2025-03-18T19:01:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Migration is not only a geographic phenomenon, it is a human phenomenon. “History proves that migration has always been a force multiplier, enriching both migrants and host nations. Yet, in an era of rising walls, both physical and political, migration faces unprecedented scrutiny.” As the world builds walls, India must [...]
2022-10-25T12:16:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Background A heatwave is a period of unusually hot weather with above normal temperatures that typically last three or more days. In India, heatwaves are generally experienced during March-June. […]
2021-04-13T04:25:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Context :- On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, a memorandum of agreement was signed between Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) on Monday. Since the 1980s, when it was planned, the Ken-Betwa river [...]
2021-03-05T00:01:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Department of Science and Technology (DST) issued a new set of guidelines under the National Map Policy 2005. For the first time, the government has made it clear that ordinary citizens can create, collect, publish, and keep maps (both physical and digital) without asking the government for permission or getting security approvals. [...]
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. [...]
2018-02-06T11:38:16+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. […]
2017-12-20T23:51:17+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 [...]
2017-12-19T12:46:57+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 [...]
2017-11-18T18:54:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The most common sort among the calculations of population density is as defined by the number of persons per square kilometre. Calculations of population density depict the concentration of population over certain spatial units, and the Census of India uses number of persons per square kilometre as its principle method [...]
2017-11-01T06:53:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
The terms desertification refers to degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. It does not imply loss of land to desert or through sand-dune movement. […]
