What do you think is the reason behind tightening of immigration norms by US?

The recent change in immigration norms by US states that the applicants have to furnish and register their social media handles over a five-year period as per the recently released DS-160 and DS-260 forms. There is an exemption for diplomatic ..

Examine the relationship between the size of the land holding and the productivity.

Almost 50% of Indian population is dependent on the agriculture for their livelihood. Hence productivity of the agriculture is a vital factor for the Indian economy. The productivity must be accessed in the light of the continued fragmentation of land ..

What do you understand by Agriculture Value Chain? How it is different from supply chain for other products? Explain highlighting the importance of an Agricultural Value System Platform.

Value chain refers  to  the  set  of core  activities  and  support functions, internal to  a business entity, to  create and deliver  its goods or services. Value chain optimisation refers to optimising the value capturing activities and the  internal processes/procedures to ..

A significant trend in recent years seen in India is that while large manufacturing companies are shifting in rural areas, the smaller ones are clustering in urban areas. Critically discuss the reasons and consequences of such trend.

The LPG reforms of 1991 together with giving boost to the industrialization also gave thrust to urbanization. Industrialization and urbanization had established a symbiotic relationship. Off late a trend is witnessed where in large industries which amount to almost 80% ..

Discuss the geo-political, economic and social repercussions of World War-II on European countries.

Geo-Political repercussions Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Britain, France, and Former Soviet Union. Europe was polarised. While Soviet Union with communist regime acquired many eastern European countries, Western Europe was dominated by ..

The measurement of growth using the concept of GDP is one of the key factors that contribute to reduce poverty and uplift the living standard of the people. Discuss the rationale of Inclusive Growth in this context.

Undoubtedly, as evidence and experience prove, economic growth is one of the key factors that contribute to reduce poverty and uplift the living standard of the people in developing countries. However, growth by itself is not sufficient to achieve these ..

To enhance the quality of democracy in India the Election Commission of India has proposed electoral reforms in 2016. What are the suggested reforms and how far are they significant to make democracy successful?

Electoral reform is needed to conduct free and fair elections. The reform proposals are given by the Election Commission of India. It had sent 22 proposals in 2004 and in December 2016, again it had sent 47 proposals regarding the ..

The USSR remained politically and socially stable in the years 1964 to 1982 despite the policies of the Brezhnev era.' How far would you agree with this view?

During the Brehznev era, there was a huge deterioration of the economic capacity of Russia, marked by food shortage, lack of agricultural produce, antiquity of Russian production system etc. Inspite of such a terrible position of the economy, there was ..

The Bhakti cult directly contributed to the theory and practice of music which deeplyimpacted the Hindustani Classical Music. Discuss.

The impact of Bhakti Movement on Indian music was through the Ashtachap and Haveli sangeet along with the Bhajan and Kirtans. Using the regional language, Braj, Avadhi or whatever, as the vehicle, saint-composers were able to reach to people in ..

Critically examine the circumstances in which Zamindari Abolition Acts were passed in newly independent India throwing light on the outcomes of the enactments.

When the exploitation of Zamindars on peasants increased and government failed to frame the policies for peasants’ savior. There came a need to abolish the Zamindari system. However, the process of passing Zamindari abolition bills had started even when the ..