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How the Differentiated Bank Licensing (DBL) is different from that of Universal Bank Licensing? Discuss elucidating the RBI measures to promote differentiated banking.

Differentiated bank licensing approach refers to a system of specific licences which enable banks to provide only selected products and services. These involve Limited Banking Licence, Commercial Banking...

April 21, 2023

After the NDA government came to power in May 2014, FCRA licenses of more than twenty thousand NGOs have been cancelled by the Home Ministry. Do you agree with the view that the policy of curbing foreign funds to the Indian NGOs is appropriate and should be more aggressively applied? Give arguments.

NGOs are nongovernmental organizations which actively participate in political, social, economic and cultural matters , they pursue activities to relieve the sufferings of poor, protection of environment, provide...

April 21, 2023

The sculpture of the Maurya period clearly demonstrates the influence of foreign countries on Indian art. Examine critically.

The Maurya sculpture includes the Court art (pillars & their capitals) and popular art (Yakshas and Yakshinis, sculpture on cave entrances, gateways etc.). Since the first three Maurya...

April 21, 2023

Discuss the salient features of the Mughal Architecture. How it was different from the earlier architecture of Delhi Sultanate?

Sultanate era marked the evolution and development of a new-type of Hindu-Muslim architecture in which decorative exuberance of the Hindu architecture was toned down and its place was...

April 21, 2023

With suitable examples, explain that “Ethics is a science of values”.

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of moral conduct and the evaluation of human behavior. It is the science of values that examines...

April 20, 2023

Self Help Groups (SHGs) plays an important role in upliftment of disadvantaged sections of society by developing rural areas. Elucidate. Further, mention the constraint faced by SHGs and how they can be addressed.

SHGs are the group of voluntary organisations of people, preferably from the same socio-economic background, who have come together for their socio-economic empowerment. Vehicles of rural development: Financial...

April 20, 2023

Climate Change & EU’s Plan

The talks in Madrid to define rules of a new carbon market to be set under the Paris Agreement resulted in a failure. It was not able persuade...

April 20, 2023

What are the components of the new framework proposed by the government to sustain 100 per cent ODF status?

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Union Jal Shakti Ministry has launched a 10-year national rural sanitation strategy to sustain India’s 100 per cent Open Defecation...

April 20, 2023

Examine the trends in Notified TB Cases.

Tuberculosis is a notified disease in India. The India TB Report 2019 makes the following observations related to notified TB cases: There was a 16% increase in the...

April 20, 2023

What is the plan formulated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development to reduce the dropout rates in IITs?

The Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs), India’s premier Engineering Institutions are mulling over an early exit option for academically weak students in undergraduate courses. Those students will be...

April 20, 2023

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