2017-01-31T03:31:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Republics of Ancient India This concluding part will examine the political characteristics of ancient republics to see how far it is actually justified to apply the terms ‘republic’/ ‘proto-republic’ to them and what their impact on modern India has been. The word republic today signifies the use of democratic means [...]
2017-01-31T03:32:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
India became a modern republic, a sovereign, democratic republic, in 1950 amidst widespread skepticism about the durability of both democracy and the republican form of government in the country. It is now 2017 and the Indian Republic not only survives but thrives. What explains the durability of the form of [...]
2017-01-31T03:35:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
The Supreme Court ruling reiterating that private unaided schools in Delhi built on land provided by the government must take permission for fee hike has been met with sharply polarised reactions. On one side are the Delhi government, the community of parents and those who are not in favour of [...]
2017-01-31T03:35:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|Tags: environment, policy|
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, under the Chairpersonship of Renuka Chowdhury, Member of Parliament presented its Two Hundred and Ninety-third Report on ‘Forest Fires and its Effect on Environment, Forests, Bio-diversity and Wildlife and remedial/preventive measures’ to both the Houses of Parliament on [...]
2017-01-31T03:36:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Agriculture, Editorials|Tags: agriculture|
Ardent promoters of organic farming consider that present day organic agriculture, which is a mix of traditional wisdom and modern science, can herald the complete development of rural areas, especially in developing countries like India where the large chunk of farmers are small, with minimal resources and limited access to [...]
2017-01-31T03:36:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|Tags: agriculture|
India’s massive demand for natural gas is a result of its easy substitution of liquid fuels such as naphtha, fuel oil, diesel etc. India at present is producing less than 100 million standard cubic meter per day (MMSCMD) and another 50 MMSCMD is imported as liquefied natural gas (LNG) (Fertiliser [...]
2017-01-31T03:36:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose were two legendary personalities, gigantic in their political moral and ethical stature. Both of them were two worthy sons of Mother India. In 1915, soon after his return from South Africa Gandhiji became the unquestioned leader of India’s freedom movement and Indian National Congress. [...]
2017-01-31T03:36:41+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
Since the late 1970s, the term ‘empowerment’ has been liberally applied by academics and aid workers in the English-speaking world, including in social services, social psychology, public health, adult literacy and community development. The field of international development has also embraced the term enthusiastically and the idea of empowerment features [...]
2017-01-31T03:36:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
Women have had a long history of being discriminated against and exploited in Indian society. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment introduced measures to reverse these indignities. Yet, there remains strong resistance against their participation in the public sphere. […]
2017-01-31T03:37:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
‘Udta Punjab’ by Anurag Kashyap has brought the crisis of drug abuse that has gripped the State into mainstream discourse. The movie provides rare glimpses of the extent of the menace that affects all, without the bias of gender or class. The following section provides succinct previews about the worsening [...]
