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IAS/UKPSC Mains writing practice .12/02.2019.wind energy

Question 12/02/2019 : India has made big stride in achieving increase in share of total installed capacity of renewable power. Explain .200 words भारत ने अक्षय ऊर्जा की कुल स्थापित क्षमता में हिस्सेदारी बढ़ाने में बड़ी प्रगति की है। स्पष्ट कर.

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India set to benefit as wind power gains speed

India set to benefit as wind power gains speed Access to cheap energy is essential to India’s sustained accelerated growth. As per International Energy Agency (IEA), India’s aggregate energy consumption will more than double by 2040. India’s economy is the world’s sixth-largest by nominal GDP and the third-largest by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). It is the […]

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Clean and transparent election funding

Despite some solid legislative accomplishments—from the goods and services tax (GST), which is slowly improving tax compliance, to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, which is bringing crony capital to heel—it is difficult to credit the Narendra Modi government with much progress in one critical area of corruption: corporate funding of political parties. The only thing […]

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JOB,TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION

Around the world today, the central challenge for achieving inclusive economic prosperity is the creation of sufficient numbers of “good jobs”. Without productive and dependable employment for the vast majority of a country’s workforce, economic growth either remains elusive, or its benefits end up concentrated among a tiny minority. The scarcity of good jobs also […]

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World Sustainable Development Summit 2019, organized by The Energy and Resources Institute – TERI

India’s traditional practices reflected a sustainable lifestyle; International Solar Alliance is India’s most decisive step towards developing clean energy; Encourage cycling in a big way; Promote biotechnology and nano-technology for sustainable agriculture Inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 Expressing his concern over the unprecedented scale of environmental degradation and its drastic consequences, the Vice President […]

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Prime Minister Jan ArogyaYojana [PMJAY]

Prime Minister Jan ArogyaYojana [PMJAY] Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) on 23.09.2018. PMJAY is a centrally sponsored scheme. It is entirely funded by Government and the funding is shared between Centre and State governments as per prevailing guidelines of Ministry of  Finance. PMJAY provides health coverage up to Rs. […]

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How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather

How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather New study says there is a connection between fog conditions in Indo-Gangetic Plains and anomalies in movement of air in the Arctic and Eurasian regions North India has been going through some flip-flop weather this winter. As predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the season started off […]

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The Eat Right India’ movement and Junk Food’

The standards for food grains have been prescribed under sub-regulation 2.4.6 of Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 which have to be complied with by all Food Business Operators (FBOs). The implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Rules and Regulations made thereunder primarily lies […]

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