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 [...]
2017-02-13T23:45:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The egregious practice that many Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq thrice, was rendered legally invalid by the Shamim Ara vs State of UP judgment of 2002 and subsequent orders from various High Courts. […]
2017-02-13T23:47:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials|
Background – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s style is to set ambitious targets with impossible-looking deadlines. Perhaps he is inspired by a Gujarati poet who said, “Nishaan chuk maaf, nahi neechu nishaan” (missing the target can be forgiven, setting a low target cannot). This challenges his colleagues and staff to accomplish [...]
2017-02-13T23:49:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Return of Cauvery crisis and the way ahead:- With the Southwest monsoon falling short this season, the story of any other monsoon-deficient year is being repeated: Tamil Nadu rushing to the Supreme Court citing the crisis faced by its farmers, the court ordering release of some water, and protests erupting [...]
2017-02-13T23:53:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
*Highlighted parts are important from exam perspective,especially analysis portion of this editorial, historical and political details sets the background and gives holistic understanding but not be of much use in exam.Kindly bear that in mind while reading. Background :- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]
