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rawan239POVERTY alleviation schemes of India Public Distribution System The Public Distribution System (PDS) evolved as a system of management of scarcity through distribution of food grains at affordable prices. Over the years, PDS has become an important part of Government’s policy for management of food economy in the country. PDS is supplemental in nature and … Read more
Old Age Acts Hindus Laws Amongst the Hindus, the obligation of sons to maintain their aged parents, who were not able to maintain themselves out of their own earning and property, was recognized even in early texts. And this obligation was not dependent upon, or in any way qualified, by a reference to the possession … Read more
Promotion of Science in Andhra pradesh Andhra Pradesh had taken a Leadership position in the promotion and development of science and Technology. The Growth was propelled by the availability of rich talent pool, lower cost of operations and in some measure due to the innovative policies of the Government. iHub (The intelligent hub) The … Read more
Oral Traditions, Subaltern Culture, Role of Women in British Andhra Pradesh Oral Traditions in Andhra pradesh Vedic chant tradition in andhra pradesh Andhra Pradesh has been in the forefront in preserving and propagating the Vedic Knowledge of both the forms, i.e., oral and textual traditions, for several thousands of years. There are references in Valmiki … Read more
Role of Christian Missionaries in Andhra Pradesh It was in A.D. 52 that St. Thomas introduced Christianity in Kerala in South India. However, Christianity was limited to the South West Coast of India, i.e., within the boundaries of Kerala State only until the arrival of The Portuguese in India in 1498 and later by East … Read more
Digital India Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered Society and knowledge economy. This programme has been envisaged by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and will impact ministry of communications & IT, ministry of rural development, ministry of Human … Read more
European Trade Establishments in Andhra Pradesh The fall of Constantinople at the hands of Turks and the blockade of sea route to India encouraged European adventures to embark upon exploits on water in threading their way to Indian . The excitement, India continued to create among European merchants and nations further added strength to geographical … Read more
Andhra pradesh budget 2019-20 Economic outlook of Andhra pradesh GDP The Growth rate of Andhra Pradesh’s GDP (at current prices) has marginally decreased from 15.4% in 2016-17 to 15.3% in 2018-19. Fiscal Deficit In 2019-20, Andhra Pradesh’s fiscal deficit is estimated to be Rs 35,261 crore, which is 3.3% of the GDP. The estimate is … Read more
Undermining Markets: When Government Intervention Hurts More Than It Helps Fact: Index of economic freedom is brought out by the heritage foundation. India wascategorized as ‘mostly unfree’ with a scoreof 55.2 in 2019 ranking the Indian economy129th among 186 countries, i.e., in thebottom 30 per cent of countries. Fact: the Global Economic Freedom Index, … Read more
F1: The diversity of sectors in the sensex steadily increased over time following market reforms. It shoes less concentration of wealth in few firms and diversification of firms post liberalisation. F2: Benefit of liberalisation can be gauged from the democratisation of the firms. Now the ratio of size of Biggest/ smallest firm is … Read more