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Literacy

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Literacy level and educational attainment are vital indicators of development in a society. Attainment of universal primary education which was one of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations to be achieved by the year 2015 has not been fulfilled by India. Planning Commission also targeted in the The 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) aims at an increase in literacy rates … Read more

DMPQ-What do you understand by the term Crowding out effect?

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Crowding out is an economic concept that describes a situation where government spending and borrowing reduces overall private sector consumption and investment. Crowding out can be caused by an expansionary fiscal policy financed by increased taxes, borrowing or both. Crowding out can refer to when government borrowing absorbs all the available lending capacity in the … Read more

Earth’s Layers – Earth’s Composition

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  The Crust of Earth It is the outermost and the thinnest layer of the earth’s surface, about 8 to 40 km thick. The crust varies greatly in thickness and composition – as small as 5 km thick in some places beneath the oceans, while under some mountain ranges it extends up to 70 km … Read more

Mains Booster-Pricing of public utilities and government policy

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Pricing of public utilities and government policy Priority to public There are a number of principles which govern the pricing of public utility services. There are public utilities like education, sewage, roads, etc. which may be supplied free to the public and their costs should be covered through general taxation. Dalton calls it the general … Read more

DMPQ- Discuss the composition and functions of finance commission.

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The Finance Commission consists of a chairman and four other members to be appointed by the president. They hold office for such period as specified by the president in his order. They are eligible for reappointment. The Constitution authorises the Parliament to determine the qualifications of members of the commission and the manner in which … Read more

21.05.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

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RAJASTHAN Now, viral load test for HIV patients at three state hospitals   Rajasthan will get machines at its three medical colleges to test the HIV/AIDS patients for viral load — a medical test that measures the amount of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a person’s blood. The patients in state earlier had to go … Read more