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Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religion and Social stratification in India Society is the combination of individuals. These individuals have their various needs which they want to be satisfied. For this purpose people behave in a customary way which is controlled by norms. This participation of people for the attainment of their various … Read more
The National Food Security Act, 2013 (also Right to Food Act) is an Act of the Parliament of India which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two thirds of India’s 1.2 billion people.WHO Defines Food security to exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe … Read more
In 1978, the World Bank, for the first time, constructed an analytical country Classification system. The occasion was the launch of the World Development Report. Annexed to the report was a set of World Development Indicators (WDI), which provided the statistical underpinning for the analysis. The first economic classification in the 1978 WDI divided … Read more
The productive capacity of an economy is directly linked to the size of its working – age Population relative to its total population, it is essential to distinguish between the two components when exploring the impact of demographic change on economic performance. Census 2011 data shows the overall Percentage of children in 0-6 year’s … Read more
Rural – Urban continuum Rural- urban continuum, the merging of town and country, a term used in recognition of the fact that in general there is rarely, either physically or socially, a sharp division, a clearly marked boundary between the two, with one part of the Population wholly urban, the other wholly rural. … Read more
[su_heading]World Bank[/su_heading] The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly referred to as the World Bank, is an international financial institution whose purposes include assisting the development of its member nation’s territories, promoting and supplementing private foreign Investment and promoting long-range balance Growth in international trade. The World Bank was established in December 1945 … Read more
INFRASTRUCTURE: The Indian agriculture sector lacks adequate infrastructure, such as roads, irrigation facilities, and storage facilities. This makes it difficult for farmers to transport their products to markets and store them for long periods of time. Natural disasters: India is prone to natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, and
I wish for a peaceful term of India. I cannot forget that in the sky of India , Lord Canning serene as it is, a small cloud may arise ………..threaten to burst & overwhelm. ‘a battle of blacks against the whites’ (on 1857 revolt) J.W. Kaye The … 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
Chapter 1: Wealth Creation: The Invisible Hand Supported by the Hand of Trust Importance of Wealth creation: It lead to efficient and more utilisation of raw material. It lead to increase in the Aggregate Demand in the economy. Increase in the Direct Tax flows Increase in the salaries of employees working in an ecosystem … Read more