Day: November 17, 2014

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Agriculture: Procurement, Buffer Stock, FCI Reforms and PDS

….. Food Corporation of India Procurement Storage Operational Stock Strategic and Buffer stock Open Market Sale Scheme FCI reforms Entrepreneur Guarantee Scheme Public Distribution System Identification of Beneficiaries Food Security Act Other Welfare Schemes Central Issue Price and Economic Cost Topics from Syllabus Covered GS paper 2 – Government policies and interventions for development in …

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Insights Daily Current Events, 17 November 2014

Insights Daily Current Events, 17 November 2014 India’s first nesting site of white-bellied heron found A nesting site of the extremely rare white-bellied heron has been discovered in a remote part of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. It is estimated that there are only 250 white-bellied herons left in the world and only …

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[UPSC Mains-2014] Insights Secure Questions on Current Events, 17 November 2014

ARCHIVES 17 November 2014 Answer the following questions in about 200 words: 1) What do you understand by Share round-tripping? An issue related to share round-tripping was recently in news. Examine what was it about. Business Standard 2) Write a note on the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) Business Standard 3) Critically examine the role that …

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