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The history of planning in India reflects the country’s journey toward economic development and self-reliance. After gaining independence in 1947, India adopted a planned economic model to overcome poverty, underdevelopment, and inequality. The idea was to use systematic and goal-oriented planning to utilize the nation’s resources efficiently. This led to the formation of a central …

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The revolt of 1857 was an attempt to remove the foreign rule in India. The revolutionaries made Bahadur Sah Jafar their leader. The revolt started at Merrut and spread across north India and west India. South India remained unaffected by the revolt.  Political Causes Subsidiary Alliance (Wellesely): Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to fall …

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RBI setup this Committee to review the governance of Board of Banks in India. (Published in May 2014) The banking sector in India is dominated by public-sector banks (PSBs) with government being the majority stake holder in them. In recent years, the Public Sector banks have been suffering with multiple problems of non-performing assets (NPAs), …

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In India, any money you send overseas is subject to controls, as the government is wary of excessive outflows of foreign exchange draining its reserves and destabilizing the rupee. But there has been an effort to gradually liberalize these controls. The window that was opened up in 2004 for individuals to remit money across the …

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Inclusive growth represents a paradigm shift in economic development thinking, moving beyond traditional metrics of GDP growth to encompass broader social and economic participation. This concept has gained significant traction among policymakers, economists, and development practitioners as societies grapple with rising inequality and the limitations of growth models that fail to benefit all segments of …

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Central Place Theory of Christaller and Losch  is a part of Geography Optional Syllabus of UPSC. Read this article and attempt the Previous Year Geography Optional Mains Questions asked in UPSC CSE Exam available at the end of the this post.   Christaller’s Central Place Theory Central Place Theory is a spatial theory in urban geography, …

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