ARCHIVES January 19, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Seven States/UTs Get Allocations Under National Food Security Act • With the implementation of National Food Security Act in Karnataka and Chhattisgarh also, the National Food Security Act has taken off now in seven states/ UTs- Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh . • …
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(This is a Paid test series. If interested, enroll here. You will get all the tests) As updated earlier, Second Mock Test would be sent to you via email around 5 pm tomorrow (Saturday, 18th January). Last time we had carefully sent everyone but some people could not locate them in their email inbox. …
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ARCHIVES January 16, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Battle against sexual harassment at the work place still continues It was in a village in Bassi and some NGOs in Jaipur and Delhi, 21 years ago, that the battle against sexual harassment at the workplace began. The case of the government aid worker who was raped …
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ARCHIVES January 15, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Forest STs to get additional 50 days wage employment under MGNREGA . The Union Ministry of Rural Development decided to provide an additional wage employment of 50 days beyond the stipulated 100 days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA for Scheduled Tribe (ST) households …
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ARCHIVES January 14, 2014 POLITY & GOVERNMENT BILLS The constitution (120th amendment) bill, 2013, and the judicial appointments commission bill, 2013 APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES TO THE SUPREME COURT– PRESENT SYSTEM Constitutional provision: Article 124(2): Clause (2) of Article 124 inter alia says that: “every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 13, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES DISABILITIES According to Census 2011, the number of disabled in India amount to 2.21 percent of population that is 26.8 million. Disability activists opine the count is grossly underestimated as no. of disabled in a country on an average roughly amount to 5-6 …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 12, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Government notified new natural Gas Pricing Formula The Government of India notified the new natural gas pricing formulae, which will be in effect from 1 April 2014. As per the newly issued notification, the rate of all domestically produced fuel will be almost …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 11, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES CCEA approved renaming of Mill Gate Price Scheme as Yarn Supply Scheme The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the renaming of Mill Gate Price Scheme (MGPS) as Yarn Supply Scheme (YPS). The CCEA also approved the continuation of the MGPS with …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 10, 2014 POLITY & GOVERNMENT BILLS Supreme court orders states to probe all acquittals Far reaching implications for law enforcement and the criminal justice system Every criminal case with accused being acquitted will have to be examined by state govts to ascertain whether there were any lapses by police …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 09, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Status Quo in the Definition Of Handloom Under Handloom Reservation Act The apprehension of a change in definition of ‘handloom’ has triggered speculation and insecurity amongst a section of weavers and handloom activities. It has given a mistaken impression on handloom activists that …
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Thank you all for subscribing for our mock test series-2014. Tomorrow we will send PDF of tests to your emails at 4 pm. And solutions would be sent On Saturday Morning 11 am. About Test No. 2 As we had discussed earlier, we will be framing questions exclusively from NCERT for first 4-5 tests. We …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 08, 2013 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Year End Review of Ministry of Women and Child Development CHILD WELFARE: LEGISLATIVE AND PROGRAMMATIC MEASURES A. Legislative Measures: 1. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: Model Guidelines under the POSCO Act, 2012 were issued by the Ministry on 18th September, 2013 under Section …
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FROM INSIGHTS MAGAZINE TEAM ARCHIVES January 07, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES The Food Security Act- an initiative to avert malnutrition Food security refers to household’s physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that fulfills the dietary needs and food preferences of that household for living an active and healthy life. …
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This update is on our previous announcement of new initiative on Secure-2014. We have received mails from 87 aspirants showing interest to participate in this new initiative. We have devised a plan to make Secure-2014 more meaningful, useful and more secure. Assuming that all 87 are really serious about framing good answers and posting them …
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ARCHIVES December 30, 2013 ( Today, there were only few important articles, hence more emphasis is given on thinking about these issues & development from different dimensions. P.S: if you think we have missed out on any important article please do share) Railways ‘safety’ high on alert Railway accidents in India is on the rise …
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ARCHIVES 30, December 2013 1. What is an Ecologically Sensitive Zone? Name such zones in India and the threats they are facing. (200 Words) The Hindu 2. What is the difference between gas-based and coal based thermal power plants? Highlight the advantages of each plants. (200 Words) The Hindu 3. Makarvilakku festival (50 Words) The Hindu …
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ARCHIVES December 28, 2013 NATIONAL Guidelines soon to regulate campaign in social media As social media has emerged as a powerful medium for political campaign, the Election Commission (EC) has proposed to evolve guidelines for regulating it during the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. The emphasis was on the need for preventing ‘sectarian campaign and campaign …
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ARCHIVES December 27, 2013 NATIONAL Cabinet clears constitutional status for Judicial Appointments Commission The Union Cabinet has given its nod for conferring constitutional status on the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary. The government earlier accepted the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and …
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ARCHIVES December 26, 2013 NATIONAL Maternal mortality ratio comes down to 178 India inches closer to achieving millennium development goal of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) 109 by year 2015. According to the recent data, released by the Registrar-General of India, the MMR (number of women who die of pregnancy-related causes per 1,00,000 live births) has …
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