Page-282 of UPSC Questions

What do you understand by Aadhar seeding? Discuss its various methods and benefits, particularly in improvement of India's Public Distribution System.

Aadhaar seeding is a procedure by which the Unique Identifications issued by the UIDAI are included in the database of service providers so that they can used the Aadhaar identity for authentication during service delivery. Some of the examples include ..

Give an account of Livestock Ranching as economic activity around the world. Why livestock ranching is not very popular in countries like India and China?

Livestock ranching is an important economic activ­ity of the areas of commercial grain farming. Cattle rearing is the most important component of this activity in most parts of the world but in some regions cattle are replaced by sheep, as ..

Discuss the spatial distribution of major fishing grounds around the world.

The major fishing areas around the world are as follows: The Northwest Pacific Region is the leading fish producer area. This region accounts for about a quarter of the total world catch. Northeast Atlantic and the adjacent waters of the ..

Personal Data Protection Bill : Challenges

India’s Personal Data Protection Bill seeks to protect the privacy of individuals relating to their personal data, but its design is not based on delivering the promise. It rightly requires the handlers of the data to obtain the individual’s consent ..

Examine the composition and importance of Law Commission of India.

Model Answer Law Commission appointed for a period of three years by the government is an ad hoc and advisory body. It consists of: a full-time Chairperson; four full-time Members (including a Member-Secretary); Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs as ex-offcio ..

Discuss the strategic and economic importance of Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) for India.

The Asia Africa growth corridor (AAGC) envisages for a people-centric sustainable growth strategy, the contours of which would be evolved through a process of detailed consultations across Asia and Africa, engaging various stakeholders- governments, firms, think tanks and civil society. ..

How will India be benefited from its accession to MTCR, Australia Group and Wassennar Arrangement? Explain.

India is now member of three out of four global elite export control regimes with an exemption of NSG. India can reap wide benefits from the membership of the group. MTCR MTCR is an “informal political understanding among states that ..

In order to strengthen its regional ties in South Asia, India is getting more inclined towards BIMSTEC and BBIN distancing itself away from SAARC. Discuss the underlying reasons and possible implications.

SAARC was formed in 1985. BIMSTEC has been in existence in various forms since 1997 while BBIN is a sub-grouping within the SAARC. Reasons for India distancing SAARC Indo-Pak rivalry: India-Pak rivalry has become a biggest impediment for the SAARC. ..

India's new civil aviation policy offers an open-sky policy covering the SAARC countries while it seeks a restrictive policy for countries that are within 5,000 kms from India. Examine the rationale while elucidating India's open sky pacts.

An efficient civil aviation sector is important for India as it is inter-linked with other sectors in the economy. In order to provide a boost to aviation sector & to enhance regional connectivity, New Civil Aviation policy introduced the concept ..

Despite of increased output and productivity, there is a demand –supply gap in the oilseeds in India, particularly in Edible oils. While analyzing the reasons, discuss the steps that should be taken to address the issue.

India is one of the largest oilseeds producers, despite that fact, India is unable to meet its domestic edible oil requirements. Due to huge Demand supply gap, there is import dependency in case of edible oils. Presently, India is world’s ..