2017-02-13T23:58:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Imagine if a city of almost four million people disappeared every year. A Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Yokohama. It would be hard to miss. Yet it goes largely unnoticed that almost four million girls and women “go missing” each year in developing countries when compared to their female counterparts in developed [...]
2017-02-14T00:00:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
As the United Nations General Assembly begins a new session, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is high on their agenda. The SDGs, which took effect earlier this year, have been described as “a universal push to transform the world.” They represent a comprehensive plan of action to [...]
2017-02-14T00:01:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Polity|
The Supreme Court’s recent order to the Karnataka government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, which was later revised to 12,000 cusecs following violent protests in Bengaluru, underscores the gravity of the challenge of water crises faced by the nation. […]
2017-02-14T00:05:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
GIS for Starters: Encapsulated basics Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyse various parameters of the globe. Popular use of GIS began in late 1970s and was initiated by Environmental System Research Institute Incorporation (ESRI) of Canada. Much of the credit [...]
2017-02-14T00:06:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
*Disclaimer-The interview is published as is and without any editorial oversight by us. Interview with Dr. K Vijay Raghavan, secretary, Department of Biotechnology. India is all set to lead the global fight against epidemics as it is a key member of the newly formed Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) [...]
2017-02-14T00:09:15+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials|
Summit over substance Barely six weeks after participating in the G-20 summit at Hangzhou, China, and the East Asia and ASEAN-India summits at Vientiane, Laos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will himself play host to the annual BRICS summit in Goa on October 15-16, 2016. This will bring together the heads [...]
2016-09-17T06:39:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials|
The President has given his assent to the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, enabling the implementation of a nationwide goods and services tax (GST). The next steps for implementation of the GST need to be taken by the GST council, which will be constituted after the Act [...]
2017-02-13T23:27:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) has improved steadily during the last 10 years. The system used to be most ineffective and corruption-ridden, with leakages of around 50 per cent at the national level, going up to 80 or 90 per cent in some States. Around 2007, Chhattisgarh took the lead [...]
2017-02-13T23:31:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
*Disclaimer- The story is published as it gives insight in to financial inclusion in India (although not explicitily but implicitely). Also can help to cite as a case study in answers if required. The story of Bandhan’s rise from a microfinance institution with a large footprint to a universal bank [...]
2017-02-13T23:32:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Debate on the Issue – A Brief History In India, simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha (House of The People) and Vidhan Sabhas (State Legislative Assemblies) were organized in the years 1951-52, 1957, 1962 and 1967. Thereafter, however, the schedule could not be maintained and the elections to the Lok [...]
