National Issues

Answer : Rather than looking separately at urban and rural areas and what matters to each of them, it is vital to look at the linkages between them: it is from here that lasting change will come. The classification that divides people into either ‘rural’ or ‘urban’ is often used when policies are being developed but it may be misleading and unhelpful. Links exist between rural and urban locations in the same way that links exist between ....

Answer : India is a land of diversity comprising individuals from different communities, backgrounds, religions, etc. What one eats, how one speaks, differs from region to region. In this diversity, we Indians often look for symbols and objects that unite us. The national anthem, national animal, national song, national flower are pertinent examples. It is famously said, that in India language changes every few kilometres just like the water. Therefore, unlike the other national symbols the choice ....

Answer : Our country India has always been famous for gaining education since the Vedic period. In ancient times, India had the ‘gurukula’ system of education in which anyone who wished to study went to a teacher’s (Guru) house and requested to be taught. If accepted as a student, the guru allows the student to stay at his place and helps in all activities at home. This not only created a strong tie between the teacher and ....

Answer : ‘The future of India lies in its villages’. This famous statement by Mahatma Gandhi seems like a distant dream in contemporary India. While on one hand we talk of self-sufficiency in food production and overflowing grain storages, yet on other hand there are stark instances of deplorable malnutrition and starvation deaths. The rural India, which supports a huge population in terms of employment, finds itself at the lowest rung of the society in terms of ....

Answer : Industrialization is considered to be one of the indicators of development of a country. It grants the country the status of a power to reckon with, making its presence felt in the global economic platform.

Throughout the year much preparation runs in the background to ensure that the country has an industrial output to boast about at the end of the fiscal year. But in their attempts to expand industries at a manic pace, the government ....

Answer : Everyone is aware and accepts the fact that India is undergoing crisis and it is affecting the citizens of the country indirectly. We are facing a down surge on our economy as well as the moral grounds, but the topic under discussion is whether the crisis situation that India is undergoing is due to the loss of morality or the fall of the economy. We have different groups of people who believe the moral and ....

Answer : A person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess is called hypocrite, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. We learn about civics and citizenship, and yet are often asked-and ask ourselves-why we have such a strong sense of family, but such a poor sense of a larger community: How can our homes be so clean, and our streets so littered with ....

Answer : Apart from the rich culture and diverse arts presence, India has tremendous experience in different sporting activities such as athletics, cricket, shooting, hockey, chess, badminton, boxing, golf, kabaddi, wrestling, swimming etc. Besides this the country has respectable traditional sports such as boat racing, kushti, gilli-danda and others. But the most popular sport in the country is cricket. The sad part is that politicization of sports in India has increased manifold, in recent years. It has ....

Answer : Various reasons have been offered to explain why farmers commit suicide in India, including: drought, debt, use of genetically modified seed, public health and government economic policies. There is no consensus on what the main cause might be but studies show suicide victims are motivated by more than one cause, on average three or more causes for committing suicide.

A study conducted in 2014 found that there are three specific characteristics associated with high risk farmers: ....

Answer : The sports can be promoted only if it can be detached from the politics and give way to deserving candidates in the sports federations who understand the sport and are enthusiastic about it beyond their vested interests. The sports federations should be accountable to public, parliament etc. and transparent in its functioning. Various sports are being promoted by various regimes since ages. The question of transparency and accountability is also not new either. The misuse ....

Answer : Terrorism over the years has come of age. It has become all pervasive including land, air, sea, cyber and psychological space. Earlier the civil population had been relatively unaffected by the terrorist attack through air. However, the situation over the years has changed and ever so drastically after the 11 Sep attacks in the US.

There is a growing body of research, especially since the 9/11 attacks, on the effects of terrorist attacks on civil population.Numerous ....

Answer : Fashion is the prevailing style, custom or a popular style of clothes, hair, etc. of a particular time or place. A popular way of behaving and doing an activity also constitutes fashion. The business of making or selling clothes in new and different styles is also fashion. The fashion industry embraces both clothes made by individual designer for a small and wealthy clientele-also known as haute culture and garments produced on wider commercial basis-sold in ....

Answer : India being a developing country many more challenges than most of the developed countries in the world. It faces the daring challenges of hunger, population explosion, poverty and illiteracy, problems that have been affecting its growth in the last sixty years. But the threat that is the most menacing of all is that of terrorism.

There was a time when terrorism was a distant concept and to some extent was confined to the state of Jammu ....

Answer : There are several issues I would like to address if I become the prime minister of India.

First of all, I shall try my level best to make my country a strong and self respecting nation. India will be a great power and no other country will dare attack India.

The second thing I will do will be the fullest and genuine attention to the poorest and the lowliest. I shall endeavour to give full employment to ....