The Constituent Assembly took more than two years to arrive at a final decision with respect to the provisions dealing with citizenship. This was mainly due to some special problems created by the Partition of India as well as the presence of a large number of Indians abroad. Between 1947 and 1949, millions of people […]

India has always been a source of great inspiration for the world at large for her fabulous wealth, abundant natural resources and her spiritual troves. It attracted both traders and invaders along with preachers and seekers in search of truth and salvation. All of them came through land routes by undertaking long and hazardous journeys […]

Since your childhood, you must have been told about the importance of planning and playing safe. However, the talks of being enterprising in nature seldom turn into reality when you plan things too much in advance, not leaving anything to chance or luck. You may have seen your friends and other people who have it […]

Post-Liberalisation Era Prof. V.P. Gupta Director Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru “I do not minimise the difficulties that lie ahead on the long and arduous journey on which we have embarked. But as Victor Hugo once said, ‘No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.’ I […]

Basic Principles The Preamble Every Constitution has a Preamble with which it begins and which embodies its objectives or basic purposes. The framers of our Constitution in this respect were in a most happy position. For, here was an opportunity for them to give expression to the dreams of a new order they had been […]

Post-Independence Era Prof. V.P. Gupta Director Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru This article caters to Polity & Governance segment of General Studies-Paper II & IV and for Essay Paper in UPSC Main Examination Indian Independence gave us the freedom to step out into the new era from old shackles of […]

With no one to test their aeroplanes, they risked their own lives in testing their planes,coming close to death many times to realise their dream. As a kid, I used to love solving maths problems. In fact, the more difficult the problems appeared to be, the more determined I felt to tackle them. Very often, […]

With the stroke of midnight hour but before the morning clock of hen, India attained independence on August 15, 1947.  Before one could heave a sigh of relief for breaking the shackles of helotry, partition of India and macabre communal violence claimed more than a million lives and marred the festive mood of the country.   Liberty, […]

When India was made a party to the Second World War by the British, the ruling Congress Governments resigned in the provincial ministries on December 12, 1939. India got ready to wage the struggle for freedom to the finish. The slogan “Quit India” resounded throughout the country. People adopted all methods—violent and non-violent—to overthrow the imperial […]

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on the Independence Day on August 15, 2019, warned against the population explosion in the coming years. “Untamed rise in the country’s population is holding back the development of India”, he cautioned. This is probably the first time the Union Government is acknowledging the impending risk […]