Critically discuss the achievements and failures of economic planning in the pre-liberalization period.

Model Answer: Economic planning refers to the process by which key economic decisions with respect to resource allocation is done within an economy. Before independence India suffered badly from woes given by Britishers. There was a need for pluralistic society ..

Critically assess the implications of China’s coal peak over coal industry in the world.

For several decades, China has been world’s largest producer and consumer of coal. Due to its huge coal consumption, the country is also world’s biggest polluter emitting billions of tonnes of CO2. The coal consumption in China peaked in 2013-2014, ..

Account for the spatial pattern of the Zinc around the world.

Zinc occurs generally in association of lead and both these minerals are therefore mined together. The only area in the world where zinc is mined without lead is the Franklin Furnace area in New Jersey State in US. The world ..

Karnataka Asks Private Sector To Reserve Blue-Collared Jobs For Kannadigas

The Karnataka government has passed amendments to rules regarding industrial establishments that have taken any support from the government for priority to be given to Kannadigas, who are local to Karnataka, in jobs on shop floors in the ‘C’ and ..

Why did Gandhi launch the Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and with what results?

After withdrawal of the non-cooperation movement by Gandhi after Chauri-Chaura incident in 1922, there was no large-scale mass movement. After Lahore Session of Congress 1929, Gandhi presented his eleven points demand which did not receive positive response. The Congress Working ..

Elucidate the role of moral reasoning as the foundation of rationally determining the ethical course of action.

Moral reasoning can be defined as the process in which an individual tries to determine the difference between what is right and what is wrong in a personal situation by using logic. This is an important and often daily process ..

Examine the challenges posed by China's Belt and Road initiative for India.

China is aiming to rejuvenate its ancient maritime silk route through one belt and one road initiative. This initiative of china poses a series of challenges to India Undermines India’s Sovereignty China Pakistan Economic corridor which is part of one ..

Though India has shed its inhibitions in publicly engaging Israel, it has not abandoned its support for the Palestinian cause and the two-state solution. Analyze.

  The Maiden Israel visit this June by Indian Prime Minister marked a significant departure from existing foreign policy. While India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992, It took 25 more years to witness an Indian PM visit Israel. ..

The cold war was to have profound effects on the economic and political systems of Latin America. How far do you agree?

Economic aid provided by the USA will help Latin America solve the problems. The aid was cut short if the government unacceptable by the USA came into power. And the only way to resume the aid was to change the ..

Assess the reasons why J. J. Rawlings was more successful as president of Ghana than Kwame Nkrumah.

JJ Rawlings proved to be a better leader than Nkrumah in many respects. The most important of these was that he wanted to bring back democracy to Ghana much unlike Nkrumah who with the promise of resorting back to democracy, ..