Urbanisation in Telangana State

Urbanisation in Telangana State The urban Population in Telangana is rapidly increasing and it has surpassed the national Average too. About 21 per cent of the State’s population was in urban areas in 1971, as against the national urban population of 18 per cent. However, there was a steep rise in urban population by 1981 … Read more

Human Migration

 Human Migration Human migration, the permanent change of residence by an individual or group; it excludes such movements as nomadism, migrant labour, commuting, and tourism, all of which are transitory in nature. Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with the intention of settling in the new location. … Read more

Concept of Ecosystem, Structure and Function of Ecosystem

Eco-System-An ecosystem is defined as a structural and functional unit of Biosphere consisting of community of living beings and the physical Environment, both interacting and exchanging materials between them. It includes Plants, trees, animals, fish, birds, micro-organisms, water, Soil, and  people. When an ecosystem is healthy (i.e. sustainable) it means that all the Elements live … Read more

Bhopal State

Bhopal State The state was established in 1724 by the Afghan Sardar Dost Mohammed Khan, who was a commander in the Mughal army posted at Mangalgarh, which lies to the north of the modern city of Bhopal. Taking advantage of the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, he usurped Mangalgarh and Berasia (now a tehsil of … Read more

Population policies and issues

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

Demographic dividend is a potential and not destiny. In this context discuss the Advantage of demographic dividend.

India, however, seems to be in a demographic sweet spot with its working-age Population projected to grow by a third over the same period.India’s demographic cycle is about 10-30 years behind that of the other countries, indicating that the next few decades present an opportunity for India to catch up to their per capita income … Read more

JPSC Prelims Notes for Geography of World and India

Physical Geography (General Principles) : [su_posts template=”templates/list-loop.php” posts_per_page=”100″ tax_term=”1324″ tax_operator=”0″ order=”desc”] (i) Origin and evolution ol earth, interior of earth, Wegner’s Continental Drift Theory; Plate tectonics.Composition, Structure and Stratification of the atmosphere (v) Insolation,heat budget of the earth. (vi) Horizontal and vertical Distribution of Temperature, inversion of  temperature. (vii) Air masses and fronts. Tropical and … Read more

Bio diversity and conservation

Biodiversity and conservation Biodiversity, or biological diversity, is the variety of all life forms.Sum total of all the variety of living organisms on earth constitute biodiversity. There are three Levels of Biodiversity:  Genetic diversity—the variety of genetic information contained in individual Plants, animals and micro-organisms  Species diversity—the variety of species  ecosystem diversity—the … Read more