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India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; close to 5,700 km long coastline out of the 7,516 km, is prone to cyclones; about 68% of the cultivable area is susceptible to drought. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the East and part of West coast are vulnerable to Tsunami. The deciduous/ dry-deciduous forests in different parts of the country experience forest fires. The Himalayan region and the Western Ghats are prone to landslides. Satellite images showing the damages at Kedarnath village caused by the flash floods in June 2013   Under the DMS programme, the services emanating from aerospace infrastructure, set up by ISRO, are op...

Hi Everyone Those of you who will be appearing for 2015 Mains in December are already having time crunch for preparation, so having important topics which are likely to come does act as time saver and help to be prepared before hand, 1]   World War 1 which completed 100 years its causes and consequences and what are its aftereffect The topic of WW1 is important as it completes it centenary this year. What are the learning points from the WW 1 which can be of use in Indian Administration or Indian Diplomacy. Try to examine all the points, the interests involved, the reasons for these countries to plunge into war One can expect one or two questions like " Critically Examine" the policies followed or the outcome which was also a reason for WW2 so an indepth study of this topic is recommended. 2]  Gandhi ji's return to India from South Africa also completes 100 years, it was in 1914 that Gandhiji came back to India The journey of Gandhi ji from South Africa to Ind...

In an ambitious bid to transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) with an outlay of Rs. 5142.08 crores.               The Mission aims at development of rural growth clusters which have latent potential for growth, in all States and UTs, which would trigger overall development in the region. These clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, developing skills & local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities. The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster of Smart Villages.   These clusters would be well delineated areas with planned layouts prepared following the planning norms (as laid down in the State Town and Country Planning Acts/similar Central or State statutes as may be applicable), which...

    Minister of Railways has made a statement in the Budget Speech 2015 that Indian Railways shall fit Vacuum toilets on trains. Development Cell of the Railway Board has come up with a design that combines the advantages of Vacuum toilets and those of Biotoilets to create a new design of “Hybrid Vacuum Toilet”. A prototype has been made by modifying the standard flushing protocol of a vacuum toilet so as to create water seal and additional post flush cycles and this concept has been converted into a working prototype by Indian Railways as a first ever system of its kind to have been developed and built by any railway system in the world. This newly developed toilet has been fitted in one coach No. 153002/C FAC that is running in Dibrugarh Rajdhani for trail. The prototype consists of a custom designed Vacuum toilet adapted from a commercially available vacuum toilet that is used in aircrafts which evacuates its discharge into a biodigester tank which is now ...

The objective of PMKKKY scheme will be (a) to implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas that complement the existing ongoing schemes/projects of State and Central Government; (b) to minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health and socio-economics of people in mining districts; and (c) to ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas. Care has been taken to include all aspects of living, to ensure substantial improvement in the quality of life. High priority areas like drinking water supply, health care, sanitation, education, skill development, women and child care, welfare of aged and disabled people, skill development and environment conservation will get at least 60 % share of the funds. For creating a supportive and conducive living environment, balance funds will be spent on making roads, bridges, railways, waterways projects, irrigation and al...

Samvatsari (International Forgiveness Day) is the last day of Paryushana —the eight or ten day festival of Jainism. It is the holiest day of the Jain calendar. Many Jains observe a complete fast on this day. The whole day is spent in prayers and contemplation.

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India Sri lanka relations in the with respect to the ongoing visit of Prime Minister of Sri lanka and also in context of culture,  history,  language and intellectual relations 200 words India USA strategic relations in today's scenario,  and also given the make in India initiative taken by the government, how much mutually beneficial it will be for both countries and specifically for India 200 words Civil wars took place in many countries in recent times,  what implications it has and it led to refugee crisis which has led to international furore  elucidate 200 words

   Amid an outcry of poor civic amenities in cities bursting at seams, work on the Smart cities with state of the art facilities-- automatic traffic lights, sprawling solar panels dotting neat dwellings, clean green campuses, digitalized working, round the clock vigil through close circuit cameras, has picked up momentum. Visions are coming on drawing boards and future 98 smart cities identified. Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have to pick up one each soon to touch 100 cities mark.             With the announcement of future smart cities list, the clock has started ticking.  The Narendra Modi Government is pursuing the smart city project to give it a desired momentum with copious funds. Allocations plans have already been announced. In a related development, after recent meltdown in the Chinese financial markets and its cascading impact the world over, focus on infrastructure activities h...

The Sagarmala initiative will address  these challenges by  focusing on three pillars of development, namely (i) Supporting and enabling Port-led Development through appropriate policy and institutional interventions and  providing for an institutional framework for ensuring inter-agency and ministries/departments/states’ collaboration for integrated development, (ii) Port Infrastructure Enhancement, including modernization and setting up of new ports, and (iii) Efficient Evacuation to and from hinterland. Sagarmala will also lead to large scale employment generation of skilled and semi-skilled manpower . Employment generation will be in industrial clusters and parks, large ports, maritime services, logistics services, and other sectors of the economy that will be directly and indirectly impacted by port-led development under Sagarmala.  Manufacture of ships, vessels, cruise ships, barges and tugs will also increase industrial output and also contribu...

In a globalized world today, India’s growth story is intrinsically linked with the story of both Indian entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). India’s strong fundamentals of stable macroeconomic and political regime,strong institutions, geographical advantage, and the growing aspirational middle class with appetite for consumption have made Indiaone of the preferred destinations for global investment, full potential of which is gradually being unleashed. UNCTAD and Ernst & Young (EY) have included India in one of the top five attractive locations for investment. Japan Bank for International Cooperation continues to rate India as top most promising country for overseas business operations. FDI policy and procedures of a country can deliver results within the boundaries of the sectoral policies and procedures, and it is here that the holistic policy liberalization in the last one year has brought in the maximum thrust. It is not surprising that OECD ...

Ground water plays an important role in Indian economy and in ensuring food security of the country. The beginning of Green Revolution during the 1970s brought in a significant increase in ground water extraction which has continued ever since, with consequent manifestations of adverse environmental impact in the form of declining water levels, dwindling well yields and reduction in sustainability of irrigation wells. Besides, ground water in several pockets of the country has become unfit for drinking due to contamination, attributed to both natural and anthropogenic causes.              In order to tackle the twin hazards of de-saturation of productive aquifer zones as well as deterioration of ground water quality and to evolve strategies for better ground water governance  and management through wider consultations among various stakeholders, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga ...