2018-06-10T13:29:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Thomas Lovejoy in 1980 coined the term ‘Biological Diversity’ which was later modified by E. O. Wilson in 1986 who coined the term ‘Biodiversity’ in his report for the first American Forum on Biological Diversity. As a term intimately related to environmental and wildlife conservation, although the popularity of the term has [...]
2018-06-10T03:53:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, Prelims 2018 is over, and if you are securing anything above 90, you must start preparing for Mains. Essay is most dynamic and most crucial paper of the lot. For every other GS paper you have a syllabus with you but not as far as essay is concerned. [...]
2018-03-23T15:53:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear Students, Please note the following with regards to Essay Test Series :- Till now, 5 tests are conducted and strategy of few essay are live and few are being worked out. Post-Prelims, we will conduct remaining 5 Essay Tests. In case of any queries, please contact us @ 9873937990 or [...]
2018-02-16T12:21:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
The NITI Aayog published nutrition charts on 17 January this year. As India recognises nutrition as a national issue and gears up for the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), publishing such data helps a wide variety of persons associated with the healthcare and nutrition ecosystem in our country to get into action mode [...]
2018-02-09T14:40:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Ever-greening of Patents:- […]
2018-02-06T11:38:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Society|
Urbanization is one of the most common global phenomena in the world, and is said to occur in many phases. In the overwhelming majority of cases, urban lifestyles and infrastructure has spread to encompass most human settlements. […]
2017-12-30T02:52:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other traditional forest dwellers from removing dead, dying trees and grasses and trees felled by winds. […]
2017-12-20T23:51:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The formation of mountain passes between mountain peaks might occur during the formation of the mountain range or they may be formed due to the action of glaciers, running water, or with the help of precipitation in the form of rain or snow. While a mountain pass through a ridge [...]
2017-12-21T08:26:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Other than the polar regions, the Himalayas follow as the largest deposit of frozen water in the world, especially in the case of Himalayan glaciers. Himalayan glaciers make up about 17 per cent of the Himalayas and about 37 per cent of the Karakoram Range. […]
2017-12-19T12:46:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Misc|
The Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) is an initiative of Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, conceived to help Policy makers and planners to formulate developmental strategy. In doing so, they have the advantage of the progress made in recent years in the methodologies designed to [...]
