Governor of states of India

May 21, 2016

Governor of states of India

Under the Constitution of India, State Government runs in similar ways as Central Government. Like the Union Government, the State Governments are also organised on the parliamentary pattern.The Governor is the chief executive of a State...

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May 19, 2016

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...

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May 13, 2016

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...

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May 8, 2016

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...

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May 2, 2016

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...

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April 28, 2016

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...

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April 27, 2016

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....

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April 26, 2016

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...

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April 16, 2016

Agriculture Produce Market Committee

Agriculture Produce Market Committee is Marketing board platform where the farmers can sell their products which is established by the state government of India. Since 1950s, The Agriculture Produce Market Committee started enacting and...

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April 14, 2016

National Urban Transport Policy

National Urban Transport Policy issued in 2006 by the Ministry of Urban development, Government of India to bring the change in the Infrastructure as well as the Urban Transport services. The Objective of National...