2021-03-16T01:53:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
A chapter in the October 2020 edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) biannual publication, Fiscal Monitor, argues that as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to support the recovery as COVID-19 induced lockdowns are relaxed and the world moves to a post-pandemic phase, enhancing public expenditure is crucial. So, governments, [...]
2021-03-14T00:07:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
The ‘Forest Man of India’, Jadav Payeng, is sharing his expertise in the North American country. […]
2021-03-13T22:57:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
There exists a stark difference between the rates of the biological and socio-cultural evolution of humans. Scientists believe that we are still evolving and adapting, but not any serious breakthrough has occurred for a long time. On the other hand, our socio-cultural evolution has gone faster over time. [...]
2021-03-12T16:29:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Ethics|
The Views of Mill and Spencer:- This dream of social reform and the building of a more ideal society was basic to the thinking of JOHN STUART MILL also. He believed that the phenomena of social living conformed to fixed laws just as other phenomena do. However, he recognized that [...]
2021-03-12T17:37:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Written by:- Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog Syllabus Connect :- General Studies -Paper II (Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment) Mains Connect:- Discuss the sunrise sectors of Indian economy in a post pandemic world. The COVID-19 pandemic has been extensively disruptive in [...]
2021-03-13T22:01:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
With the launch of Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite last week from Sriharikota, a new chapter has begun in India’s space history. The satellite, a 637-kilogram entity, was the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited, a two-year-old commercial arm of the Department of Space. […]
2021-03-12T13:43:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
NEW DELHI : In October last year, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane teamed up for a visit to a crucial neighbour—Myanmar—that raised eyebrows due to its rarity. The uncommonness of the visit underlined the state of politics in Myanmar—where the military and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her [...]
2021-03-12T16:30:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Syllabus Connect :- General Studies -Paper II (Issues relating to poverty and hunger) Mains Connect:- Discuss the status of hunger and malnutrition post-COVID 19 in India and the suggest measures to improve it. Much attention paid to the pandemic’s harm may have been focused on economic growth, but a far [...]
2021-03-12T16:05:12+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: Denarau Action Plan, financial inclusion, General Studies -Paper II, PMJDY|
Syllabus Connect :- General Studies -Paper II (Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment) Mains Connect:- Discuss the status of financial inclusion of Indian Women and the suggest measures to improve it in light of Denarau Action Plan. Over the past year, [...]
2021-03-12T14:28:21+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
Is ‘flexible inflation targeting’ (FIT) ripe for a coup d’état that topples its almost three-decade grip on the ruling dispensations of central banks the world over? Pioneered by New Zealand as early as 1990, and soon emulated by Canada and the United Kingdom, FIT is now the de jure, or [...]
