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DMPQ: What are the steps taken by Government of India to tackle Pollution in India?

Various Programmes of the government related to prevention and control of pollution are : Environmental Statement (as part of Environmental Audit) Environmental Statistics and Mapping Development and Promotion of Cleaner Technologies Adoption of Cleaner Technologies in Small Scale Industries Waste Minimizing Programme for improvement of Quality of Automotive Fuels (Motor Gasoline and Diesel) for reducing … Read more

DMPQ: What were the steps taken by government of India to regulate the Shell companies? (Economy)

Changes in the Income tax act: one of the condition for resident of India was leading to creation of shell companies i.e. during a financial year, a company shall have management of its affairs wholly in India. This provision was leading to creation of shell companies. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Central … Read more

DMPQ: What are the steps taken by the government of India to prevent illegal sand mining? (Envt.)

Steps taken to prevent Illegal Sand Mining: Government has amended the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 to make environmental impact clearance mandatory for small-scale sand mines It also provided for the creation of two bodies—a District-level Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC) to assess the environmental impact of mines and a District Environment Impact Assessment Authority … Read more

DMPQ: Discuss the steps taken by government of India for the upliftment of women farmers. (economy)

: with the increase in the feminisation of work force there is a need to give major attention to women farmers. As empowerment will help to amplify their position in social fabric. The inequality in the land holding pattern can be gauged from the following statistic that only 12.8% of the total operational land holding … Read more

DMPQ: What are the efforts taken by Central government to control inflation? (economics)

Advisories are being issued, to state govt. to take strict action against hoarding and black marketing and effectively enforcing the essential commodities act,1980 for commodities in short supply. Regular review meeting on price and availability situation, inter ministerial committee, price stabilisation fund management committee. Higher MSP so as to incentivise production and thereby enhance … Read more

DMPQ: RBI has taken several steps to deal with stressed asset problems. Discuss the steps taken by the RBI. Also comment on their success.

Steps taken by RBI: Establishment of private Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) Many ARCs have been created, but they have solved only a small portion of the problem, buying up only about 5 percent of total NPAs. Strategic debt restructuring scheme: under this creditors could take over firms that were unable to pay and … Read more

DMPQ: Outline the steps taken by Gandhi ji towards the upliftment of Harijans?

Determined to undo the divisive intentions of the Government’s divide and rule policy, Gandhi gave up all his other preoccupations and launched a whirlwind campaign against untouchability— first from jail and after his release in August 1933 from the outside. While in jail, he had set up the All India Anti Untouchability League in September … Read more

DMPQ: What was the lord Wavell plan? How it was taken by the different political entity? (history)

Lord Wavell plan was constituted to resolve the political deadlock of existing India but he abandon the proposal due to disagreement between leaders of muslim league and congress, and finally the proposals were dissolved at the Shimla conference Plan: Formation of new executive council at the centre in which all the members except the viceroy … Read more