Inter tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Equatorial Currents The tropical ocean encompasses broad areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean basins and is closely linked to the tropical atmosphere. Trade Winds:- The prevailing surface winds over the Read More ……
Category: GS Paper-I
Swaraj Party and No Changers
Swaraj Party and No Changers After Gandhi’s arrest (March 1922) and suspension of the non-cooperation movement (After the Chauri Chaura incident ), there was disintegration, disorganisation and demoralisation among nationalists and debate started among Congressmen on what to do during the transition Read More ……
Bombay Plan
Bombay Plan The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a World War II-era set of proposals the development of the post-independence economy of India. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading Indian industrialists, Proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence. Read More ……
Peasant Movements in India -Notes
Peasant Movements in India-Notes Under colonialism, Indian peasantry was impoverished and suffered from variety of problems like high rents, arbitrary evictions, illegal tax levies and unpaid labour in zamindari regions. Eventually, the peasants started to resist this exploitation Read More ……
Butler Committee or Indian States Committee
Butler Committee or Indian States Committee During the British Rule in the 1930’s extent of sovereignty of the Paramount power were not yet settled properly, so, relations between Indian Princes and the crown were not well defined. which resulted Read More ……
Mangroves in India
Mangroves in India The word “Mangrove” is considered to be a combination of the Portuguese word “Mangue” and the English word “grove”. Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants of tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. The specific regions Read More ……
Cripps Mission
Cripps Mission The Cripps Mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government Read More ……
National Mission for Green India
National Mission for Green India The National Mission for Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). It aims at protecting; restoring and enhancing India’s diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by Read More ……
National Action Plan on Climate Change
National Action Plan on Climate Change Released in 2008 to addressing climate mitigation and adaptation. The plan identifies eight core “national missions” Emphasising the overriding priority of maintaining high economic growth rates to raise living standards, the plan “identifies measures Read More ……
Hartog Committee
Hartog Committee Appointed to survey the growth of education in British India. Chaired by Philip Joseph Hartog, a British chemist and educationalist. Hartog has also served under the Sadler Commission. In 1929, the Hartog Committee submitted its report. The Hartog Committee had concentrated its attention Read More ……