Soil pollution relates to chemical degradation of soil that includes acidification, declining fertility, changes in the pH level, salinisation, and chemical toxicity. For India, maximumsoil contamination occurs in agricultural land, wastelands, and in urban areas. Rural agricultural secto...
The agriculture sector is still the largest employer in India. But owing to rapid urbanisation, more and more rural youths are looking to find work in urban centres. This phenomenon has led to a significant rural to urban migration in India.According to the 2011 Census, the figure of internal migrat...
The global oil market which was already suffering from a bleak price structure since the Gulf War has reached an all-time low ‘price for oil per barrel’ - at $40.32 per barrel - as on April 20, 2020. For the first time in history, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark went to a negat...
The agricultural sector - the highest employer in India – is in deep financial crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The sector was already in distress and recorded a significantincrease in the number of farmer suicides in recent years. Now the lockdown has aggravated the situation. Nationwide, citi...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 24 announced a number of measures for the extension of statutory and regulatory compliances during the coronavirus outbreak in India. We have listed some of the important provisions.Financial servicesThe debit card holders can withdraw cash from...
COP 1: 1995 - Berlin, Germany · Groundwork laid for the Kyoto Protocol· Provision for providing technical and financial support to developing countriesCOP 2: 1996 - Geneva, Switzerland· &nbs...
Soil pollution relates to chemical degradation of soil that includes acidification, declining fertility, changes in the pH level, salinisation, and chemical toxicity. For India, maximum soil contamination occurs in agricultural land, wastelands, and in urban areas. Rural agricultural sectorIn ...
Vietnam has improved its growth rate from 2.8% in 1986 to 7.1% in 2019. Its policy, ‘doi moi’ (to make a change) was introduced in 1986. This policy aimed to open its economy and encourage free trade. There was a dramatic increase in foreign investment into Vietnam. As per a 2019 World Ban...
India presently holds a positive demographic trend. Significant spending on public welfare can create better employment oppurtunities for the country’s young job seekers. Education is a key sector.Amartya Sen in his book ‘Readings in Human Development’ (2003) explained how enhanced healthcare ...
