Group Discussion for MBA Admissions
As CAT 2016 is done and you would have started applying for your dream colleges and planning to start your preparation for another milestone in Mission Admission – Group Discussion and Personal Interview, and...
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UPSC 2016 Prelims : Standup India Scheme
The Stand Up India scheme is anchored by Department of Financial Services (DFS) to encourage greenfield enterprises by SC/ST and women entrepreneurs. \/ . The Stand Up India scheme is intended to facilitate at...
Poverty Eradication Programmes
India has been fighting poverty as a nation since its independence and has come a long way in achieving its mission of becoming a prosperous nation with zero poverty. To reach a state...
The Punchhi Commission
The Punchhi Commission on Centre–State relation was formed on April 27, 2007, under the chairmanship of former Chief Justice of India Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi.The commission submitted its report on April 20, 2010. It had...
Inter-State Council
Article 263 of the Constitution of India provides for the establishment of an Inter-State Council. This article deals with ‘Co-ordination between States and Union’.It enforces Relations between the Union and the States. The Inter-State Council is...
Law Commission of India
The Government of India has established the Law Commission. Its functions to ensure legal reforms in India. The members are legal experts who are given a set guidelines and working procedures by the Government...
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Members – 21 Pacific Rim Members Headquarters – Singapore Founded – 1989 here was a growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies which led to the formation of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Also, the formation of trade...
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation (IOR-ARC)
The IOR-ARC is a cooperation of the countries belonging to the Indian Ocean Rim. It was set up in 1997 in the country of Mauritius. The objective of this regional cooperation body is...
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Skill and entrepreneurship development is one of the high priority areas of the present Government. The newly formed Ministry of Skill and Entrepreneurship Development, is to play a critical role in fulfilling the objectives...
Think about it : UPSC 2016 Results
Preparation for IAS plays an important role to crack UPSC exam but there are also other factors may be luck, your surroundings etc .And in India there is something which can actually be more beneficial than any...
Government’s initiative and Plan to achieve 175 GW+ of Renewable Energy?
India committed in COP21, France that it will try to achieve 40% of total energy mix coming from renewable sources by 2030, as a part of its INDC. This seems very unrealistic to start...
India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
India has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Some of the salient points of the INDC are: • To put forward and further propagate...
List of Environmental Acts, Protocols and Implementing Bodies in India
The nodal agency is the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The ministry acts as nodal agency for the following 1. United Nations Environment Program 2. South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)...
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, death penalty or execution is government sanctioned punishment by death. The sentence is referred to as a death sentence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted, in...
New Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016
Capital Acquisition schemes are broadly classified as, ‘Buy’, ‘Buy and Make’, and ‘Make’. Under the ‘Buy’ scheme procurement are categorized as ‘Buy (Indian – IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, and ‘Buy (Global)’. The three categories under...
International Solar Alliance (ISA)
The idea of this alliance was mooted by India during 21st Conference of Parties, France, 2015. ISA is conceived as a coalition of solar resource rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic...
Currency Convertibility: Current and Capital
Recent Panama papers leak has again rekindled the old question, whether countries should go for Capital account convertibility? To understand the answer to this, let’s first understand the concept of convertibility Current Account Convertibility...
Initiatives to lower Child Mortality Rates
There are three types of reported mortality rates Infant Mortality Rate: Number of deaths under 1 year per 1000 live births. Neonatal Mortality Rate: Number of deaths under 4 weeks per 1000 live births....
Unified Payment Interface
We are turning away from cash to digital money. Online payments, debit cards, credit cards, various wallets indicate that we are moving towards digital currency. The recent launch of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) by...
Payment Banks
Payment Banks are setup with objective of financial inclusion by providing 1.Small savings accounts 2. Payments remittance services to its users. Targeted user group of Payment banks are 1.Migrant labour workforce 2.Low income households 3.Small businesses...
