MSP- Minimum Support Price

It is price guarantee offered by the government Without 100% Guarantee to buy all Crops no meaning of MSP. (For entire quantity only) Suggested by:-          Commission of Agriculture Cost & Prices. Implemented by:-    Cabinet Committee of Economics Bonus in MSP:–         Announced during the time of procurement. (Discretion...

Seeds & Market

Seeds: Most of the farmer in India do not have access to quality certified seeds and the seed replacement rate is low, there are concerns related to availability, affordability and quality of seeds. Introduction of GM crops is a matter of debate with issue, related to human, health, biodiversity...

Concept of Fiscal Deficit

Fiscal Deficit is the difference between the total income of the government (total taxes and non-debt capital receipts) and its total expenditure. A fiscal deficit situation occurs when the government’s expenditure exceeds its income. This difference is calculated both in absolute terms and also as a percentage of the...

E-governance in India

In the last two decades, ever since the year 2000 when e-gov had begun in India with the flagship e-gov schemes like Bhoomi, e-Seva, FRIENDS etc. The following lessons have emerged regarding what is to be done in future for optimally utilizing the huge potential of ICT . The...

Digital India Initiative

Digital India Initiative from 2014: It’s one of the flagship schemes of the NDA govt. It has the aim of making India a digitally empowered economy and a knowledge society by 2019. It has 3 major components: a.   Digital empowerment of citizens: ●       Universal digital literacy: For this, Universal Digital Literacy...

Is Russia involving in Afghanistan

Russia hosted a regional conference on Afghanistan to re-frame the reconciliation process between the Taliban and the Afghan Government. The representatives from Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, United States of America and India were also present in a single room.With this effort Russia has sent...

Social Audit

Social auditing is a process by which an organizations/government undergo for a impact realization of its work by its stakeholders and take measures to improve its social performance. Social audit as a concept was envisaged by Charles Medawar in 1972. A social audit on at ground level helps to narrow down the...

Role of Media

Context The fourth pillar of the world’s largest democracy is threatening the vibrancy of democracy itself. Threats to press freedom are far greater from within than from outside. Noise in politics is the music of democracy but noise in news is making mockery of democracy. Tabloid news and yellow...