Cottage and Small Scale Industries. in Himachal Pradesh

Cottage and Small Scale Industries. in Himachal Pradesh Industrialization in Himachal Pradesh is comparatively a recent phenomenon. The severe climatic conditions topographical and geographical severities throw challenges in the process of industrialization. In such a scenario, the benefits in the form of incentives and subsidies as well as the development of appropriate Horticulture, Forestry, mining, … Read more

Sectoral Composition with respect to contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Employment

Sectoral Composition With Respect To Contribution To Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and EMPLOYMENT Historically, India has classified and tracked its economy and GDP in three sectors: agriculture, Industry and Services. Agriculture includes crops, INFRASTRUCTURE operations, Education, Health care, Banking and insurance, and many other economic activities. Agriculture India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture … Read more

Skilled / Unskilled labour in Himachal Pradesh

Skilled / Unskilled labour in Himachal Pradesh Progressive reduction of Unemployment and creation of EMPLOYMENT opportunities has been one of the principal objectives of economic planning ever since the plan effort was undertaken in Himachal pradesh. Expansion of employment opportunities is a sine-qua-non to cover the backlog of unemployment and also to provide additional employment … Read more

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) UNCTAD is the part of the United Nations Secretariat dealing with trade, Investment, and development issues. The organization’s goals are to: “maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis. … Read more

Diversification in Agriculture and allied activities, Land tenure and size of land holdings in Himachal Pradesh

Diversification in agriculture and allied activities, Land tenure and size of land holdings in Himachal Pradesh Out of the total geographical area of 55.67 lakh hectares in Himachal Pradesh the gross cropped area is about 9.51 lakh hectares. With a net area sown of approximately 5.38 lakh hectares, the Cropping intensity stands at 176.6%. About … Read more

National mission for sustainable agriculture

National mission for sustainable agriculture Sustaining agricultural productivity depends on quality and availability of natural Resources like Soil and water. Agricultural Growth can be sustained by promoting conservation and sustainable use of these scarce Natural Resources through appropriate location specific measures. Indian Agriculture remains predominantly rainfed covering about 60% of the country’s net sown area … Read more

Issues, concerns, policies, programmes, conventions, treaties and missions aimed at environment protection, and dealing with the problem of climate change

Environmental Legislation The awareness and consideration for Environment covers several environmental issues such as pollution of water, air and Soil, land degradation, industrialization, Urbanization, depletion of natural Resources etc. Environmental Law plays a very crucial and important role in regulating the use of Natural Resources and in protecting the environment. The success of environmental legislations … Read more

Concept of organic farming, seed certification

Concept of Organic Farming, seed certification Organic farming is an alternative agricultural system which originated early in the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing Farming practices. Organic farming continues to be developed by various organic agriculture organizations today. It relies on Fertilizers of organic origin such as Compost Manure, green manure, and Bone Meal … Read more

Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)

Physical Quality Of Life Index (PQLI) Physical Quality of Life Index (P.Q.L.I) was developed by famous economist Morris David in 1979 for 23 developed and developing countries. Morris David used the following three indicators to prepare a composite index known as Physical Quality of Life Index: Life Expectant Rate (L.E.I) Infant Mortality Rate (I.M.I) Basic … Read more

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”), before the induction of South Africa in 2010. The BRICS members are known for their significant … Read more

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