2021-07-16T15:19:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Food insecurity has been on the rise since 2014, and the year 2000 has added equal to the last five years combined. Nearly one in three people in the world ie about 2.7 billion, did not have access to adequate food in 2020. Close to 12 per cent of the [...]
2021-07-16T15:05:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Just 25 cities worldwide are responsible for 52 per cent of urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a recent study. Megacities in Asia such as Tokyo in Japan and Shanghai in China are among the biggest emitters. Cities in the developed world, such as those in Europe, Australia and [...]
2021-07-16T14:52:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has long been dead. It was struck down as unconstitutional six years ago by the Supreme Court, which found that it “arbitrarily, excessively and disproportionately invades the right of free speech”. And yet, this draconian piece of dead law has had an [...]
2024-11-12T11:32:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Context ———————————————– The Indian Constitution may face an unprecedented crisis in 2026 when there will be a dramatic change in the composition of the Lok Sabha. Since 1976, seats in the Lok Sabha have reflected the 1971 census and have not taken into account changes in the population. [...]
2021-07-17T01:25:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Ethics|
Note:- Emotional Intelligence can not be understood without understanding emotion. And emotion is a psychological state. Thus, although we are discussing an ethics topic here, we will take help of psychology subject to understand it better. In Part-I, we will be dealing with What is emotion ?, which is an [...]
2021-07-15T13:15:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context The provisional estimates of annual national income (2020-21), released on May 31 by the National Statistical Office, did not have any surprises, but for one, that is, there is nothing encouraging in the numbers. […]
2021-07-15T12:18:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Context:- Recently, the government of Uttar Pradesh released a “Population Policy” in which it stated its intention to bring the gross fertility rate in the State down from the existing 2.7 to 2.1 by 2026. To achieve this, the government says it will consider the enactment of a new piece of [...]
2021-07-14T13:05:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Announcements, Essays|
Hi, Hope your preparation is going well in this uncertain times of Pandemic. As promised, here is the video strategy for the essay topic noted below :- Essay Topic:- Ability can take you to the top but character will keep you there. Video Strategy :- Click Here Show us some YouTube [...]
2021-07-14T12:44:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Announcements, Essays|
Hi, Hope your preparation is going well in this uncertain times of Pandemic. As promised, here is the video strategy for the essay topic noted below :- Essay Topic:- Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed that is the only thing that [...]
2023-09-22T18:19:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Urban governance is part of the state list under the Constitution. Thus, the administrative framework and regulation of ULBs varies across states. However, experts have highlighted that ULBs across India face similar challenges. For instance, ULBs across the country lack autonomy in city management and several city-level functions are managed [...]
