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Health and Hygiene Maintaining personal hygiene is essential for more than one reason; social, health, personal, psychological or just as a way of life. Maintaining a good standard of hygiene helps keep infections, illnesses and bad odors at bay. The importance of hygiene should be taught from an early age to help cultivate good habits. … Read more
Iron and Steel Industry: Pig Iron Pig iron is the intermediate product of smelting of iron Ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke and charcoal and is the basic raw material in Foundry and Casting Industry for the manufacture of various types of castings required for engineering sector. Pig iron usually has … Read more
Rajaram Mohan Roy :-Laid Stress on the study of English & established the Hindu College in Calcutta alongwith David Hare. Maharishi Devendranath Tagore :-The grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore. He inspired a number of thinkers like Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar & Akshay Kumar Datta who became Brahmo Samaj members. He din’t perform his fathers antyeshti samskara as it … Read more
Basic Features of Indian economy [su_posts template=”templates/list-loop.php” posts_per_page=”100″ tax_term=”1322″ tax_operator=”0″ order=”desc”] (I) NATIONAL INCOME ; Elementary concepts of national Income and methods of its calculation e-g,GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP, CSDP. NSDP, DDP at constant and current prices, at Factor Cost etc; (II) Inflation : Concept control of inflation : monetary, fiscal and direct measures. (III)Demographic … Read more
The Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that insulates the Earth . Incoming solar radiations are absorbed and reemitted back from the Earth’s surface as infrared energy, greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the Atmosphere prevent some of this heat from escaping into space, instead reflecting the energy back to further warm the surface. Human … Read more
Meaning of Public Policy Are goal oriented Are outcome of the government’s collective actions It is what the government actually decided or chooses to do Is positive in the sense that it depicts the concern of the government and involves its action to a particular problem on which the policy is made Distinction between policy … Read more
Urban Indian economy after 1858 During this period, the Indian economy essentially remained stagnant, growing at the same rate (1.2%) as the Population. India also experienced deindustrialization during this period. Compared to the Mughal era, India during the British colonial era had a lower per-capita income, a large decline in the Secondary Sector, and lower … Read more
Potential of solar energy in India India is one of the most promising countries for solar energy development. The country has a huge solar potential, with an estimated 5,000 trillion kWh of solar energy available per year. This is more than enough to meet the country’s current energy needs. In recent years, India has made … Read more
Here is a list of subtopics on disinvestment: Disinvestment: The process of selling government-owned assets to private investors. PrivatizationPrivatization: The process of transferring ownership of a government-owned enterprise to private investors. Divestment: The process of selling off a portion of a government-owned enterprise to private investors. EquityEquity disinvestment: The sale of government-owned SharesShares in a … Read more
The leading economists of the country differ in their opinion about the socioeconomic and ecological consequences of the policy of liberalisation.INFRASTRUCTURE by the Indian and foreign investors have generated great employment opportunities for the professionals, and skilled and unskilled workers. 5. Development of Infrastructure: Prior to the liberalisation, the infrastructure (roads and electricity) were in … Read more