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Modi govt’s Crop MSP plan may stoke inflation: NITI Aayog States should reform their agriculture markets to tackle the inflation problem arising out of the Crop MSP policy: NITI Aayog

The twin budget promises of fixing minimum support price (MSP) of crops at cost plus 50% and ensuring MSP to farmers for all crops will lift farm-gate prices by 15% and raise rural incomes, but the transmission of this price rise to wholesale and retail levels will have strong implications for inflation, a NITI Aayog […]

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UKPCS MAINS WRITTING PRACTICE (30TH MARCH 2018)

  UKPCS MAINS WRITTING PRACTICE (30TH MARCH 2018) syllabus :social & economic development Q1 what are different  type of economic system prevelent world wide.discuss in detail about mixed economy model of India.250 words विश्वव्यापी प्रचलित आर्थिक प्रणाली के विभिन्न प्रकार क्या हैं भारत के मिश्रित अर्थव्यवस्था मॉडल के बारे में विस्तार से चर्चा करे| Q2 […]

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UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 11/60 SAMVEG IAS

Q1Consider the following statements about GSTN (GST Network) It is a not for profit, non-Government, private limited company It is set up primarily to provide IT infrastructure Its major functions include: Registration , Tax Payment– 97% paid electronically, filing for returns and services Which of the above-mentioned statements is are correct? 1 and 2 only […]

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Aadhaar’s benefits for financial inclusion

Aadhaar’s benefits for financial inclusion It would be unfair for the concerns of the vocal minority to override the economic aspirations of the silent majority The public interest litigations (PILs) filed before the Supreme Court against compulsory linking of Aadhaar to bank accounts raise issues about the right to privacy, concerns of being treated on […]

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New Integrated Scheme for School Education from 1st April, 2018 to 31st March, 2020

New Integrated Scheme for School Education from 1st April, 2018 to 31st March, 2020 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Department of School Education and Literacy to formulate a Integrated Scheme on School Education by subsuming SarvaShikshaAbhiyan (SSA), RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education […]

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A game-changer for higher education

A game-changer for higher education Union Cabinet’s decision recently to not only continue with the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) — ‘a Centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2013 to provide strategic funding to eligible State higher educational institutions’ — but also give it due importance augurs well for the system of higher education in India. That the […]

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UKPCS MAINS WRITTING PRACTICE (28TH MARCH 2018)

                            UKPCS MAINS WRITTING PRACTICE (28TH MARCH 2018) syllabus : geography of india Q1 Describe the demographic transition theory of Population growth.do you think it will achieve its target of population stabilization in near future.250 words जनसंख्या विकास के जनसांख्यिकीय संक्रमण सिद्धांत […]

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