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Salient features of Hinduism is the major Religion in India, there exist various other religions such as Islam, Secularism. The geo-political unity of India was always visualized by our seers and rulers. The expressions of this consciousness of the geo-political unity of India are found in Rig-Veda, in Sanskrit literature, in the edicts of Asoka, … Read more
India was the first nation to launched a family planning programme in 1952. Though the birth rate started decreasing, it was accompanied by a sharp decrease in death rate, leading to an overall increase in Population.The early concept of population policy covered both mortality and fertility and did not exclusively focus on fertility. There was … Read more
Gujrat Human Development index Human Development Index (HDI) The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of Average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions. … 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
IMPACT OF NEW ECONOMIC POLICY India’s post-independence development strategy showed all the signs of stagnation, but the economy started showing the sign of recovery in the early nineties when the government adopted the new economic model known as INFRASTRUCTURE, into a modern developed economy. New Economic Policy 1991 India opened up the economy in the … Read more
Issues relating to POVERTY and hunger Poverty Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial Resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Its manifestations include hunger and Malnutrition, limited access to Education and other basic Services, social discrimination and exclusion, as well as the lack of … Read more
Comparison Of The Indian Constitution With That Of Other Countries Salient Features of Indian Constitution The bulkiest constitution of the world The Indian constitution is one of the bulkiest constitution of the world, comprising of 395 articles, 22 parts and 12 schedules. So far the constitution underwent 100 amendments. Rigidity and flexibility The Indian constitution … Read more
The World Bank defines POVERTY in absolute terms. The bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than US$1.90 per day> (PPP), and moderate poverty as less than $3.10 a day. Types of Poverty Absolute poverty measures poverty in relation to the amount of Money necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, and … Read more
India is the second most populous country in the world next only to China. On March 1, 2011 the total Population of India was at 1.247 billion. This accounted for 17.5% of the world’s total population. In other words, about every sixth person in the world there is an Indian. China, the most populous country … Read more
Industrial Policy of himachal pradesh In order to turn the educated youth from job seekers to job creator and in order to give support to the ‘Startup’ and ‘innovative projects’ in the state and to provide skills to the youth and potential investors to develop Entrepreneurship “Chief Minister’s Startup/Innovation Projects/New Industries Scheme” has been formulated. … Read more