2017-02-13T21:58:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Editorials, Society|
Shyam Benegal Committee report on Cinematograph Act/ Rules :- Background:- For quite sometime now the CBFC- Central Board of Film Certification has been subjected to public discourse and debate, more so , it took headlines and it’s actions made few heads turn.In order to find a viable solution to the [...]
2017-02-13T21:54:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|
Mapping of Coral Reef:- Background:- PROVe, The Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), maps the coral reefs in Andaman & Nicobar Island. Details:- Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India are the hot-spots of biodiversity with their unique Coral Reef bio-reserve. In recent decades, they [...]
2017-02-13T21:36:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Science|
India’s Agasthyamala among 20 UNESCO world biosphere reserves:- India’s “unique” Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats is among 20 new sites added by the United Nations’ top cultural body UNESCO to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves. […]
2017-02-13T21:35:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Editorials, Society|
Geographical Indication and India :- What is GI :- “Darjeeling”, “Ceylon”, “Assam”, “Kolhapuri”, “Banarasi”, “Champagne”, “Roquefort”, “Chianti”, “Sheffield”, “Camember”, “Havana” are some well-known examples for names which are associated throughout the world with products of a certain nature and quality. One common feature of all these names is their geographical [...]
2017-02-13T21:34:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Economy, Editorials, Society|
Get UPSCTREE Daily Updates and Magazine-Click Here Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 Background :- Rajya Sabha recently passed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016.Real estate contributes 9% to the national GDP and the Bill’s passage was seen as crucial to ensuring better regulatory oversight and orderly [...]
2017-02-13T21:33:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Economy, Editorials, Society|
Get UPSCTREE Daily Updates and Magazine-Click Here Tax Administration Reforms Commission:-Dr. Parthsarathi Shome Panel Background :- The Tax Administration Reform Commission or TARC was a committee appointed by the Government of India for giving recommendations for reviewing the public Tax Administration system of India.The committee was headed by Parthasarathi Shome. [...]
2017-02-13T21:26:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Economy, Editorials|
Food Security :- Background:-The Economic Survey 2015-16 presented here today in the Parliament by the Union Finance emphasizes that the main aim of food management policy is to provide food security to the population. Providing food security entails making food available at affordable prices at all times, without interruptions. In [...]
2017-02-13T21:23:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment|Tags: biodiversity, environment, india|
Biodiversity Profile Of India:- […]
2017-02-13T21:20:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events, Editorials, Environment|
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2017-02-13T21:06:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Electoral Reforms Important Recommendations by Election Commission:- Independent Secretariat for the Commission Budget of the Commission to be ‘charged’ as in the case of the Budget of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Union Public Service Commission Amendment of law to restore cycle of biennial retirement in Rajya [...]
