2021-08-04T22:56:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Syllabus:- GS II ( Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections) The case for reservations for women and transgender persons in State jobs [...]
2021-08-04T22:41:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Syllabus:- GS I (Poverty and developmental issues); GS II (Issues relating to poverty and hunger) India has not released its Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) data since 2011-12. Normally a CES is conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSO) every five years. But the CES of 2017-18 (already conducted a [...]
2021-07-29T16:36:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Policy, Society|
Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing in draft legislation aimed at controlling their populations. […]
2021-07-26T15:19:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
European Union introduced new legislation, Fit for 55, to cut its GHG emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 and to net zero by 2050. This is a welcome step for climate action since it turns the EU’s announcement into law, protecting it from the winds of political change. It [...]
2021-07-26T10:20:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Policy|
This retail outlet sells a lot of products from all sorts of producers. The shopkeeper also buys stuff in a wholesale market and packages it neatly into smaller quantities, making it easier for buyers to shop. It sells its own-label goods a bit cheaper than the branded substitutes on offer. [...]
2021-07-26T07:24:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Context:- It is now celebrates 30 years since India’s economic liberalization programme began. Massive libraries can be built solely devoted to how the Indian economy and Indian lives have changed since 24 July 1991, but let us swim against the tide and go back several decades before 1991, and look [...]
2021-07-26T06:32:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Context The Great Indian Bustard, a gravely endangered species, with hardly about 200 alive in India today, came under the protective wings of the Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment. […]
2021-07-25T21:59:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
As India’s economy and population continue to grow, so too does its demand for energy. India is also particularly vulnerable to climate change. Solar power could be the answer to both problems. With 300 sunny days a year, India can lead the world in solar capacity. Doing so will require [...]
2021-07-25T21:43:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
In Paris in 2015, leaders from 192 nations committed to limit the increase of global average temperatures since pre-industrial levels to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to stay within 1.5°C. Today 131 countries, responsible for 73% of global emissions, have now adopted or are considering net-zero emission targets – [...]
2021-07-25T20:36:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Context In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of Rudreswara Temple, (also known as the Ramappa Temple) at Palampet, Mulugu district, near Warangal in the state of Telangana has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. […]
