Prologue Forest Survey Report 2013 Limitations of ResourceSAT in forest survey [Act 1] Forest cover & Tree Cover How does India have 21% forest cover? Ranking: Forest covered area Ranking altitude wise Ranking: growth of Forest cover Forest cover: [...]
[Act 1] MDG, SDG, Kyoto Agreements #1: Millennium Development goals (MDG) MDG & India Budget 2014 on sustainable Development #2: Sustainable Development goals (SDG) #3: Kyoto and WARSAW #4: Fodder: Future agreements #5: Fodder: Emission cuts vs India [Act [...]
Prologue Human Development Report Five indexes under HDR-2014 Index#1: Human development index (HDI) Ranking Tie in Ranking No ranking in HDR 2014 Index#2: Inequality adjusted HDI Index#3: Gender Development India (GDI) Index#4: Gender inequality index Index#5: Multi-dimensional poverty index [...]
Prologue Poverty line Tendu Leopard vs Ranga Khush Urban Poverty line Rural Poverty line Why Ranga NAA-KHUSH (unhappy)? How is 100 million poors increased? Calorie Expenditure Engel’s law & MPCE Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) CSS classification Poverty removal schemes [...]
Prologue [Act 1] Health National Population Policy 2000 National health profile 2013 Health Schemes National health missions Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) ASHA Safe drinking water PMSSY Economic Survey: Health reform points [Act 2] Women and Children National [...]
Prologue [Act I] Demography related Theories (DT) DT1: Malthusian theory of population growth DT2: Demographic transition DT3: Demographic dividend [Act II] Education Census 2011: Literacy ranking Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) RMSA & RUSA Model School scheme [...]
Prologue [Act 1] Minorities Minorities in India? Jains Minority status Shia vs Sunni: What’s the difference? (New) USTAAD [Act 2] SC/ST/OBC Areas without SC/ST population % SC Population: Top 5 & Bottom 5 % ST Population: Top 5 & [...]
D1: Chinese Democracy won’t work, says Xi Jinping D2: Sino-Indian partnership in Afghanistan post NATO withdrawal D1: Chinese Democracy = won’t work, says their President Chinese President Xi Jinping recently stated that "multiparty system /democracy doesn't suit China.”. He [...]
Prologue [Act I] Rural Infrastructure (RI) RINS1: Rurban Mission RINS2: Gram Jyoti Mission RIES1: Indira Awas Yojana RIES2: Rural housing fund (NHB) RIES3: National rural Drinking water Program (NRDWP) RIES4: Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan RINS1 (NEW) Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan RIES5: [...]
RAPS-5 Kudankulam: 1000 MW mark Kudankulam nuke plant: SC rejects plea RAPS-5 Q. Discuss the significance of RAPS-5 as a nuclear energy milestone in India. (100 words) RAPS Rawatbhatta Atomic Power Station Record Continuous Operation for 765 days. Proves [...]
I've closed the comment system, because aspirants wasting too much time in debate, rather than studying. UPSC has uploaded the halltickets for CSAT-2014. No change in exam date. It’s same 24th august 2014, Sunday. No change in exam structure- [...]
Prologue Ch5: Financial Intermediaries Part 1: Banking sector Ch5: Financial Intermediaries Part 2: SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA Ch. 6 & 7: Balance of Payment & International Trade FAQ: Download Powerpoint slides? Prologue My lectures on YouTube, for the current Budget [...]
Prologue Part 1: Overview of Economic survey Part 2: Budget Taxation part Part 3: Budget Subsidies, Deficits FAQ Prologue My lectures on youtube, for the current Budget and Economic Survey. First lecture covered following: Economic Survey 2013: Chapter 1, 2 [...]