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Gender Budgeting Gender Budgeting has become a powerful tool for gender mainstreaming. Over the past two decades, women’s empowerment has been increasingly recognized as a crucial factor for any country’s holistic and sustainable development. Several programs and projects across the world have been launched and are currently in progress to bring social, economic and political…
India Nepal Relations India has a huge, open and accessible border with Nepal which has helped in easy movement of goods and people. However, the same has also added to stress between the nations recently. Both nations share cultural and traditional interests which has always given the ties a boost. In July…
Indian Railways-Issues and challenges Fact Sheet: India’s railway network caters to about seven billion passenger trips a year. Such humongous infrastructure maintenance possesses extraordinary management challenges. The foremost challenge of the Indian Railways is that it should be able to ensure that all its journeys end safely. Death due to human errors despite knowledge of…
Judicial Appointments(A knotty issue) The judiciary and the government have decided to draft a new Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) to guide future appointments. This will address the concerns regarding lack of eligibility criteria and transparency, establishment of a Secretariat and a complaints mechanism. The MoP is still not finalised due to lack of consensus on…
Satluj Yamuna Link Canal Supreme Court verdict on SYL canal was passed which said that it was unconstitutional for the Punjab state government to terminate a water sharing agreement with other states. History behind the issue: At an inter-state meeting convened by the central government in 1955, the total water of the Ravi and Beas…
Indo-UK Relations Background India and the United Kingdom share close and friendly ties. It is a relationship between the largest and the oldest democracy in the world. Highlights of this relationship have been the following: The bilateral relationship between the two nations was upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2004 and further in 2010…
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Background • Founded by Alexander Cunningham, who is also revered as the “Father of Indian Archaeology” o He was the protege of James Prinsep o It was Lord Canning who helped pass a statute for ASI’s establishment in 1861. Lord Curzon gave a big push to the working of ASI…
Tribal Issues in India The task of integrating the tribal people into the mainstream was extremely complex. This was because of the varied conditions under which they live in different parts of the country, and their different languages and distinct cultures. The 1971 Census recorded over 400 tribal communities numbering nearly 38 million people and…
Chinese Communism vs. Russian Communism Problems of China in 1949 a) China was devastated by a long period of war. The warlord era prevented any development during the years from 1916-28. Then soon it was embroiled in a war with Japan in 1931. Simultaneously, the civil war between Kuomintang (KMT) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…