2017-07-06T23:39:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|
Once upon a time everybody ate local food. No one called it that back then, of course. People just hunted, gathered, tilled the soil, and grazed livestock—all, for the most part, relatively close to home. But then small agricultural settlements grew into towns, towns grew into cities, and eventually the [...]
2017-07-06T20:57:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Note:- UPSC usually asks questions on current trends (eg- Clive Wilkinson’s report on Coral, Current Research Programs etc, and the content of this article is an attempt in this regard. This particular article caters to Environmental Geography, although can be used in GS paper or any other paper as one [...]
2017-07-05T08:47:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Fifty years ago, on the morning of 5 June, the Middle East was about to witness a tectonic shift. It all started at 8.10 am Egyptian time. Israeli jets fitted with rockets started taking off from their bases. Within a few minutes, more than 200 jets, 95 per cent of [...]
2017-07-05T08:19:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture|
Definition- Contract farming is the contractual arrangement between farmer and the firm, whether oral or written, specifying one or more conditions of production and/or marketing of an agricultural product. […]
2017-07-04T16:27:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Background:- You might have heard it before, how do you tackle a bully… STAND UP to it !!! Unfortunately, “bullying” has been China’s geopolitical policy. The bully is backed by a trillion dollar economic muscle which it got by being the “Sweat Shop” of the world and of course no [...]
2017-07-03T18:52:13+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. […]
2017-07-03T16:54:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
By standing firm with Bhutan and helping it militarily, India has displayed its resolve. Now it’s time to get down to some deft diplomacy. As the military standoff over Doka La (or Doklam plateau) between India and China spills over into its second month, it is important to understand both [...]
2017-07-02T16:48:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Dear All, We know that our editorials have been very helpful in your preparation and have played an important part in helping you get a better perspective and at times secure a rank (Saumy-4, Ashutosh-370, Bambam-949). Hundred of mails and comments are testimony to it. Here are few must reads [...]
2017-07-01T10:41:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
MANUFACTURING advances often take time to catch on. Only later does their real significance become apparent. The flying shuttle, invented in 1733 by John Kay, a British weaver, allowed the production of wider pieces of cloth. Because its movement could be mechanised, the shuttle later became one of the [...]
2017-07-01T09:43:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
What is GST? Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value-added tax at each stage of the supply of goods and services precisely on the amount of value addition achieved. It seeks to eliminate inefficiencies in the tax system that result in ‘tax on tax’, known as cascading of taxes. [...]
