2% of the global population are homeless and 20% lack adequate housing. Informal sector employs up to 60% of the working population globally and 90% in India. 35% of the people across the globe lack […]
Category: General Studies
Under this section, we would provide our readers with contextual information extracted after careful research and analysis of various resources. The information under this head shall be provided in an essay format so as to boost the understanding of our readers and shall be extremely useful for answer writing in the UPSC CSE Mains examination.
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ESSAY:MAINS’19 – National Education Policy.
The government has recently released the ‘National Education Policy’ and has suggested widespread changes to the education system. The policy has garnered even more attention on the issue of the language policy which was seen […]
Clinical Trials and Associated Issues
What are clinical trials? Clinical trials are scientific studies conducted to find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose, or treat disease. These clinical trials may also show which medical approaches work best for certain illnesses […]
Foreign Portfolio Investment.
What is foreign portfolio investment? Foreign [popup_anything id=”3852″] (FPI) is the entry of funds into a country where foreigners deposit money in a country’s bank or make purchases in the country’s stock and bond markets. Most foreign portfolio investments consist of securities and […]
The Third Pole.
What is the third pole? The region encompassing the Himalaya-Hindu Kush mountain range and the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia is referred as the ‘Third Pole’ because it has the largest ice storehouse after north […]
Bioplastics.
What are ‘bioplastics’? Bioplastics are plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats, corn starch, straw, woodchips, food waste etc. Bioplastic can be made from agricultural by-products and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms. Unlike […]
The Sentinelese Tribe.
There are four ancient Negrito tribal communities in the Andaman Islands (the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese) and two Mongoloid tribal communities in the Nicobar Islands (the Shompen and Nicobarese). Why are Sentinelese in […]
Marginal Cost of funds based Lending rate (MCLR).
What is MCLR? The marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) refers to the minimum interest rate of a bank below which it cannot lend, except in some cases allowed by the RBI. It […]
Zero Budget Natural Farming.
“As per an United Nations estimate, the population of the world by 2050 will stand at 9.7 billion and the arable area will come down by one-third.” As climate is changing, creating resilient food systems […]
Hybrid Annuity Model.
Background: The Hybrid-Annuity Model or HAM was introduced in January 2016 to revive investments in road infrastructure projects. What is Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM)? HAM is a mix of the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) […]
