What is Money laundering? How it is different from Black Money? Discuss salient provisions of the Anti Money Laundering law in India.

Model Answer: Money laundering is the process of creating the appearance that large amounts of money obtained from serious crimes, such as drug trafficking or terrorist activity, originated from a legitimate source. Black money is that amount money which is ..

Examine the relationship between the availability of natural resources and the location of heavy industries. Using specific example, illustrate how this relationship has evolved over the past century due to changes in technology and resource availability.

The location of heavy industries has traditionally been closely tied to the availability of key natural resources like coal, iron ore, and water. However, advancements in technology and shifts in resource availability have significantly altered this relationship over the past ..

North East India continues to face several security threats despite its strategic importance. Discuss. What steps have been taken by the government to ensure peace and stability in the region?

North East India due to its historical background and geographical location faces a variety of security threats. These threats have existed, in varying forms, since independence. Security threats in North East India: Insurgency – Insurgent groups are active in Assam, ..

Transforming India’s Higher Education

India has made considerable progress by improving its Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education from 21.5% in 2012-13 to 26.3% in 2018-19. The government looks to take it to a higher at 30% by 2020. But, if one compares it ..

Citizenship Act : Comparing India & Pakistan

India’s new Citizenship Amendment Act provides for Indian citizenship to religious minorities of 3 neighbouring countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan). In this context let us look at the constitutional and legal provisions for citizenship and rights of religious minorities in Pakistan. ..

Both demand and supply of agriculture produce are inelastic."Explain throwing light on importance of agricultural marketing in India.

Hint: When the quantity bought doesn’t change as much as the price does; the demand is inelastic. Similarly, when the quantity supplied does not change as much as price does, the supply is inelastic. The demand in agriculture produce is ..

Assess the reasons why Berlin was a major source of tension in the Cold War from 1948 to 1961.

After the allied victory, Germany was divided into four zones occupied by Soviet, France, British and USA as agreed at Yalta and Potsdam. The city of Berlin geographically falls into the Russian zone but was split into two regions; East ..

How did the fact that Russia was a Communist state affect international relations between 1920 and 1939?

When the Bolsheviks came into power in 1917 in Russia, a conference in 1919 was held in Moscow in which Lenin invited representative of Communist Parties of the World in order to bring them under Russian leadership and teach them ..

“The ministry of agriculture’s draft licensing guidelines released in May 2016 have adverse implications for Intellectual Property in seed and bio-tech industry. Examine.

The draft guidelines sought to regulate the price of Bt cotton seeds, and the terms of licensing of the technology to anyone interested in producing the seed. There are several issues with the new new price control regime. For example, ..

Discuss the aims & objectives of NITI Aayog. To what extent, it is different from the erstwhile Planning Commission?

Aims and Objectives of Niti Ayog NITI Aayog is essentially an advisory body that seeks to provide critical directional and strategic inputs across spectrum of key elements of policy to the centre as well as states. Strong states make a ..