APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
Several factors and writings of a number of persons contributed to the origin of their political ideology: The collapse of feudalism is an important cause of the origin of liberalism. Let us explain it briefly. In the feudal period the feudal lords practically controlled the economy and politics along with the church and its fall … Read more
Merchant discount rate on debit cards is the amount that a merchant has to pay to its service providers when a consumer swipes her card on the merchant’s point of sales terminal. It is also applicable for online transactions and QR based transactions. The amount that the merchant pays for every transaction gets distributed among … Read more
The fundamental principles that will guide both the education system at large, as well as the individual institutions within it are: • recognizing, identifying, and fostering the unique capabilities of each student, by sensitizing teachers as well as parents to promote each student’s holistic development in both academic and non-academic spheres; • according the highest … Read more
Keynesian economics was developed by the British economist John Maynard Keynes during the 1930s in an attempt to understand the Great Depression. Keynesian Economics focuses on using active government policy to manage aggregate demand in order to address or prevent economic recessions. Thus it focuses on demand-side solutions to recessionary periods. Lowering interest rates is … Read more
Tax expenditure is the revenue foregone as a result of exemptions and concessions. Tax expenditure was introduced for the first time in 2006-07 union budget. Tax expenditure is justified on following grounds: Act as an incentive for priority sector like infrastructure. It promotes balance regional growth It neutralise the disadvantage on account of location It … Read more
The Government proposed to launch amega pension Yojana namely ‘PradhanMantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan’ for theunorganised sector workers with monthlyincome up to Rs 15,000. As per Finance ministry half ofIndia’s GDP comes from the sweatand toil of 42 crore workers in theunorganised sector working asstreet vendors, rickshaw pullers,construction workers, rag pickers,agricultural workers, beedi workers,handloom, leather and in … Read more
ODB aims at converting a class room into a digital class room and provide e-resources at any time and at any place to students.The digital board will be introduced all over the country in government and government aided schools from class 9th onwards as well as in higher education institutions.The Operation Digital Board (ODB) will be implemented in … Read more
While countries around the world have been considering how to implement and measure success against the Goals, NITI Aayog has taken the lead by bringing out the SDG India Index – Baseline Report 2018, and showing how SDGs will be measured in India. NITI Aayog has constructed the SDG India Index spanning across 13 out … Read more
JAM Trinity holds the key to one of the biggest pieces of reform ever attempted in India — direct subsidy transfers. An abbreviation for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile number. The government is pinning its hopes on these three modes of identification to deliver direct benefits to India’s poor. Benefits of JAM are as … Read more
: To provide an assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, Government is launching a historic programme namely “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)”. Under this programme, vulnerable landholding farmer families, having cultivable land upto 2 hectares, will be provided direct income support at the rate of Rs 6,000 per year. This income … Read more