Day: February 28, 2017
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Daily Editorial: Learn and Practice – India-UK relations future Prospects
India-UK relations future Prospects Click here to Download Daily Editorial PDF (28 Feb. 2017) The UK and India are natural partners – the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy. UK and India’s “current trading relationship is strong but, more importantly, there is so much future potential” For more detailed Background, See this document…
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ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 Summary Chapter 14 – From Competitive Federalism to Competitive Sub-Federalism: Cities as Dynamos
Following is the Summary of ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 – Chapter 14 – From Competitive Federalism to Competitive Sub-Federalism: Cities as Dynamos Introduction India, urbanisation is rapidly on the rise. As recently as 1991, there were only 220 million Indians living in cities, equivalent to about one-quarter of the population. By 2011, there were no less…
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ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 Summary Chapter 13 – The ‘Other Indias’: Two Analytical Narratives on States’ Development
Following is the Summary of ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 – Chapter 13 – The ‘Other India’: Two Analytical Narratives on States’ Development Overview: This chapter looks into If the problems associated with foreign aid and natural resources internationally also cause issues in the Indian states. If the redistributive resource transfers (RRT) from the Centre and revenue…
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ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 Summary Chapter 12 – India on the Move and Churning: New Evidence
Following is the Summary of ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 – Chapter 12 – India on the Move and Churning: New Evidence Introduction From ages, the people migrate for work and education and this has brought about structural transformation of economies of countries by distribution of surplus labour from low productive agriculture activity to high productive manufacturing…
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Must Read News Articles – February 28
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL India, China seek common ground on Afghanistan: Despite differences on a number of issues, including over the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), U.N. designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist, and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, India and China began to look for a “common ground” on Afghanistan during Foreign Secretary S.…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 28
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. 1.What do you understand by the policy of ‘divide and rule’? Briefly discuss the important features of British policy of divide and rule. (GS 1) आप ‘फूट डालो और राज…