2017-01-31T03:48:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|Tags: economy, global|
INDUSTRIAL policy via Twitter is a new development in economics but we may all have to get used to it over the next four (or eight) years. Donald Trump’s tweets on the car industry (and his planned cuts to corporate income tax) may or may not have persuaded Ford to [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|Tags: economy|
Background – The government is coming up with a report which is likely to endorse giving all Indian citizens a guaranteed Universal Basic Income (UBI). The said report will be released this month. Business Insider talked to Prof Guy Standing, one of the leading advocates of UBI, and he says the report by the [...]
2017-01-31T03:48:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
Note :- This book review might be less helpful as far as answering mains is concerned but can be more helpful to write a good essay on related topic. Homo Deus comes not just as an interesting intellectual exercise but as a warning, a clarion call for the what the future [...]
2017-01-31T03:53:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|Tags: economy|
Background:- There has been a hue and cry as far as demonetization is concerned since the night of November 8. Meanwhile, while we were observant of the various developments, we took a decision to wait until the whole story unfolds.Since November 9 , probably each newspaper had published more than [...]
2017-01-31T03:53:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|Tags: Polity|
The cartoon probably depicts the state of affairs much better :- The Supreme Court has grappled with the question whether a provision in electoral law that makes it a corrupt practice to use religion, race, caste or language as a ground for canvassing votes in an election is a bar [...]
2017-01-31T03:53:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Note :- This is a write up by Ramachandra Guha (The writer of India after Gandhi and Gandhi before India among other things) There is an article that was written on Rajaji and Gandhi, but Rajaji was a disciple of Gandhi and their thoughts are mostly congruent. However Rajaji and Nehru’s [...]
2017-01-31T03:53:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|Tags: environment|
By 2050, India will experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C and rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental effect on farmers. Sensitivity 12 states* have districts that are highly sensitive to climate change Sensitivity is the degree to which a region gets affected by climate-related [...]
2017-01-31T03:54:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|Tags: environment|
WHENEVER a dictionary of green terms is written, even if it is in English, it will contain at least one Hindi word. And that word is Chipko. The idea that people are prepared to hug trees to save them from being felled excited and enthused [...]
2017-01-03T22:37:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials|Tags: Health|
The direct linkages between sanitation and health are evident. The latest study published by World Health Organization (WHO) on October 26, 2016 validates that the value of sanitation cannot be deduced only by the use of improved sanitation facilities but from improving coverage at community level and ensuring better outcomes in [...]
2017-01-03T22:34:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials|Tags: environment|
A tale from the banks of Ganga:- Winters are extremely hectic for Sushma Patel, a vegetable grower in Uttar Pradesh’s Chunar town. Her farm is in the fertile plains of Ganga where people grow three crops a year. But this is the only season when she can grow vegetables. And [...]
