What are the main triggers of Stampede? How these triggers make crowd management important?

Based on the past incidents of crowd disasters in India and around the world, the triggers for the crowd disasters can be categorized into 6 categories. These are Structural, Fire/Electricity, Crowd Control, Crowd Behavior, Security, and Lack of coordination between ..

'Retreats and defeats marked the first two years of the war for Britain. How far would you agree with this opinion?

During the opening two years of the war the following incidents happened: Britain’s ally Poland was defeated by Germany. Britain and France did little to help their ally. In 1940, Germany occupied Denmark and Norway. The ports of Norway were ..

Discuss the concerns of the states with respect to the Goods and Services Tax. To what extent, these concerns have been addressed in the current GST model as proposed in Constitution 122nd amendment Bill.

Model Answer: GST is a comprehensive indirect tax on manufacturing goods and services but, the state governments have the following issues over it: A lower GST rate might mar their existing revenues and they may need to look up to ..

Economic empowerment of women is the key to ensure their social empowerment. Discuss in context of India.

Our constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender and strives for equal pay for equal work (DPSPs). This depicts the link between economic and social empowerment. Economic empowerment – Key to ensuring social empowerment: Economic empowerment brings independence in ..

Global Climate Risk Index 2020 Published

The Global Climate Index 2020 has been released by the international environmental thinktank ‘Germanwatch’. This is an annually published risk index that analyses the extent of loss suffered by countries due to weather-related events like storms, floods, heatwaves, etc. Germanwatch ..

In India, the seed development in case of staple crops is confined to public sector. Discuss the reasons why the private companies avoided staple crops such as wheat despite they are high volume crops.

What do you understand by seed Replacement Rate? Despite of a plethora of Government and Private Agencies developing certified seeds in the country, why India suffers from dismal Seed Replacement Ratio? Examine.

Hint: Seed Replacement Ratio denotes how much of the total cropped area was sown with certified seeds in comparison to farm saved seeds. It also denotes actual quality seed distributed to farmers vis-a-vis actual seed required for cultivation of crops. ..

Discuss the current institutional framework around food grain management and public distribution system.

Public distribution system The Government of India enacted the Food security act with the objective of distributing food and non-food items to India’s poor at subsidized rates. Such distributions include staple food grains i.e. wheat, rice, sugar, and other commodities ..

Critically examine the recent trends in labour force and workforce participation rates of women in India.

Model Answer: Labour force refers to the number of persons usually employed or willing to be employed. Workforce constitutes the actual employed labour force. The recent trend in India’s employment pattern shows that the in overall, the labour force participation rate for ..

What do you understand by Agama Shastras? What role do they play in religious practices in India? Discuss.

The religious literature of Hinduism is broadly divided into two parts viz. Shruti and Smriti. Shruti makes the central canon of Hinduism and included Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. Smriti, which literally means “that which is remembered” in the entire ..