Time to do away with priority lending norms The banking sector should be allowed to grow its balance sheets, and do business with reference to the bottom lines Foreign banks with more than 20 branches in India will now be required to extend a portion of their loans to small and marginal farmers as well […]
Read MoreProgramme to be piloted across 10 Aspirational Districts in the First Phase NITI Aayog and IBM signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) today to develop a crop yield prediction model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide real time advisory to farmers in Aspirational Districts. The SoI was signed in the presence of Shri Amitabh […]
Read MoreCuttoff marks of UPSC 2017 Pre, Mains and final DEAR Friends YOU have to prepare in light of these cutoff .cutoff is not fixed .basically depend on nature of paper.so it can vary year to year.but you have to prepare in such a way that you can qualify them.give your 100% and then only think […]
Read MoreEvaluating the panchayati raj institutions at 25 #upscessay #upscmains Panchayati raj institutions are simultaneously a remarkable success and a staggering failure Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the 73th Amendment, a good time for some examination and introspection on panchayati raj. Panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) are simultaneously a remarkable success and a staggering failure, […]
Read MoreQ.1 Which of the following statements are correct regarding different generations of bio – fuels? First-generation biofuels are those which are made from feedstocks that can also be consumed as human food. Second-generation fuels are produced from sustainable feedstock but these feedstocks are not normally used for human consumption. Third generation fuels are obtained from algae. Which […]
Read MorePawan Kumar Chamling crosses Jyoti Basu’s record as longest-serving Chief Minister April 29 was his 8,539th day in office as Chief Minister of Sikkim. Pawan Kumar Chamling made history on April 29, 2018, becoming the longest-serving Chief Minister in the country when he surpassed the record set by the late Jyoti Basu. Mr. Chamling was sworn in […]
Read MorePravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in Varanasi: official This year’s event would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth. The next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in the holy city of Varanasi in January with the Indian diaspora having an option to participate in Kumbha Snan and attend the […]
Read MoreUsing blockchain for development solutions Managed responsibly, it could result in more resilient supply chains and fairer governments, among other benefits #upscmains #ukpcsmains Everyone’s talking about blockchain. The shared database technology has been hailed as the next big thing, with many staking their reputations and personal fortunes on it. Claims have been made about its […]
Read MoreThe Inter-State Council needs to be rejuvenated Q How should the government deal with federal interstate disputes? Most of the institutional architecture of Indian federalism is focused on relations between the Union government and the states, and there is far less space to settle inter-state frictions The federal feud that has broken out over how taxes […]
Read MoreMotivation Part 1 …#UPSCFINALRESULTS2018 #UTTARAKHANDRISING #greatgirls #7/13girls उत्तराखंड की बेटियों ने IAS की परीक्षा में लहराया परचम, अपूर्वा पांडे स्टेट टॉपर देश की सबसे प्रतिष्ठित परीक्षा संघ लोक सेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) के शुक्रवार को घोषित नतीजों में उत्तराखंड के होनहारों ने शानदार प्रदर्शन किया है। टॉप 100 रैंक में उत्तराखंड की दो बेटियों ने जगह […]
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