Economy

The Indian agricultural system was plagued by ills of absentee landlordism, tenancy. Land reform was thereforeneeded to break the shackles of zamindari systems prevalent since British raj. Farmers were made owners of theirland after which they worked wholeheartedly on their farms. Significance of Land reforms in India: Land ceiling to disburse surplus land amongst small … Read more DMPQ-Land reforms were the initial initiatives taken post Independence era. Discuss the significance of the Land reforms.

The National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016 was adopted on 12.5.2016 as a vision document to guide future development of IPRs in the country. This has led to the following achievements:- Strengthening of Institutional Mechanism Clearing Backlog/ Reducing Pendency Increase in Filings of Patents IP Process Re-engineering Creating IPR Awareness vi.        IPRs in School … Read more DMPQ- Outline the salient features of National intellectual Policy Rights in India.

new integrated cold chain projects are likely to generate direct and indirect employment for 16,200 and are likely to benefit 2,57,904 farmers. The projects have been approved across the states of Andhra Pradesh (7), Bihar(1), Gujarat(2), Haryana(4), Karnataka(3), Kerala(1), MP(1), Punjab(1), Rajasthan(2), Tamil Nadu(4) and Uttar Pradesh(1). These 27 new integrated cold chain projects will … Read more DMPQ- How can the farmers be benefited from the new cold chain projects?

Positives: Low Import Bill Low pressure on Current account deficit. Ease in the balance of Payment. Ease of pressure on Inflation. Low price for consumer if the lower price effect pass on and High revenue for centre and states if the effect doesn’t pass on to the consumer. Money saved can be utilised for social … Read more DMPQ: Discuss the impact of low crude oil prices on Indian economy.

Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India Programme- External website that opens in a new window. A beta version of the same has been already released by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India. Digital Locker is aimed at minimizing the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies. … Read more DMPQ- What is digital locker? What are the objectives of Digital locker?

With an aim to create a $400-billion electronicsmanufacturing industry & generate 1 cr jobs by2025, the Ministry of Electronics and InformationTechnology (MeitY) has come out with the draft‘National Policy on Electronics 2018’ (NPE 2018). Initiatives taken for Electronic System Design &Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector in India Electronics Manufacturing Clusters: To overcome disadvantages due toinfrastructure, EMC was … Read more DMPQ-Electronic industry is going to be the hotspot for Indian economy. Discuss the steps taken by India to promote electronic industry in India.

The Gold Monetization Scheme is a welcome step initiated by the Government of India to  unlock the unused and idle gold lying in households and institutions and bring them into  mainstream and release the capital locked in for use in the economy for its development.  The key objectives of this scheme are stated as under: … Read more DMPQ- What are the major objectives of Gold monetization scheme? How it’s going to benefit india’s financial situation?

The Monetary Policy Committee of India is a committee of the Reserve Bank of India that is responsible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in India. The meetings of theMonetary Policy Committee are held at least 4 times a year and it publishes its decisionsafter each such meeting. The committee comprises six members – three … Read more DMPQ:Write a short note on Monetary Policy Committee.

Oil prices plummeted to $35/barrel and it saw the biggest fall in single day. The fall in oil prices are due to various reasons which are as follows: Failure of OPEC-plus cooperation. Russia rejected the request of Saudi request to effect more cuts in output given the fall in demand owing to the economic impact … Read more DMPQ- What are the reasons for sudden fall in the crude oil prices ?

An external commercial borrowing (ECB) is an instrument used in India to facilitate Indian companies to raise money outside the country in foreign currency. The government of India permits Indian corporates to raise money via ECB for expansion of existing capacity as well as for fresh investments. Other such external sources of finance/capital include FCCBs … Read more DMPQ- . What is external commercial borrowing (ECB) ? Point out the importance of ECB for India’s external investment.