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What are the steps taken by India to counter climate change?

India has always advocated the principle of the common burden, differential responsibility according to the respective capability to counter climate change. India has undertaken ambitious mitigation and adaptation projects to tackle climate change. Indian efforts to tackle climate change: India, ..

India is one of the highest flood prone countries around the world. While discussing the flood affected regions, discuss the structural non-structural measures for mitigation of flood related disasters.

Floods refer to inundation of land under water. Flood is recurring phenomenon with 40 million hectare of land out of 3290 lakh hectare prone to floods make India highly vulnerable to floods. Structural measures for flood management are physical in ..

Discuss the nature and causes of the UTI crisis with particular reference to US-64. How does this UTI fiasco affect the investment climate in India?

Unit Trust of India (UTI) has been a profitable unit for investment in India, but some losses caused by it in last few years has raised a suspicion over investment climate. Launched in 1964, the US-64, an open-ended balanced fund, ..

Discuss the significance of Kyoto Protocol. Why is U.S.A. not signing it?

Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is related to the emission of Green House Gases. It is an international agreement linked to the UNFCC which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.A Conference in July, 2001 in Germany was ..