Context On May 11, 2017, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) had cleared GM mustard for commercial production. Anti-GM groups immediately opposed the decision and appealed to the Ministry of Environment to reject GEAC’s recommendation. The debate over GM crops in India Commercial production of GM crops has been one of the most persisting public… Continue reading GM crops in India
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Climate Change: The Burning Issue
Context Climate change is as much as local as it is global. However, the perceived impacts are not immediately visible. Evidences from Kanha and Pench National Parks, India From 1880-2012, the average global temperature on earth increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius, according to US space agency NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. During the same… Continue reading Climate Change: The Burning Issue
Women in Indian Agriculture
Context The latest census figures list only 32.8 per cent women formally as primary workers in the agricultural sector, in contrast to 81.1 per cent men. But the undeniable fact remains that India’s agricultural industry, which employs 80 to 100 million women and the sector cannot survive without their labor. Current Status of Women in… Continue reading Women in Indian Agriculture
Critical Analysis of Goods and Service Tax
Context India’s biggest tax reform since independence, rolled out on 1st July, 2017. The new good and simple GST (Good and Service Tax) ushers in a ray of hope for the economic pillars of the country. About GST bill GST will subsume all local and central indirect taxes (except customs duty). GST is a consumption… Continue reading Critical Analysis of Goods and Service Tax
Answered: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 22
Unplanned urbanisation in India has added undue stress on social and physical infrastructure in our country. Discuss.(GS 1) Facts:- India is projected to add 404 million peopleto its urban population between 2014 and 2050. The annual growth in urban population in India between 2010 and 2015 was 1.1% the highest among the major economies, according… Continue reading Answered: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 22
Must Read News Articles – June 22
Archives GS 1 Social issues Bans, do they work at all?: (Live Mint, Editorial) Bans don’t solve any behavioural problems. We need to develop new strategies to deal with various social evils. GS 2 International groupings and agreements India to stick to nuclear policy: (The Hindu, Editorial) Government would continue to give its most careful attention… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 22
Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 22
Archives Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. Unplanned urbanisation in India has added undue stress on social and physical infrastructure in our country. Discuss. (GS 1) Caste based inequality is a social reality in contemporary times. How does… Continue reading Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 22
Police Reforms in India
Context 257 victims from dreadful 1993 Bombay blasts, may finally ‘rest in peace’ following the latest conviction of six accused. But it cannot be said a prompt justice as it has been more then 2 decades since the blasts have taken place. It proves the inability of the police force of the country to secure… Continue reading Police Reforms in India
Pan-Aadhaar Linkage
To read more on Aadhaar : Click Here Context Linking Aadhaar card to one’s Permanent Account Number (PAN) card is no longer a choice. Details According to the Supreme Court’s judgement passed on 9th June 2017, anyone who holds an Aadhaar card has to link it to his/her PANs and mention the same in the… Continue reading Pan-Aadhaar Linkage
China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and India
Context China has recently proposed constructing a first-of-its-kind oceanic corridor linking the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, as it released a new maritime plan under ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative. What is OBOR? The most ambitious project of Xi Jinping announced in year 2013 is referred to as One Belt One Road. The… Continue reading China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and India
