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 ……
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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 Intellectual Property Rights Policy
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy The National Intellectual Property Rights Policy aims to create and exploit synergies between all forms of intellectual property (IP), concerned statutes and agencies. It sets in place an institutional mechanism for implementation, monitoring and review. Read More ……
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) The National Human Rights Commission is an of India’s effort for the protection and promotion of human rights. It came into being in October, 1993 under The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 and hence it Read More ……
Biofertilizers
Biofertilizers Biofertilizers are living or biologically active products or microbial inoculants of bacteria, algae and fungi which are able to enrich the soil with nirogen (N), phosphorus (P) and organic matter etc. Following are some of the important types of bio-fertilizers which 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 ……
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS)
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) Nagoya Protocol or Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Read More ……