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26th August

26 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session

Attempt the questions by posting your answers in comments below. Q1.Present your views on inclusion or otherwise of PM within the ambit of the Lokpal?(15marks) Q2. What is Agile governance? How it is project management technique and a new governance model? Distinguish how it is different from good governance?(20 Marks)

25th August

25 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session

Attempt the questions by posting your answers in comments below. Q1. Three features characterize Simon’s original view of bounded rationality : search for alternatives, satisfying, and aspiration adaptation.” Elucidate. [CSM 2012/200 words] Q2. In what way is Weber’s ‘legal-rational’ model of bureaucracy seemingly ‘irrational’? (15 marks/150 words)

25 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams

Q.1) N. Srikrishna committee is related to a) Arbitration b) Anti-Terrorism c) Merger of Public Sector Banks d) Divestment of Public Sector Units Q.2) Which of the follwoing comprises ‘All India Services’? 1. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 2. Indian Forest Service (IFoS) 3. Indian Police Service (IPS) 4. Indian Foreign Service(IFS) Select the correct option… Continue reading 25 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams

24th August

Part 3 | Important Cash Crops and Plantation Crops in India

A) Important Cash Crops Under cash crops, those commercial crops are included which are produced by farmers mainly to earn money. The cash crop is often not consumed by the farmer himself. Some important cash crops have been discussedbelow in detail: 1. Sugarcane Geographical Conditions of Growth: It is a tropical as well as sub-tropical… Continue reading Part 3 | Important Cash Crops and Plantation Crops in India

Part 1 | An Introduction

Agriculture and the Indian Economy: Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy. 54.6% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities (census 2011) and it contributes 17.4% to the country’s Gross Value Added. Besides, agriculture is an important source of raw material for industrial production and serves as a huge market for… Continue reading Part 1 | An Introduction

Part 2 | Multipurpose River Valley Projects

Multipurpose River Valley Projects Dams were traditionally built to impound rivers and rainwater that could be used later to irrigate agricultural fields. Today, dams are built not just for irrigation but for: electricity generation, water supply for domestic and industrial uses, flood control, recreation, inland navigation, fish breeding etc. Hence dams are now referred to… Continue reading Part 2 | Multipurpose River Valley Projects

Part 3 | Characteristics of Soil, Classification of Indian Soils

Soil Characteristics Knowing a soil’s water, mineral, and organic components and their proportions can help us determine its productivity and what the best use for that soil may be. Several soil properties that can be readily tested or examined are used to describe and differentiate soil types. The most important properties are discussed below: 1.… Continue reading Part 3 | Characteristics of Soil, Classification of Indian Soils

Part 2 | Factors Responsible for the Formation of Soil, Soil Profile

The major factors responsible for the formation of soil: The major factors affecting the formation of soil are relief, parent material, climate, vegetation and other life-forms and time. Besides these, human activities also influence it to a large extent. 1. Parent Material The parent material of soil may be deposited by streams or derived from… Continue reading Part 2 | Factors Responsible for the Formation of Soil, Soil Profile

The Pre-Monsoon Season/ Summer Season (Mar – May)

India’s Climatic Calendar – The Summer Season Temperature Conditions during this season: As the sun shifts northward towards the Tropic of Cancer after the vernal Equinox, the whole India experiences an increase in temperature. In most parts of India, temperatures recorded are between 30°-32°C. North India: April, May and June are the months of summer… Continue reading The Pre-Monsoon Season/ Summer Season (Mar – May)

Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and or affecting India’s interests

 SAARC Historical Background The idea of co-operation in South Asia was discussed in at least three conferences: the Asian Relations Conference held in New Delhi on April 1947, the Baguio Conference in the Philippines on May 1950 and the Colombo Powers Conference held in Sri Lanka in April 1954. Then in 1983, the international conference… Continue reading Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and or affecting India’s interests

Important International Economic Organizations

WORLD BANK  GROUP source The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and most famous development bank in the world and is an observer at the United Nations Development Group. Its five organizations are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance… Continue reading Important International Economic Organizations

India-Australia relations

India & the Oceans Backgrounder It is analytically sensible to divide Australia’s links to post-Independence India into four phases: The first corresponds to the years immediately surrounding Indian Independence when Labour Party was in power in Australia. The second period is the Menzies Years, The third may be regared as the post 1971 re-discovery of… Continue reading India-Australia relations

India-West Asia

WEST ASIA India’s relations with the West Asian countries are historical since the independence. India has interests in economic, political, security and strategic fields with the West Asian nations. India’s west Asia policy For decades, India was a passive player in West Asia-a beneficiary of good relationships with multiple actors. Historically, India’s West Asia policy… Continue reading India-West Asia

India-Central Asia Relations

  Introduction source Five Central Asian states have significant disagreements among themselves, and development trajectories have increasingly diverged since the end of the Soviet Union. Kazakhstan is a stable, relatively open middle-income country, whereas Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are impoverished, chaotic, and poised on the verge of state failure. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan—with significant human and industrial… Continue reading India-Central Asia Relations

India-Japan Relations

In the context of 21st Century, among all the bilateral relations, Indo-Japan relations have all the potential to transcend this era into an ‘Asian century’. This relationship, which incorporates no dispute- ideological, cultural or territorial, was embarked upon in 6th century A.D. when Bhuddhism was introduced in Japan. Direct exchange in modern times commenced only… Continue reading India-Japan Relations

India-Russia Relations

 Introduction Relations with Russia are a key pillar of India’s foreign policy, and Russia has been a longstanding time-tested partner of India.  Both countries signed “Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership” in October 2000 Traditionally, the Indo-Russian strategic partnership has been built on five major components: politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism co-operation and space.… Continue reading India-Russia Relations
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