2018-07-30T15:15:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Environment|
The Brundtland Commission in its report titled Our Common Future in 1987 defined the concept of sustainable development as development addressed towards the needs of the future as well as towards the needs of the present policy architecture. […]
2018-07-28T22:45:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Geography|
The 1382 offshore-identified islands of India hold immense unexploited potential for fostering growth and achieving cohesive socio-economic development of the region in particular and also, the nation as a whole. They can significantly contribute to the GDP by leveraging the gains from promoting infrastructure and tourism on a large scale. [...]
2018-02-09T14:40:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Ever-greening of Patents:- […]
2017-11-08T00:49:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Last week, the government relaunched the Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP)—an initiative to add 35,000km of new highways (subsuming existing plans to add 10,000km of national highways) with an outlay of Rs5.35 trillion over the next five years—to raise investments in infrastructure, and boost economic growth. An additional Rs1.57 trillion is set [...]
2017-11-08T00:44:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Since 2011, it is estimated that close to Rs4 trillion of shareholder value was eroded when the stock price of NPAs and stressed companies fell by 95% to 99% from their pre-default days. […]
2017-11-06T04:58:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Just when the Panama Papers are about to rest, thus emerges the “Paradise Papers” – The Paradise Papers – Secrets Of The Global Elite […]
2017-11-01T07:44:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
India has jumped up 30 spots in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report that was released today (31 October). India now finds itself ranked at the hundredth place as opposed to 130 in last year’s report. India stands out this year as one of the 10 economies that [...]
2017-10-07T23:54:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
By 2050, the global population is expected to soar beyond 9 billion people, 66 percent of whom may live in cities. Accompanying this stunning pace of urbanization will be a complex web of challenges related to consumption, pollution, and water and energy stresses. […]
2017-10-02T16:30:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Geography|
Measurements of poverty indicators are usually highly controversial, and many obstacles may arise over providing an exact and objective estimate of people living in extreme poverty. Many nations and organizations working in this regard such as the World Bank and the United Nations (UN) have different approaches in qualifying and [...]
2017-08-27T23:11:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Chris Anderson was the editor of Wired magazineuntil 2012. Now he is the co-founder and chief executive officer of 3D Robotics, a company that produces drones. His book The Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand (Updated and Expanded Edition, 2009) was shortlisted for the 2006 Financial Timesand Goldman Sachs Business Book [...]
