As more and more countries are joining the race to launch more and more satellites into space, the Low earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. Highlight the associated issues and international efforts taken in this regard.

Low earth orbit extends to 2000 km from the earth’s surface. It mainly includes satellites for observation and reconnaissance. Issues due to crowding of lower earth orbit: Space Debris: 70% of space debris is in lower earth orbit itself, approximately ..

How the BharatNet project seeks to revolutionise the connectivity in rural India?

BharatNet is touted as the world’s largest connectivity project. The features of the BharatNet project are: The project envisages laying of about 8 lakh kilometre of incremental optical fibre cable (OFC) to all the 2,50,000-plus Gram Panchayats (GP) in the ..

Why India needs to address the issue of overcrowding in prisons?

Much has been debated about the need of prison reforms in the India. But very little has been moved in this direction even after reports submitted by many committees. Why India needs to address overcrowding of its prisons? The cardinal ..

Drought has been recognised as a disaster in view of its party expense, temporal duration, slow onset and lasting effect on various vulnerable sections. With a focus on the September 2010 guidelines from the National disaster management authority, discuss the mechanism for preparedness to deal with the El Nino and La Nina fallouts in India.

El Nino and the Indian monsoon are inversely related. Monsoons have generally been poor in the El Nino years, with most of India’s droughts occurring in the El Nino years. The September 2010 guidelines from the National disaster management authority ..

What is Clean Environment Cess? How has it performed and what is the way forward?

The clean environment cess or the green cess is a form of tax levied by the government with the purpose of environment conservation. It is a fiscal tool to reduce dependence on coal and other fossil fuels. It is in ..

Examine the recent guidelines of the Home Ministry on SOP to be followed in cases of Crimes against Women.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently issue guidelines to all states to take strict action in cases of crimes against women and adhere strictly to guidelines for dealing with such cases. The important guidelines of MHA are as ..

What are the features of the DBT scheme introduced for the fertilizers? How it is different from the earlier subsidy transfer scheme?

To ensure better targeting and to eliminate leakages and corruption, the Department of Fertilizers had introduced a new model of the Direct benefit transfer (DBT) Scheme. As per the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for Fertilizers: The subsidy on various fertilizer ..

What are key components of the latest monetary policy release of the RBI?

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by the RBI governor has released the new monetary policy which outlines the following decisions: The repo rate which is the key lending rate has been reduced by 25 basis points to 5.15 per ..

Why the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana failed to deliver?

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a government-run health insurance programme for the poor. It provides health insurance coverage to the unrecognized sector workers belonging to the BPL category and their family members. Why RSBY has failed to deliver? The RSBY has failed to deliver ..

"The constitution of India has kept adjusting itself to the requirements of Indian society without losing its identity and sanctity." Verify the statement citing appropriate examples.

Indian constitution is a written constitution with judicious mix of flexibility and rigidity. Art 368 enumerates the provisions and procedure for amendment of different parts of the constitution. This provision has been invoked number of times to meet the exigencies ..