2017-02-13T21:30:08+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Poverty and Destitution:- There is a difference between poverty and destitution, or what I call pauperism. In poverty, it is difficult to make ends meet. You somehow cope, do your level best to add to your income. In destitution, you are simply unable to cope. Excerpts from the interview of [...]
2017-02-13T21:21:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Editorials, Society|
Inclusive Development :-The quintile income and the poverty line Background:- The rhetoric of “inclusive development” tends often to be lost in vague generalities, when it is not altogether absent in various processes on the ground or in state policy that claims to be inspired by its demands. This note suggests [...]
2017-02-13T17:54:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity, Society|
Background – Nehru once said, “Let the people develop according to their own intellect”, as a reference to allow the tribes of North-East region and especially the “Naga tribe” the autonomy to chart their own course of life and have their own customary laws. This reflected in the constitutional provisions as [...]
2017-02-10T22:25:42+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Note – Excerpts from the speech of Vice-President.Contains good statements and statistics that can be used to accentuate your writing. To enjoy the ‘freedom of,’ there is a requirement first for certain ‘freedom from’. To survive with dignity, humans require both ‘freedom from want’ and ‘freedom from fear’ [...]
2017-02-08T23:23:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Background:- After the infamous 2012 gang rape of a student on a bus in Delhi, the number of rape cases reported to police in India rose sharply. But one survey concluded that in Delhi, in 2013-14, more than half of these reports were “false” – fuelling claims by male activists [...]
2017-02-06T22:18:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
The growth of the internet in India has been quite rapid in the past few years. The ‘State of the Internet Q3 2016’ report by Akamai shows where India stands globally in the internet race. […]
2017-02-05T15:21:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
Born in socialist times, a generation of Indians lived the ideas and values of middle class for a lifetime. Middle class was an aspirational place to be for this generation, at a time when a large majority of people were still struggling to get a permanent roof over their heads [...]
2017-02-02T12:44:26+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|
There is much discussion about religious communities and their population growth in India. However, if we look at the details, what we see is that the communities that inhabit a given region behave at par with each other – despite their religious status. In this sense, geography – both physical [...]
2017-01-31T03:29:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
It took Haryana twenty long years to bring up the child sex ratio (in the age group of 0 to 6 years) to 900 as per the Civil Registration System, January 2016 though it still remains lower than the generally accepted national norm of 950 girls to 1000 boys. Nevertheless, [...]
2017-01-31T03:31:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Society|Tags: society|
A lot of dust has been raised, not by the bulls participating in Jallikattu, but by people who speak for and against this ancient sport. Those who speak in favour of the sport are more vociferous than those who support a ban. Rightly or wrongly, the many people in Tamil [...]
