Discuss the nature and causes of the UTI crisis with particular reference to US-64. How does this UTI fiasco affect the investment climate in India?

Unit Trust of India (UTI) has been a profitable unit for investment in India, but some losses caused by it in last few years has raised a suspicion over investment climate. Launched in 1964, the US-64, an open-ended balanced fund, ..

What are the new parameters designed by the NITI Aayog to quantify the social progress of Indian States?

The NITI Aayog has come up with the first of the country’s index to measure social progress. It will measure the parameters of health, education and water management.  The indices are as follows: Health index-it shall be measured with reference ..

India is one of the highest flood prone countries around the world. While discussing the flood affected regions, discuss the structural non-structural measures for mitigation of flood related disasters.

Floods refer to inundation of land under water. Flood is recurring phenomenon with 40 million hectare of land out of 3290 lakh hectare prone to floods make India highly vulnerable to floods. Structural measures for flood management are physical in ..

Consequentialist and Non-consequentialist Approaches to Ethics.

Consequentialism or teleological ethics is based on the premise that the morality of an action is contingent with the outcome of that action. This implies that morally right action produces good outcome and morally wrong produces bad outcome.  The consequences ..

“There have been different concerns of various sections of the society with reference to the Food Security Act.”Examine.

The National Food Security Act is an act of the parliament of India, signed in 2013, that aimed at providing subsidized food grains to almost two-thirds of the country’s population. It converts into the legal prerogative of other food security ..

Explain "Dispute Resolution". What factors impede citizens from going to lawyers & police for their dispute resolution? How it impacts on the Indian economy and global perception about the country?

Dispute resolution is the process of resolving disputes between two or more parties, that include citizens, corporations, and governments. There are several methods present for dispute resolution. Adjudicative process: Where the judge determines the consequences. Example- Lawsuits, arbitration, etc. Consensual ..

The question of changing financial year in India {from April-March to January-December} has been considered several times in the past. What are pros and cons of this particular reform on Government Budgeting? Discuss explaining why governments so far did not favour any change in financial year.

Currently, the financial year followed by India runs from 1st April to the following 31st March. The issue of changing the financial year was last examined by the L K Jha Committee in 1985, however, the recommendation was not accepted ..

What is Pegasus software and how it poses a threat to countries like India ?

In May of 2019, Facebook-owned WhatsApp identified a bug in the app’s call function was used to install malicious code into the phone of the users. In late October, the malicious code was identified as Pegasus, a spyware developed by ..

The strengthening of the role of the Independent Directors in the Companies Act, 2013 is a true example of true legislative consensus. Comment.

The consensus had been arrived at by the Central government after three years of considerations and discussions by a standing committee of the Parliament. It was actually a law which guaranteed scrutiny, discussion and legislative debate. Directors are being increasingly ..

In your opinion were the concerns raised against the NAMO TV valid?

NaMo TV was launched on March 31, 2019 after the Model Code of Conduct of the elections had come into force. The Opposition parties had raised several questions regarding the identity and ownership of the same. The channel grossly violated ..