Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021
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Created this thread as a one stop solution for all members so that all the doubts wherein any conceptual clarification is required can be solved here.
Can someone explain how US economic sanctions work and why are they so important? Thank you.
Not important for prelims.
But anyway: USA controls most of the global financial systems. If USA sanctions an Individual, Entity or Country - it means that American controlled financial institutions wont do business with you - they may additionally freeze your assets in their banks etc. So basically you wont be able to use your money across most of the world. For example: Iran was selling India oil, but India could not pay Iran because of American sanctions - increasing operation costs. Iranian firms cant also raise funds in international capital markets. Sometimes sanctions also mean that USA coerces countries to stop doing business with a particular entity or a country. For example, Trump admin got India to stop buying Iranian oil recently.
The below article is referring to Scheduled Tribe (Plains) and Scheduled Tribe (Hill), what is this distinction?
a) what does "ordinarily resident" mean under citizenship act, 1955?
b) is there a difference between "ordinarily resident for xyz immediately before making an application" and "ordinarily resident for xyz before making an application"?
c) could someone confirm the definition of PIO?
According to A8 of the Constitution, a PIO is a person who, or either of the parents, or either of the grandparents were born in India according to GoI Act, 1935 and are ordinarily residing in a territory outside India. Lakshmikant defines it as either the person, or their parents were born in undivided India or in a territory which became a part of India after 15 Aug 1947.
thank you very, very much.
hi, could someone explain
a) what does "ordinarily resident" mean under citizenship act, 1955?
b) is there a difference between "ordinarily resident for xyz immediately before making an application" and "ordinarily resident for xyz before making an application"?
c) could someone confirm the definition of PIO?
According to A8 of the Constitution, a PIO is a person who, or either of the parents, or either of the grandparents were born in India according to GoI Act, 1935 and are ordinarily residing in a territory outside India. Lakshmikant defines it as either the person, or their parents were born in undivided India or in a territory which became a part of India after 15 Aug 1947.
thank you very, very much.
1) ordinary resident means non INDIAN residing in INDIAN TERRITORY (eg: for 11 years before applying for citizenship)
2) NO as such there is no difference
3) As such PIO is not functional , they had been merged with OCI category by govt.
can someone please clear the status of WHIP ?
convention or statutory ???
@dhanvantri convention
Subramanyam,@upsc2020 whts industrial discharge?Does solid waste covers it??
@upsc2020 whts industrial discharge?Does solid waste covers it??
Solid Waste does not cover industrial discharge in my opinion. According to the SWM rules,
1. Waste segregation at source is mandatory. Households are required to separate waste.
2. Manufacturers of FMCG that use non-biodegradable packaging are required to put in place a system to collect the packaging waste generated due to their production.
3. No non-recyclable waste having a calorific value of 1,500 Kcal/kg or more is permitted in landfills. These wastes should either be utilized for generating energy or for preparing refuse derived fuel.
Industrial discharges usually end up in water streams and is not a part of Solid Waste.
No 1,
what would be the correct answer? 
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