Context According to a FICCI-McKinsey report, by 2047, a growing India is expected to become a high-income nation with six times its current per capita income and to create 60 crore jobs to gainfully employ its growing workforce. Achieving …
Context Food security implies that ‘all people, at all times, should have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life’ (FAO). Nutrition security …
Context It is very likely that El Niño Southern Oscillation rainfall variability, used for defining extreme El Niños and La Niñas, will increase significantly by the second half of the 21st century ENSO cycle The ENSO cycle is a scientific …
Context Due to the unique physiological/developmental needs, women and children are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of malnutrition. As per the latest National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5), 18.7% women in the reproductive age group (15-49 years) have a body …
Context: The deaths and destruction by landslides in Himachal Pradesh recently have led to much-needed attention on the Himalayan ecosystem. This article highlights the need for building resilience against geohazards caused by different causative factors like natural processes, environmental degradation …
About Indus Water Treaty (IWT) Signed in the year 1960 by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the then President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, the Indus Water Treaty is an agreement brokered by the World Bank that was made to …
Context: This article highlights that the present commitments made by the developed world in terms of climate finance are absolutely insufficient and suggests measures in this regard. Issues surrounding climate finance Inadequate finance: At COP15 in 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark), developed …
Context “The best way to foresee the future is to create it”. – Anonymous Innovation is the process of creating value by applying novel solutions to meaningful problems. It is about creating new applications for an invention or an …
UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention, 1972 The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is an international agreement that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. It is based on the premise that certain …
About KVIC The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament. It came into existence in 1957. The KVIC took over the work of erstwhile All India Khadi and Village Industries Board. …