INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

POLITY AND CONSTITUTION

appoint a commission to investigate conditions of backward classes. Background: The Mandal Commission • In 1990, the then Union government announced that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) would get 27% reservation in jobs in central government services and public sector units (under Article 16(4)). Conditions for reservations laid down

  Classes, Other, Central, Backward, Other backward classes, Backward classes

SOCIAL ISSUES

Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PC&PNDT) 1994. • Programme and Schematic Intervention: GoI, has been implementing number of schemes and programmes for creating an enabling environment for women and also children. Such as, o Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS),

  Technique, Diagnostics, Natal, Natal diagnostic techniques

face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we ...

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein ANALYSIS / APPROACH / SOURCE / STRATEGY: GENERAL STUDIES PRE 2020 PAPER - TEAM VISION IAS Observations on CSP 2020 • This year the paper appeared to be on the tougher side and the options framed were confusing.

  Albert, Einstein, Albert einstein

HIGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC

India entered the top-50 innovating countries for the first time in 2020 since the inception of the Global Innovation Index in 2007, ranking first in Central and South Asia, and third amongst lower middle-income group economies. India’s gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), 0.65% of GDP, is lowest amongst top ten economies (1.5-3%).

  Innovation, Innovating

GOVERNOR GENERAL & VICEROYS (Corrections)

Calcutta Corporation Act (1899). Appointment of Police Commission (1902) under Sir Andrew Frazer to review police administration. Appointment of Universities Commission (1902) and passing of Indian Universities Act (1904). PUSA Agricultural Institute was setup in 1903. Establishment of Department of Commerce and Industry.

  Department, Calcutta

Summary of Union Budget 2021-22

Raising the share of public transport in urban areas by expansion of metro rail network and augmentation of city bus service Rs. 18,000 crore for a new scheme, to augment public bus transport ... Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, and Petuaghat to be developed as hubs of economic activity.

  Union, 2012, Summary, Budget, Metro, Chennai, Summary of union budget 2021

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the ...

the employees working in establishments with less than 10 employees on a voluntary basis and on a mandatory basis through notification by the Central Government for employees working in hazardous industries. The coverage of Employees State …

  States, Employee, Employees state

30 years of 1991 Economic Reforms From one revolution to ...

Title: 30 years of 1991 Economic Reforms From one revolution to another Created Date: 10/11/2021 1:24:08 PM

UPSC, 2021- CSAT SOLUTIONS - Question and Answer

this understanding only they tend to discard and disapprove of the other denominations. Passage – 2 It is certain, that seditions, wars, and contempt or breach of the laws are not so much to be imputed to the wickedness of the subjects, as to the bad state of a dominion. For men are not born fir for citizenship but must be made so.

  Understanding, Contempt

M3 65S

importers of conventional defence equipment spending about 30% of its total defence budget on capital acquisitions. • Boost overall economy: Government aims for a turnover of ₹1.75 lakh crore in defence manufacturing by 2025. • Ensure timely acquisition of military equipment, systems and platforms as required by the Armed Forces

  Conventional

GUIDELINES COMMUNITY NOISE - WHO

GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNITY NOISE Edited by Birgitta Berglund Thomas Lindvall Dietrich H Schwela This WHO document on the Guidelines for Community Noise is the outcome of the WHO- expert task force meeting held in London, United Kingdom, in April 1999.

  Guidelines, Community, Noise, Guidelines for community noise

Eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991

1991. On 12 June 1991 (Philippine Independence Day), its intermittent eruptions began. Three days after, on 15 June 1991, its most powerful eruption happened. Mount Pinatubo ejected massive volcanic materials of more than one cubic mile and created an enormous cloud of volcanic ash that rose as high

Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India

India; or, India as described in the Mahabharata and Ramayana.” 1907. 11 Ramayana, Epic of Rama, Prince of India Book I. Sita-Swayamvara (The Bridal of Sita) ... Neighbours lived in mutual kindness helpful with their ample wealth, None who begged the wasted refuse, none who lived by fraud and stealth! ...

  India, Neighbour

E-COMMERCE IN CHINA

world’s largest e-commerce market, China is an example to its neighbours in Asia of the value in investing in information and communications technology and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow through e-trade. China is also a growing market for SMEs in the Asian region, providing

  Neighbour, Its neighbours

NDIA – S AND LOCATION I

India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest, China (T ibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Our southern neighbours across the sea consist of the two island countries, namely India’s contacts with the World have continued through ages but her relationships

  India, Locations, Neighbour, And location

Gandhiji on Communal Harmony - Mahatma Gandhi

If we look at India's past, one would realise that before the British came Hindus and Muslims lived together peacefully and harmoniously. They were good neighbours celebrating their festivals together and supporting each other during critical circumstances. Hindu rulers appointed Muslims to high posts and Muslim princes

  India, Harmony, Communal, Neighbour, Gandhiji on communal harmony, Gandhiji

INDIA : CLIMATE, VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

The climate of a place is affected by its location, altitude, distance from the sea, and relief. Therefore, we experience regional differences in the climate of India. Jaisalmer and Bikaner in the desert of Rajasthan are very hot, while Drass and Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir arefreezing cold. Coastal places like Mumbai and Kolkata experience ...

  India, Vegetation

History Optional: Topic Wise Question Bank of Modern India ...

European business enterprise and its limitations. ... Nehru’s Foreign Policy; India and her neighbours (1947-1964) ... How far is it correct to say that if Clive was the founder of the British Empire in India, Warren Hastings was its administrative organizer? [2016, 20m]

  India, And its, Neighbour

India’s new Asia-Pacific strategy: Modi acts East

develop India’s economic ties with Southeast Asia, India’s engagement with its eastern neighbours has since shifted to include Northeast Asia and Australia. In recent years, Look East has acquired a strategic dimension with a significant naval emphasis. Elected with the largest electoral mandate in over 30 years, the

  India, Neighbour