Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) EIA is the management tool for identifying environmental, social and economic impacts of a project before decision-making. Thus, it seeks to ensure optimal use of natural resources within the context of sustainable development. EIA and INDIA: EIA started in India in 1978-79 in case of river valley projects. But […]
Disaster Management What is Hazard? National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP), 2016 defines hazard as “a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or conditions that may cause loss of life, injury to health, property, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruptions or environmental damage”. India due to its unique physiographic and climatic conditions […]
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 […]
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 […]