How the United States' regional strategy for South Asia under President Donald Trump is different from that under former US President Barak Obama? Discuss while underlining the progress in bilateral relations between India and US during last two years.

One of the aspects of new strategy is expansion of American military in South Asia which is opposite to previous strategy under Obama.  For example, the Obama administration was intent on drawing troops and that to within a short a ..

Urban floods are significantly different from rural flooding. Discuss while highlighting the causes of Urban Floods in India.

Flood is “an overflow of a water body over areas not usually inundated”. However Urban flood is significantly different from the rural flood. Because of developed catchments in urban areas, there is higher runoff & subsequently, a flood occurs very ..

Analyse various crypto currencies, their uses and concerns over their regulation and issues associated.

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency. Encryption techniques are used to regulate its use and generate its release.�It is not regulated or controlled by any bank, government or centralized financial authorities. It relies on the power of internet to guarantee its ..

Comment on the OTT platform vs telecom sector debate in India. How can the government ensure a level playing field?

Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms have registered an exponential growth in the past few years in India. The factors that have contributed to its growth include increased penetration of faster & cheaper internet and cheaper smartphones. OTT Platforms: These are audio and ..

Discuss the significance of the Arihant SLBM launch with regards to India’s nuclear deterrence capacity. Also comment on how the SLBM differs from its land-based counterpart.

India has recently launched a nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from its first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant. SLBM: The launched missile belongs to the ‘K’ family of missiles, codenamed after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, has been indigenously ..

What are the features of the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019?

Both the houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The features of the bill are: The bill amends the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 which provides for the establishment, development ..

Discuss the extent, issues and possible remedies towards problems of Rail Finances in India

Extent and issues with Rail Finances About 94 percent of the system’s revenues are spent on operating costs leaving little to modernize its creaking infrastructure. Under investment in railways Social service obligations like subsidizing passenger services. As per recent report ..

Elucidate the meaning of Ecological Sensitive Area (ESA) and Eco-sensitive Zones (ESZs) while bringing out the objectives of their demarcation.

Ecological Sensitive Areas or Ecologically Sensitive Zones refer to those areas which have been notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as areas around the Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks and Protected Areas as requiring more protection due ..

Can artificial recharge of the ground water solve India's ground water crisis? To what extent? Discuss while enumerating various methods of artificially recharging the Ground Water.

Artificial recharge of the groundwater can solve the issue substantially but not completely because of very high rate of groundwater exploitation. This method can solve the crisis  in two types of the areas. Areas with high rainfall but the high ..

Critically examine if NITI Aayog has been able to bring seminal change in developmental policy making and establishing the bottom-up setup as opposed to the top-down approach that Planning Commission was in famous for.

The NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog is a think tank of the Government of India which was established in 2015, to replace the Planning Commission of India. The NITI Aayog council is chaired by the Prime minister of ..