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Suggest amendments to Model Tenancy Act to address housing sector woes.

The model tenancy act is criticized for ignoring the ground realities. If suitable amendments are made it can be a great tool in addressing the housing sector woes...

September 2, 2023

How Farmer Field Schools are strengthening the Farming Community in Maharashtra?

Farmer Field Schools were developed as an alternative to the top-down way of providing extension devised under the Green revolution. The school emphasizes on giving focused guidance to...

September 2, 2023

Farmers of India are moving to buffaloes in place of cows. The farmer decision-making is largely influenced by the economic factors. Examine this in light of livestock policies of the country.

India has the largest livestock population in the world and hence also the biggest milk producer in the world. But it is also the third largest bovine meat...

September 2, 2023

Indian fertilizer industry is growing day by day. Enumerate the environmental concerns related with the growth of this sector in India.

The fertilizer industry has been classified under the �red category� of polluting sectors by the Central Pollution Control Board .It causes following environmental concerns: �Water pollution: The discharge...

September 2, 2023

What do you know about White Throated Rails and Crested ibises? Explain in detail with their present status.

The white-throated rail is the only flightless bird known in the Indian Ocean area. Features of White Throated Rails The white-throated rail is a chicken-sized bird. It is...

September 2, 2023

What are some of the key features of the Vande Bharat 2.0 train? How would it improve India’s railways?

  The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, Chennai, planned and produced the Train18, subsequently known as the Vande Bharat Express, over the course of 18 months as...

September 1, 2023

Nothing grows fast in finance without storing trouble for the future and so is also true for India�s exotic funds. Comment.

Exotic funds of India which are meant for the wealthy investors have grown to around $40 billion from a bare nothing in a short span of seven years....

September 1, 2023

What is the ideology of the Sufi and Bhakti traditions? How can they be used as instruments to fight communalism?

Sufi and Bhakti movements emphasized on the devotion rather than rituals and worldly materials. They aimed to build a relationship with the god. Both Sufism and Bhakti movements...

September 1, 2023

Explain the provisions of Article 105 of the Indian Constitution. Does it provide any special immunity to the Members of Parliament outside the parliament also? Discuss while highlighting its significance.

Article 105 deals with the ‘Parliamentary Privileges’ enjoyed by the Parliament as a whole and Members of Parliament (MPs) in their individual capacity. This is an enabling provision...

September 1, 2023

Despite huge demand for palm oil, why the the area under cultivation of palm has not increased in India?

Even though India is the fourth-largest grower of oilseeds India relies on imports to meet over 70 per cent of its vegetable oil requirements and about 60 per cent...

August 31, 2023

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