Advantages of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has ushered in a revolution in the realm of online financial transactions, offering a host of benefits that have made it the most favored method of digital payment. Here are some of the advantages of UPI: Disadvantages of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) While UPI has …
“India’s Thriving Start-up Landscape: Fostering Innovation and Economic Growth” In 2022, India emerged as the world’s third-largest start-up economy, surpassing the remarkable milestone of 100 unicorns—companies valued at over $1 billion. This achievement positions India behind only the United States and China in terms of unicorn count, a testament to the nation’s burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit. …
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PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission: Transforming Healthcare in India The PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on October 25, 2021, stands as India’s most extensive effort to bolster its healthcare infrastructure. As a pivotal component of the Ayushman Bharat initiative, this mission is designed to usher in …
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“India @2047: A Vision for a Prosperous Future” The vision for India in the year 2047 is deeply rooted in the nation’s journey since gaining independence in 1947. As we celebrate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to mark 75 years of freedom, it’s not only a time to reflect on our achievements but also to …
e-RUPI: Revolutionizing Digital Payments in India On the 2nd of August 2021, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched a groundbreaking digital payment solution known as e-RUPI. This innovation represents a pivotal shift towards cashless and contactless transactions in India. e-RUPI, essentially a digital voucher, is poised to revolutionize Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and usher in …
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Wisdom finds truth We are all interested in knowing the truth since the knowledge of truth is quite valuable for us. All knowledge of science, philosophy, history, geography, psychology etc., is the attempt to find the truth. We also know that being truthful is important for happiness and success in life. Humanity has progressed rapidly …
Words are sharper than the two-edged sword The Pandavas had built a beautiful crystal palace in Hastinapur; and the Kaurava prince Duryodhana along with Sakuni was taking a round of the palace. As they came across a crystal surface, Duryodhana, out of ignorance, mistook it for a pool of water, and drew up his clothes. …
A young man had been caught in a daring act of theft and had been condemned to death by execution. When he was asked about his last wish, he expressed his desire to see his mother, and to speak with her before he was taken for execution. When his mother came to him, he said: …
Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare Innovation is the introduction of something new, a new idea, method, or device. Innovation is not same as invention, which means discovery of a new thing altogether. Innovation is rather the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market …
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Be the change you want to see in others On his second trip to India from South Africa, Gandhi attended the Congress session in Calcutta. The sanitary condition of the Congress camp was horrible. Some delegates used the verandah in front of their room as latrines, others did not object to it. Gandhi reacted immediately. …
Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life The progress of a society depends on harmonious living of the members of the society. When people follow the moral principles, they take care of one another and create a loving, peaceful and progressive society. These moral principles make clear distinction between right and wrong; proper …
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A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both How do you feel when you are going to your office and you find the traffic halted because some VIP or minister is passing on the road? How do you feel when you visit your cousin who is a senior civil servant and find …
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A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge The American philosopher and author Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” …
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DEATH PENALTY (CAPITAL PUNISHMENT) 1. Meaning: The death penalty is known as capital punishment. The word “capital punishment” is made of de capitation. It means to cut the upper part of a body. It is connected with capital offence i.e. a crime punishable with. 2. Position in ancient Law: Capital punishment is, perhaps, as old …
BUREAUCRATS SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE In little Dorrit wrote Charles Dickens: ‘In short, all the business of the country went through the circumlocution office except business that never came out of it and its name was Legion.’ Here he was referring to the functional circumlocution, the feature synonymous with bureaucracy. That is the …
CAN INDIA GET RID OF CORRUPTION? There is an all-pervading corruption in our socio-economic and political structure and this has not spared even our own family life – such is the rotten state of India. A degrading value system as advocated by the followers of power mongers distances us from our sense of duty, morality, …
CHILD LABOUR Child labour can be defined as work performed by children (below 14 years of age in India) that either endangers their health or safety, interferes with or prevents education or keeps them away from play and other activity important to their development. Children are the future of a nation. They are the one …
COMPUTER – THE HARBINGER OF SILENT REVOLUTION Necessity is the mother of invention. The saying holds true for computers also because computers were invented as a result of man’s search for a fast and accurate calculating device. The earliest device that qualifies as a digital computer is the abacus also known as “soroban”. This device …
LIBERALISATION AND ‘SWADESHI’ When Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was delivering his famous speech, ‘The Tryst with Destiny’ he would have never imagined that seventy-five years hence his country would be in shambles and the national economy in tatters. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq, the fourteenth century monarch once said, “My kingdom is diseased, the physician cures the …
NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Deliverance comes not from electoral forms but informed franchise, not from the mystic authority of franchise but from the enlightened participation of the populace in the public affairs. – Justice Krishna Iyer Transparency in public administration would go to mean that any citizen of India either has a fundamental …
NREGA The NREGA, the flagship programme of the UPA government, was revolutionary in its promise of inclusive growth, the right to work and the dignity of labour and a rational, participatory relationship with the State. And it has mostly delivered… Suddenly the NREGA has become a buzz word. It stands vindicated by the mandate of …
ONE NATION ONE LAW India is an ancient civilisation governed by customs and traditions. Sometimes, it is called the museum of various religions, castes, cultures and ethnic groups. If we go down the ancient period we find that India was governed only geographically and not politically. Religion played an important role in the political life …
PUBLIC SECTOR: BANE OF INDIAN ECONOMY Any nation can stand on world stage only on the basis of a healthy economy. For a developing country, the domestic economy depends a lot on public and private sectors. But in our country the public sector has not been performing up to the expectations. In fact, the public …
RELIGION AND SCIENCE “Science doesn’t require religion for its existence and religion doesn’t need science for its existence, but man needs both”. – Fritjof Capra Ever since the dawn of civilisation, men of wisdom – intellectuals and scholars, philosophers and politicians – were in divided camps in their contentions over the relative worth and dignity …
RESERVATION: FOR HOW LONG? The idea of privilege is the bane of human life…. whenever privilege is broken down, more and more light and progress come to a race…. Absolutely no privilege for anyone. – Swami Vivekananda The enjoyment of advantage over another is privilege, and through out the ages, the aim of morality has …
