India remains heavily dependent on coal for power generation. Of India’s total installed capacity of 374 GW, 53 percent (200 GW) was fired by coal at the end of 2020. In terms of actual power generation, the figure is actually …
Travel and Tourism was the largest service industry in India was worth $234 bn in 2018. The industry has become one of the largest Foreign Exchange Earners in India with earnings of $29.962 billion over Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 equating …
How to structure: 1) Give an intro about Geographical Indicators 2) Discuss the benefits of a strong GI regime by giving examples 3) Mention the government schemes related to it 4) Suggest way forward and conclude Reference: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/geographical-indications-ecosystem-e-commerce-climate-change-7544733/
Poor quality diets are increasingly leading to the compromising of human health as never before; the prevalence of undernutrition persists and remains acute in vulnerable regions, and hunger is increasing concomitantly with an unprecedented rise in overweight, obesity and nutrition-related …
The government has approved the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, a pan-India central sector scheme to inject institutional financing into farm and farm-processing-related enterprises. It’s part of a larger stimulus plan of over Rs. 20 lakh crore issued in response to the …
Why in the news? Stabecoins are exploding in popularity because they are a practical and cheap way to transact in cryptocurrency mainly in US markets. Stablecoins have moved from virtual nonexistence to a more than $120 billion market in a …
Export dynamism is required for rapid and sustained economic growth.Prior to 1991, a 3.5 percent growth rate was related with a 4.5 percent increase in exports.However, after 1991, India’s GDP growth of over 6% was accompanied by real export growth …
With 1.20 billion subscribers, India is the world’s second-largest telecommunications market, and it has experienced rapid expansion over the last 15 years. In 2014, the mobile phone industry contributed US$ 400 billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). After …
The capitalist economic model relies on free market conditions for the creation of wealth. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market. This economic structure is referred to as a market economy. …
About TRIPS The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1995, is a …