2017-02-13T23:20:12+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Genetically modified (GM) seeds have emerged as a powerful new technology promising high productivity and lower use of fertilizers, weedicides and pesticides in the last one to two decades and have gained increasing acceptance among farmers around the world. […]
2017-02-13T23:17:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
There is now a consensus among analysts that there are only a few bright spots in the global economy, and India is one of them. […]
2017-02-13T23:17:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor. National development agencies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs currently transfer more than $135 billion a year from rich countries to poor countries with this idea in mind. […]
2017-02-13T23:05:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Renewable Energy Employs 8.1 Million People Worldwide More than 8.1 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry – a five percent increase from last year – according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at its 11th Council meeting. The report, [...]
2017-02-13T23:01:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Can India grow at 8 to 9 per cent? The Indian economy is currently passing through a phase of relatively slow growth. However, this should not cloud the fact that over the nine-year period beginning 2005-06, the average annual growth rate was 7.7 per cent. Against this background, the relevant [...]
2017-02-13T22:24:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Indian Bankruptcy Reform: Where We Are And Where We Go Next. Background:- Bubble and burst are platonic partners.They are akin to any other pair of platonic coupling , such as – high-low, dark-dawn,success-failure etc.There is only two facets of any risk , especially in case of entrepreneurial risk – Few [...]
2017-02-13T22:12:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code:- […]
2017-02-13T22:06:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
India has made encouraging progress by halving its official poverty rate, from 45 percent of the population in 1994 to 22 percent in 2012. This is an achievement to be celebrated—yet it also gives the nation an opportunity to set higher aspirations. While the official poverty line counts only those [...]
2017-02-13T21:34:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Economy, Editorials, Society|
Get UPSCTREE Daily Updates and Magazine-Click Here Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 Background :- Rajya Sabha recently passed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016.Real estate contributes 9% to the national GDP and the Bill’s passage was seen as crucial to ensuring better regulatory oversight and orderly [...]
2017-02-13T21:33:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Economy, Editorials, Society|
Get UPSCTREE Daily Updates and Magazine-Click Here Tax Administration Reforms Commission:-Dr. Parthsarathi Shome Panel Background :- The Tax Administration Reform Commission or TARC was a committee appointed by the Government of India for giving recommendations for reviewing the public Tax Administration system of India.The committee was headed by Parthasarathi Shome. [...]
