One of the objectives of the government's FAME scheme is that the country's public transport should be 100 per cent electric. What are challenges to achieve this over-ambitious goal? Discuss.

FAME India scheme which aims for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of hybrid and Electric vehicles is an initiative of the current government which was introduced in 2015. It is about to complete its pilot phase and the second phase of ..

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Urban Transport should be to "move people instead of vehicles". However, most big cities in India have failed to realize this goal in their public transport system. Discuss the reasons while suggesting how can India improve its public transport system?

Owning a vehicle has been perceived as a prestige symbol across the globe. The better the car or a bike one owns the better is one’s status. This in turn led to overcrowding of the roads and rising pollution. Indian ..

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In India, many of the infrastructure projects get stalled due to unnecessary injunctions by the courts. How the proposed amendments in the Specific Relief Act, 1963 address this issue? Explain key proposals of the amendment bill.

A bill to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1963 has been tabled recently in the winter session of the Parliament. The bill when gets its approval, will ease the infrastructure contracts in several fronts.  This bill is perceived to limit ..

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Discuss the key provisions of Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) aimed at protection of consumers and discouraging the speculators. Do you agree with the view that RERA may not bring positive results, especially due to the way the States have adopted the Act? Discuss.

The key provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 aimed at protection of the consumers and discouraging the speculators are as follows: Provision of state level regulatory authorities which would ensure registration and all possible details of ..

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Economic Viability of Bullet Trains

Mumbai –Ahmedabad bullet train will be the first bullet train in India which would reduce the time required to travel to 3 hrs, with help of Japanese investment in technology and finance. Many questions have been raised regarding its viability ..

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Do you think airlines can be run professionally under government control just as private airlines? Examine.

In India in the early phase of commercial aviation, airlines were state-owned and profits were not the list of priorities behind the commercial operations. After the liberalization of air travel in the 1980s, there was intense competition, Low-cost carriers, introduced ..

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