What Irrigation is? Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil or agricultural field. It is the replacement or supplementation of rainwater with another source of water. The main idea behind irrigation systems is to assist in the growth of agricultural crops and plants by maintaining with the minimum amount of […]
Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Cyberspace: According to Defence White Paper 2009, Cyberspace is a virtual domain, different, to the physical domains of air, sea, land and space. Cyberspace refers to the virtual computer world, and more specifically, an electronic medium that is used to facilitate online communication. Cyberspace typically involves a large computer network […]
SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY – UNITY IN DIVERSITY: Unity in diversity is used as an expression of harmony and unity between dissimilar individuals or groups. It is a concept of “unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation” that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical, cultural, linguistic, social, religious, political, […]
United Nations 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. How has the UN fared over the last seven decades? Introduction The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. Its mission and work guided by the purposes […]
ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ORGANISATION Since ages, women have been playing a pivotal role in all spheres of activities but their contribution in farm sector has been largely ignored and inadequately accounted for. Women generally participate in various economic and social activities and also play an important role in decision making […]
Interlinkage between Organised Crime and Terrorism Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit. Crime and terrorism can potentially have a very close linkage. Organized crime and terrorism have developed […]
PRESSURE GROUPS Pressure groups are forms of organisations, which exert pressure on the political or administrative system of a country to extract benefits out of it and to advance their own interests. In the present contest these forms of organisations are broadly referred to as Civil Society Organisations (CSO). Pressure groups have become […]
Regionalism in India GS 1-Regionalism REGION: When we think of a region, we imagine a space with a common language, particular people and their attachment to that space. The culture of a region distinguishes it from other forms of spatial and political forms. Region is always interpreted on the basis of geography, culture […]
Buffer Stock and Food Security 1. Buffer Stock Buffer stock refers to a reserve of a commodity that is used to offset price fluctuations and unforeseen emergencies. Buffer stock is generally maintained for essential commodities and necessities like food grains, pulses etc. Due to shortage of Onion in market NAFED is maintaining buffer […]
URBANIZATION, THEIR PROBLEMS AND THEIR REMEDIES Human populations have tended to increase over time. As more people were born, small groups of individuals found reasons to come together to form groups and, with the advent of agriculture, small sedentary communities. A small number of these settlements grew into what we now call cities. […]