What is the significance of Sunderban Wetlands of India?

The Sunderban Wetlands has been accorded the status of �Wetland of International Importance� as per the Ramsar Convention. There are many hundreds of islands, rivers, tributaries, along with the delta of Ganga and Brahmaputra. It is rich in biodiversity and ..

2018-Mock-8: Case Study-1

a. Discuss the ethical grounds of the issue. The ethical issues being faced here are: Business Ethics vs Social Responsibility or Economics vs Environmental Ethics While business ethics teaches to minimise one’s expenditure and spur growth and profit, social responsibility ..

Explain the terms "Bureaucratisation of Politics"and "Politicisation of Bureaucracy"with suitable examples.

Bureaucrats need to maintain political neutrality and impartiality to ensure the triumph of democracy. Politicisation of Bureaucracy and Bureaucratisation of politics are the grey areas. Bureaucratisation of Politics refers to the bureaucracy plunging into politics. Bureaucrats during their tenure deal ..

What do you understand by Defence Offset Policy? What are issues in its effective implementation?

Defence offset is the compensations that India seeks from the foreign defence equipment seller for the purchase of military equipments. Offset Policy is to leverage capital acquisitions to develop Indian defence industry by: Fostering development of internationally competitive enterprises, Augmenting ..

To what extent the benefits of economic liberalization were trickled down to the lower strata of the society? Discuss critically.

Post independence, Poverty, and slow economic growth were the major issues in front of India. One of the core argument for the economic liberalization was that this will not only boost economic growth but the benefits will be trickled down ..

What do you understand by employment elasticity? Discuss the trends in contribution of manufacturing and services sector in aggregate employment elasticity of India.

Employment elasticity is a measure of how employment varies with economic output.It means whether high GDP growth has translated to high employment and vice versa.The year between 2004-2010 witnessed high GDP growth rate for India but this also has witnessed ..

Examine the key challenges that the Indian Navy faces in becoming a blue-water force.

The Indian Navy faces a number of key challenges in becoming a blue-water force. These include: Budgetary constraints: The Indian Navy is one of the largest in the world, but it also has one of the smallest budgets. This has limited ..

Why there is a need of awareness campaigns to bring tangible changes in fight against climate change and building sustainable agriculture?

It is relatively easy to formulate new policies and programmes for sustainable agriculture in India but it is quite difficult to ensure farmers embrace them. Why India needs to act fast? India has lost over 100 million hectares due to ..

What in your opinion are the reasons for the downward revision of MGNREGA budget for 2019-20?

The allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been revised to Rs. 60,000 Crores for the Budget year 2019-2020 which is less than the amount which was allotted last year. The Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal ..

What are the features of the Emergency Response Support System?

Himachal Pradesh has become the first state to launch pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). Features of the ERSS: ERSS marks the beginning of commencement of a single number based 112 emergency services which will ..