Tag: Vocabulary

What are the benefits of using renewable energy? Discuss some recent initiatives taken by the government to promote renewable energy in India.

Introduction

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat.
Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas – electricity generation, air and water heating/cooling, transporation and rural (off-grid) energy services.

Today’s civilization is “playing with fire”. It is almost always human behaviour that causes diseases for humans.
Un Environment Chief Inger Andersen asserts:
“Nature is sending us a message with the corona virus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis.Humans are placing too many pressures on the natural world with damaging consequences, and warn that failing to take care of the planet means not taking care of ourselves.”

In any geographical area, Economic Slowdown is a situation in which economic activities go down. This situation can also be called ‘Economic Recession’; people’s spending capacity goes down in this situation. It may be cyclic or occur after some particular set-back in the economy. …

Financial Inclusion means including people of all factions in the economic system of the country. Its main objective is to enable the financial system to reach out to even the remotest area of the country. The United Nations defines the goals of financial inclusion as: …

Digital Literacy refers to that kind of ability which is used to gain information and communication technology. The more a country is digitally literate, the more developed it is considered.

India is the second-largest country in the world. Almost 6,50,000 villages and 2,50,000 Panchayats are there in the country represented by three million Panchayat members. Almost 20-25% population is illiterate and as far as digital literacy in the country is concerned, almost 90% of the population is digitally illiterate. …

Pollution in general sense refers to the presence of a substance harmful to the living entities. It may occur either in the air or in water, in soil or in sound. It has reached its height affecting the entire eco-system of the earth….

India has been steadily growing amid lots of ups and downs. In fact, Bharat has transformed into India. When India got Freedom, its economy was quite sufficient to even feed its people properly and until 1991, it was not able to compete with the outer world. The country has witnessed a rapid growth after the Indian economy had been declared liberal; it is now an open market. The domestic market is now able to compete successfully with multi-national companies thus expanding their horizon bringing a lot of growth opportunities in the country. At present, India is 2.70 Trillion Economy which by 2024, it is assumed to have become a 5 Trillion Economy. It is viable on the basis of the following facts….

Right from the very start of Human Civilization, man has been curious about knowing the Universe. He has continuously been on the effort in exploring the heavenly bodies and for it, he has made space missions by which he has succeeded to a great extent in exploring many things. He is now able to peep into the other world than the Earth. He has landed on the Moon and Mars and is ready to make a long leap into some other planets. …

Skill India is a movement started on July 15, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to train the youth. Established in 2008, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has been active in this regard to fulfil the growing need in India for skilled manpower across sectors. It has to reduce the gap between demand and supply of skills in this fastest-growing economy. Its Mission is: …