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- 08.04.2013 - 0 CommentsThe Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is an act empowering armed forces to deal effectively in disturbed areas. Any area which is declared "disturbed" under disturbed areas act enables armed forces to resort to the provisions of AFSPA. The choice of declaring any area as ‘disturbed’ vests…
- 05.10.2009 - 0 CommentsSource: The Hindu During episodes of food scarcity caused by drought and failure of the rains of the kind that looms over large parts of India today, district authorities in India are still substantially guided by updated versions of Famine Codes that were initially d eveloped by colonial…
- 07.04.2013 - 0 CommentsFrom: IAS (Indian Administrative Service Aspirant's blog) The methods of securing Indian citizenship are prescribed in the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, which are given below: 1. Citizenship by Birth: Every person born in India on or after Jan. 26, 1950 shall be a citizen of India by…
- 19.04.2013 - 0 CommentsThe Government had constituted an Expert Committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) to undertake stakeholder consultations and finalise the GAAR guidelines as well as a roadmap for implementation. The Committee, chaired by Dr. Parthasarathi Shome, has submitted its draft report after…
- 03.05.2013 - 0 CommentsThe extended and intense cold and dry weather, not so good for agricultural point of view, has been because of feeble and fewer western disturbances (WDs) and their changed pattern this season. Currently, almost 40 per cent of the country (primarily Punjab, Haryana and western UP, eastern…
- 07.05.2013 - 0 CommentsThe two options NEFT ( National Electronic Funds Transfer) and RTGS (Real-Time Gross Settlement) offered by the RBI allow electronic transfer of funds from the remitter, who has an account in one bank, to the beneficiary, who has an account in any other bank/branch. The transfer can be carried…
- 17.04.2013 - 0 CommentsThe UNICEF report, ‘Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable imperative for global progress’ shows that progress has been made in recent years in addressing stunting in children, and calls for increased efforts to accelerate a response to a condition that affects some 165 million children…
- 12.04.2013 - 0 CommentsThe Mid Day Meal is the world’s largest school feeding programme reaching out to about 12 crore children in over 12.65 lakh schools/EGS centres across the country. Mid Day Meal in schools has had a long history in India. In 1925, a Mid Day Meal Programme was introduced for disadvantaged…
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