Despite the achievement of several Indians in leading tech-giants across the globe, India still has one of the lowest entrepreneurship rates. Discuss the reasons behind it and enumerate the measures taken by government to increase the pace of entrepreneurship in India.

Several Indian origin persons are now CEOs of global technology giants like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Parag Agarwal, etc. However, India lags in entrepreneurship rates due to several reasons like: Low literacy, e.g. in eastern India, where new firm creation ..

Geo-climatic, socio-cultural, economic, historical and political factors are the key determiners of the cropping pattern of any region. Substantiate with relevant examples.

Different regions have different cropping patterns and agricultural practices, but the patterns that we see today have developed across centuries, owing to a wide range of factors. The cropping pattern of a region is influenced by various factors: Geo-climatic: Monsoon ..

What are the main causes of underdevelopment of India? Do you think that India is still an underdeveloped country?

Hint: Causes of Underdevelopment Unemployment; Poverty; child marriage; Injustice; High population growth rate; illiteracy; Corruption; High Dependence on Agriculture; Economic inequality; Corruption; Lack of structural, institutional and technical change. India though has made progress since Independence, but the country’s economy is still ..

Explain how the petroleum industry and the semiconductor chip industry compare with each other with regards to their sensitivity to geopolitical development.

The petroleum industry and the semiconductor chip industry are very different in nature and profile. However, there is a lot of structural commonality within the two industries. Common link between petroleum and chip industry: Both are dominated by a few ..

Discuss the powers of the Governor with respect to the elected government in states. What are the challenges to the smooth functioning of this system?

Article 153 of the constitution establishes a governor. The Governor is supposed to act as a link between the Union and the State (federalism). The governor is the executive head of the state, who is appointed by the President and ..

Differentiate between human capital and physical capital. What are the sources of human capital formation?

Hint: Human capital refers to the skills, training, experience, education, knowledge, know-how, and competencies contributed by humans. Physical capital refers to assets which themselves have been manufactured and are used for production of other goods and services such as cash, ..

Discuss the Constitutional provisions in Article 356 regarding imposition of emergency in a state on account of failure of the Constitutional Machinery. While keeping in focus the key recommendations of Sarkaria Commission in this context, critically examine various judicial measures taken to prevent misuse of these provisions.

Article 356 was inspired by section 93 of Government of India Act 1935. This article provides that if the President is satisfied on receipt of a report from the Governor of a state that a situation has arisen in which ..

Discuss the need to regulate the content on television channels in India. How is India regulating satellite TV channels?

Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Television Channels in India, 2022, were recently adopted by the Union Cabinet. Key highlights: Every day for 30 minutes, television networks will have to air programming that is in the public interest or in ..

In view of the term ‘permacrisis’ gaining media prominence, discuss how India can use its G-20 presidency for addressing the concerns of the Global South?

The word ‘permacrisis’ refers to an extended period of instability and insecurity. The term is gaining media prominence due to the ongoing crisis in Europe because of the Russia-Ukraine war, having negative consequences for the world. Need to raise the ..

What are ‘Dry Ports’ and how can they help to mitigate logistic challenges in India? Also, discuss the challenges in their development and measures needed to address them.

Dry ports are inland ports which are connected to sea ports by multimodal transport networks enabling efficient export-import. Significance: Connects hinterland to ports. Creates all round economic development. Export of goods produced in landlocked areas. Provide employment opportunities. Export of ..