2021-02-25T23:45:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|
It took us substantial amount of time to come with this piece of writing. But it is all rewarding at the end. The fact that students can almost answer any questions related to agriculture (fully/partially) from this article is worth our sweat. What we require from you is patience to [...]
2021-02-25T08:40:46+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The great Austrian economist and political philosopher, Friedrich von Hayek, published The Road to Serfdom in 1944, arguing against socialism, planning and collectivism, and in favour of individual liberty, the market system and capitalism. […]
2021-02-25T08:19:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, History|
The Indian Fiscal Commission began its work in November 1921, and submitted its report the following year. Its chairman was Ibrahim Rahimtoolah, while John Maynard Keynes was vice- president. Keynes could not come over to India to make any meaningful contribution. […]
2021-02-25T07:58:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR|
China is planning to ban exports of technology for refining rare earth minerals. Such a move, if taken, is likely to backfire even more spectacularly than its previous attempts to weaponize the trade in rare earths itself. […]
2021-02-23T12:20:35+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Environment|
The best way to build resilience against future pandemics and the impact of climate change is to move to a circular economy. Doing so could address 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions and provide a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity. […]
2021-02-12T19:30:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Context:- Indian society’s preoccupation with marriage has gripped its government of late. On Independence Day, Prime Minister announced that his government was contemplating raising the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years. Currently, it is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. In order to circumvent [...]
2021-01-22T21:09:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP and IR|
China’s propensity to nibble away at territories of its sovereign neighbours is too well-known by now to bear repetition. […]
2021-01-22T23:07:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, female labour force participation in India and South Asia was 20.5% and 23.5%, respectively (ILO estimates, World Bank database). Comparable estimates for males were 76% and 77%, respectively. The Middle East and North Africa are the only regions with lower female participation than South [...]
2021-01-24T23:15:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The key findings from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) of selected states have reminded us that India is facing a crisis of poor nutrition outcomes. […]
2021-01-22T18:31:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
With less than two weeks to go for the Union budget, expectations about Big Bang announcements have risen. Not least because Finance Minister has herself talked about wanting to see a “post-pandemic budget never seen before in a hundred years.” It is not clear what she actually meant by that, [...]
