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A Tool For Doubling OfFarmers’ Income?? Prof. V.P. Gupta Director Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru Tamil Nadu became the first State in India to enact a law on contract farming, based on the lines of a model legislation put out by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. This piece […]

The conflict between man and the State is as old as human history itself. Although attempts have been made for centuries to bring about proper adjustment between the competing claims of the State and the individual, the solution seems to be still far off. This is primarily because of the dynamic nature of human society […]

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls; Where words come from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason not lost its […]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was one of the distinguished freedom fighters of India, second only to Gandhiji. He was a man of nerve and determination. He had an extraordinarily robust will and was fearless to the core. Vallabhbhai Patel was born at Nadiad in Gujarat in a farmer’s family. His father was Jhaverbhai. Jhaverbhai was a […]

Is It A Panacea For The Problems Of Public Sector Banks? #BANKING & FINANCE7 Prof. V.P. Gupta Director Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru The Government of India has proposed to merge 10 Public Sector Banks into 4 large banks. After the mergers, there will be 12 public sector banks in […]

The topic of this essay is the last line of P.B. Shelley’s famous poem, “Ode to the West Wind”. In the poem, the poet identifies himself with the West Wind, which, to him, is both the destroyer and the preserver. The line is an epitome of optimism. The poet has dead thoughts which he would […]

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is the man who led the nation-wide cleanliness campaign named as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It can be translated into English as Clean India Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a restructured version of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) implemented in 1999 by the then government, which was later renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan […]

Terrorism is a terrible thing. Terrorism is described as a systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in the population for political, religious or ideological reasons. It is the greatest threat to humanity in modern times. It has been observed that terror has mainly aimed at easy, soft targets with an […]

The revolt started at Meerut, over 64 km from Delhi, on May 10, 1857. It had begun three weeks ahead of the date fixed, i.e. May 31, 1857. Greased cartridges were issued to the soldiers of the 3rd Native Cavalry which they declined to use. They were court-martialled for disobedience and convicted. The authorities were quite […]

For a country that is taking such gigantic strides in the midst of the world’s economically powerful nations, India’s persistent inability to create ample employment for its burgeoning population has been an albatross around its neck for far too long. In fact, the charge of ‘jobless growth’ has been levelled against all governments even those […]