Importance of Integrity in Civil Service Integrity is most essential to counter the evil of corruption in public administration It ensures sincerity towards one’s job The actions of public servants have a direct bearing on the character of Read More ……
Values for Civil Service – 2nd ARC
Values for Civil Service – 2nd ARC In performing complex administrative tasks, a public servant employs a range of values as a means to guide his behaviour and actions. Externally, he should work as per the organisation’s Read More ……
Social Influence
Social Influence Social Influence is concerned with how our thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by social groups. A good public servant needs to have social persuasion skills to convince people that the government is for their Read More ……
INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATES
INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATES more than 500 princely states at the eve of integration varied widely in size and status- smallest Bilbari ( annual revenue of Rs. 8) and largest Hyderabad (80,000 square miles) differing levels of economic Read More ……
Major Social Reform Movements and Reformers
Major Social Reform Movements and Reformers Scope of Reforms They had both religious and socio-economic nature to it. An interconnection between them were realized which had to be rid of the evils for the nation to progress. Read More ……
Secure IAS Test -1
Ethics
What is Ethics ? Ethics refers to standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do , usually in terms of duties , principles , virtues and benefits to society. Ethics not only help a Read More ……
Ethical Competence
Ethical Competence There are three important things related to ethics- Ethical literacy (awareness regarding various complexities of ethical issues) Ethical competencies (by following various ethical principles) Developing ethical point of view One can be ethically literate by being aware Read More ……
Genetically Modified Crops : No panacea to food security
Genetically Modified Crops : No panacea to food security “Genetically Modified Crops: An alteration of genetic material of an organism by modern biotechnological techniques, whereby Read More ……
Covention on Biodiversity
Convention on Biodiversity Opened for signature at the Earth Summit in 1992 and entered into force on December 29, 1993 There are 193 parties. Its secretariat is based in Montreal, Canada. US has signed but not ratified the Read More ……