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  • Khongjom day

    The Anglo-Manipur War was an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur
    Khongjom Day is observed on the 23rd April every year by the Government of Manipur to pay tribute

  • Anti-Defection law

    Are anti-defection laws exercised by Judiciary also? Like Disqualification of Lalu Yadav on grounds of Fodder Scam!!

  • Foreign Policy Watch: India-Iran

  • Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan

  • Suggestion for mains answer writing

    Hi,

    From last few weeks I am trying to start my answer writing practice for mains but not able to due to lots of reason.

    Can you please suggest how to approach for initial state or right approach for that.

    Thanks,

  • UPSC notification delayed?

    Anyone knows the reason why?

  • Economics MCQs from an Intl. ECO Newspaper

    I am posting these ones from some good newspapers sources. Donno how you will all appreciate but …

    1. Gold tranche referes to…?
    a.) A loan system of the World Bank
    b.) One of the operations of a Central Bank
    c.) A credit system granted by WTO to its members
    d.) Quota holding norm under the IMF

    2. The highest form of economic integration is
    a.) European Economic Community
    b.) European Union
    c.) European Monetary Union
    d.) ASEAN

    3. Refugee capital is?
    a.) Investment made by refugees in the US
    b.) Investment made by the UNCTAD in developing countries to empower the refugees
    c.) Aid given y the World Bank to promote the welfare of refugees in war tone countries
    d.) Investment made by developed country investors in developing countries

    4. What is international development association?
    a.) A voluntary association of developing countries
    b.) A federation of International lending agencies
    c.) An affiliate of World Bank
    d.) An organization of donor countries of European Union

    5. The REER is calculated with?
    a.) Pound Sterling
    b.) Dollar
    c.) SDR
    d.) A basket of selected currencies

    6. The infant industry argument is often advocated wth?
    a.) Price discrimination
    b.) Product diversification
    c.) Protection
    d.) Resource mobilisation

    7. Dumping aims at flooding a foreign country with…
    a.) High-priced commodities
    b.) Low-priced commodities
    c.) Commodities with similar prices
    d.) Commodities with fluctuating prices

  • What do you want to read next?

    Hello,

    If you were to decide for once, the theme or topic that CD should write its next blog on, what would it be?

    We have tried to cover static aspects of the syllabus which are more meaningful for the imminent IAS Prelims by clubbing them in “Collections”. 

    We hope you enjoyed reading through these ones – 

    Keeping in mind the mood swings of UPSC, we started with some compilations which can be useful wrt prelims –

    And we revived the Discussions module with a motive to dig deep into issues and come out with Mains worthy points/ questions. Click to read them here.

    BUT

    We want you to come forth and let us know the topics which you like more clarifications on – Prelims worthy themes and topics where you need a better compilation or a better clarification. 

  • Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

     

    • Launched on 22 January 2015
    • Small savings instrument for the girl child
    • Account can be opened in a post office or a public sector bank

    Who is eligible?

    • Girl child only
    • Child should be Indian citizen
    • Age limit: On the date of opening the account, the child’s age should 10 years or younger

    Who can Invest?

    Parent, or Legal Guardian of the eligible Girl child

    Investment limit:

    • In 1 year, minimum Rs 1000/- needs to be invested., thereafter in multiples Of 100/-
    • Maximum of Rs 1,50,000/- can be invested
    • Deposits can be made in lump-sum or spread out manner
    • No limit on number of deposits either in a month or in a financial year

    Operation of the account:

    • The account will be opened and operated by the guardian of a girl child till the girl child, in whose name the account has been opened, attains the age of 10 years
    • On attaining age of 10 years, the girl child may herself Operate the account

    Tenure:

    • Deposit needs to made until 14 years from opening of account
    • Deposit under scheme will mature 21 year after opening of the account

    Withdrawal:

    • No Premature Withdrawal is permitted
    • However, maximum up to 50% of deposit amount can be withdrawn for marriage or higher education of girl child, once she reaches 18 years of
      age

    Termination:

    • Scheme Tenure is 21 years from date of opening, or when the marriage of the girl child happens; whichever happens earlier
    • Account will compulsorily have to be closed after marriage of the girl child
    • In case after maturity of the account (21 years) the girl child does not marry, and if account is not closed after maturity, balance will continue to earn interest as specified for the scheme from time to time
    Published with inputs from Swapnil

  • Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

     

    • Aim: To generate awareness and improve efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women
    • Launched on 22 January 2015 with an initial corpus of Rs. 100 crore
    • Joint initiative of Ministries of Women & Child Development, Health & Human Resource Development

    Districts Identified

    The three criteria for selection of districts:

    1. Districts below the national average (87 districts/23 states);
    2. Districts above national average but shown declining trend (8 districts/8 states)
    3. Districts above national average and shown increasing trend (5 districts/5 states- selected so that these CSR levels can be maintained and other districts can emulate and learn from their experiences)
    • First Phase:

    100 districts have been identified on the basis of low Child Sex Ratio as per Census 2011 covering all States/UTs as a pilot With at least one district in each state

    • Second Phase

    The scheme has further been expanded to 61 additional districts selected from 11 States/UT having CSR below 918

     

    Strategies:

    • Implement a sustained Social Mobilization and Communication Campaign to create equal value for the girl child & promote her education
    • Focus on Gender Critical Districts and Cities low on CSR for intensive & integrated action
    • Mobilize & Train Panchayati Raj Institutions/ Urban local bodies/ Grassroot workers as catalysts for social change
    • Ensure service delivery structures/ schemes & programmes are sufficiently responsive to issues Of gender and children’s rights
    • Enable Inter-sectoral and inter-institutional convergence at District/ Block/ Grassroot levels

    Implementation:

    1. Centre: A National Task Force (NTF) headed by Secretary WCD
      State: A State Task Force (STF)
    2. District: District Task Force (DTF) headed by the District Collector/ Deputy Commissioner with representation of concerned departments
    3. Block: A Block Level Committee headed by SDM/ SDO/ BDO
    4. Gram Panchayat/ Municipality: Respective Panchayat Samiti/ Ward Samiti
    5. Village: Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committees
    Published with inputs from Swapnil

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