure concerns are key for […]
Advantages of ”proton therapy’ over conventional cancer treatment methods: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has issued licence to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai to operate the proton therapy facility for treating cancer patients. The proton […]
A ready supply of safe blood in sufficient quantities is a vital component of modern health care. In 2015-16, India was 1.1 million units short of its blood requirements. Here too, there were considerable regional […]
1 (A critical account of Universal Basic Income) India’s GDP is growing quite well, however, benefits of India’s economic growth must trickle down much faster to people at the bottom of the pyramid: to poorer […]
Shahpur-Kandi dam project in being developed in Punjab on the river Ravi. President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Second Ordinance, 2019. Recently, the Cabinet gave its […]
In Rajasthan, the Gujjar community is currently eligible for reservations as an OBC community. They had in the mid- and late-2000s agitated for inclusion in the Scheduled Tribe category, in keeping with the way they […]
B-52 long range strategic bombers belong to the U.S. Air Force. Kerala has become the first State to set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs […]
Zoji La pass connects Kargil in Ladakh with Srinagar. Silk route is an ancient overland route that once connected Central Asia, Asia and Europe via the high mountain passes of the Pamir, Tian Shan, Hindu Kush, […]
In January 2019, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) marked its third anniversary. India has been the bank’s biggest beneficiary, with a quarter of the AIIB’s approved projects geared towards its development. India is also […]
The U.S. is the World Bank’s largest shareholder and has 16% of its voting power, normally picks its President, with the Europeans picking the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head. Centre’s scheme of income support for […]
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the restructuring of existing National Health Agency as “National Health Authority” for better implementation of Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). […]
This article is the sixth part of the ‘Education’ series of articles. Read Part V here. ‘Education ’ is a hot topic for UPSC. Questions from this topic can be expected in the essay paper or […]