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Rural Development Schemes in India
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana This Scheme was launched on 25 December 2000 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe scheme aims at enhancing rural road connectivity. This scheme provides connectivity to the habitations with less or no connectivity at...
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Goods and Service Tax (GST)
About GST GST (Goods and Services Tax) is the indirect tax reform of India. GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services. It is a destination-based tax. GST has subsumed taxes like Central Excise Law,...
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Five Year Plan
About Five Year Plan Economic planning in India began after the country's independence in 1950 when it was thought important for the country's economic growth and development.This was carried out through the Planning Commission (1951-2014) and the NITI Aayog's (2015-2017) Five-Year Plans, which were...
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Women Empowerment Schemes
Under Article 15(3), the Constitution of India allows for positive discrimination in favour of women. The article, under right to equality, states: “Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children.” In addition, the directive principles...
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Coral Reefs Bleaching
About Coral Bleaching Also Read Coral Reefs Coral bleaching occurs when coral polyps expel algae that live inside their tissues. Normally, coral polyps live in an endosymbiotic relationship with these algae, which are crucial for the health of the coral and the...
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Coral Reefs
About coral reefs Coral reefs are created by millions of tiny polyps forming large carbonate structures. Coral reefs are the largest living structure on the planet, and the only living structure to be visible from space. Corals are found across the...
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Arid Landforms: Erosional and Depositional
Arid Landforms and Cycle of Erosion Arid regions are regions with scanty rainfall. Deserts and Semi-arid regions fall under arid landforms. Erosional Arid Landforms Water Eroded Arid Landforms Rill In hill slope geomorphology, a rill is a narrow and shallow channel cut into soil by the...
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Marine Landforms: Erosional and Depositional
Marine Landforms or Coastal Landforms Erosional Landforms: Chasms, Wave-Cut Platform, Sea Cliff, Sea Caves, Sea Arches, Stacks/Skarries/Chimney Rock, Blow Holes or Spouting Horns etc..Depositional Landforms: Beach, Bar, Barrier, Spit and Hook, Tombolos etc..Coastlines: Coastline of Emergence, Coastline of Submergence, Neutral coastline, Compound coastline...
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Karst Landforms: Erosional and Depositional
Karst Topography Karst is a landscape which is underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing towers, fissures, sinkholes, etc.It is so named after a province of Yugoslavia on the Adriatic sea coast where such formations are most noticeable.Karst topography...
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Glacial Landforms: Erosional and Depositional
About Glacier Glaciers are a mass of ice moving under its own weight. They are commonly found in the snow-fields.We know that the landmass on the earth is not entirely the same as we see around. Some areas are covered by thick green...
