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Page-27 of GS-III: Economy & Economic Development

The Indian Railways need to improve its competitiveness if it needs to compete with the growing aviation sector. Discuss.

The Railways inability to incrementally raise passenger fares is the biggest impediment to its revenue growth. The railways has officially recorded its worst financial performance in 2017-18, since...

November 17, 2023

Discuss the significance of the recently launched metal index (METLDEX) and bullion index (BULLDEX) in strengthening commodity derivatives trading and price discovery in India.

The launch of metal index METLDEX and bullion index BULLDEX by leading commodity exchange MCX carries immense significance for commodity derivatives and the wider Indian metals industry. Firstly,...

November 17, 2023

Hydropower & South Asia

South Asia which houses 24% of the global population is one of the most underdeveloped regions of the world. Mutual cooperation is linked with development of the region...

November 16, 2023

Telecom Industry & AGR

The telecom industry finds itself highly stressed with a mounting debt and demands under a high Adjusted Gross revenue (AGR). The issue at hand is the Supreme Court’s...

November 16, 2023

Promotion of secondary agriculture

Secondary agriculture assumes importance as India look to achieve the goal of doubling farmer’s income. There is no formal definition of secondary agriculture, however its essence can be...

November 16, 2023

Discuss the significance of the indigenous manufacturing of Calcium Nitrate & Boronated Calcium Nitrate in India.

Calcium Nitrate along with Boron as fortified fertilizers are used as a water-soluble fertilizer in agriculture. This product is also used in wastewater treatment and to increase the...

November 15, 2023

Motor Vehicle Act and its Effect

The Parliament recently passed the Motor Vehicle amendment bill, 2019 overhauling the thirty year old law. This bill fits in with the UN defined target of reducing to...

November 14, 2023

GST & Its Design

Goods & Services Tax (GST) is considered as one of the biggest ever indirect tax reform. It was aimed to improve the ease of doing business with a...

November 13, 2023

Throwing light upon the problem of huge debt owed by the Electricity DISCOMs to GENCOs of the country, suggest measure to tackle the same.

DISCOMs (Distribution Companies) total dues to GENCOs (Generation Companies) have rose over 37% year-on-year to Rs. 1.33 lakh crore in August 2020, causing a huge stress in the...

November 13, 2023

Are recent steps taken by RBI on the co-operative sector front enough or does the Reserve bank needs to do more?

In India, a co-operative bank is a financial entity which belongs to its members, who are the owners and also the customers of their bank at the same...

November 12, 2023

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