Category: Industry

In order to maximize returns from the investments in science and technology, it is necessary that policies covering S&T, Industry, Finance and Agriculture must be meaningfully intermeshed.The recent Industrial Policy has reserved only very few industries for the public sector, reduced the sectors where industrial licensing was earlier necessary, liberalised the procedures relating to technology acquisition and investment, removed the restrictions on large companies and redefined the goals of the public sector undertakings.For this, the technology development must take place in a competitive environment and the policy for industrial research and development should be appropriately reoriented. In the formulation of future policy for the industrial R&D, the spirit and guidelines of the New Industrial Policy must be followed. Image Source: current-affairs.org ADVERTISEMENTS: In consonance with the agricultural policy, S&T inputs…

We are living in an era where the traditional forms and processes of teaching and learning are changing rapidly.The ancient ideal of the institutions of higher learning being a kind of cloister or an ashram where seekers of knowledge could abstract themselves from the persistent problems of daily life, and concentrate on higher values and principles, is no longer meaningful.One of the important aims of institutions of higher learning is to prepare the youth for work, to equip them for occupations, as well as prepare them for cultivated intellectual and human lives. ADVERTISEMENTS: The institutions of higher learning—the universities and colleges, come into contact with students in the formative stages of their life.The students not only study the prescribed syllabus but also acquire the intellectual equipment with which they face…

The major problems of the environment are recognized as global climatic change, ozone depletion, water and air pollutions, deforesta­tion and resources degradation.23 billion tones of carbon dioxide is released in the air by burning fossil fuels causing Greenhouse effect. The Greenhouse gases are mainly contributed by the industrialized nations.By the middle of 21st century, earth’s temperature at present level of heat emission would go up by one to three degree Celsius and the sea level would rise between 30 to 100 centimeters. ADVERTISEMENTS: India has witnessed alarming environmental degradation in the last two decades. It is the sixth largest and the second fastest producer of Greenhouse gases.The key environmental pollutions related to indus­tries in India are water pollution, soil erosion, ground water contamina­tion and deforestation. Indian rivers are also suffering…

Strike can be defined as the denial to do work by an organized group of workers. Then they are said to have been gone on strike.The associations of the workers raise some demands before the manage­ment and stops work upto its fulfillment. ADVERTISEMENTS: There is not a common opinion of people regarding these strikes. Some are of the view that strikes should be declared illegal and should be stopped with iron hands.But some have other opinion about it. They say that they are the natural offspring’s of our industrial system. Image Source: libcom.orgBefore industrialization workers were at the mercy of their masters but after industrialization unions of workers came into existence to safe­guard the interests of the workers.In the previous days the worker had to compromise with the dictates of…

Free Essay on My Motherland for Kids – India is my country. It is a country of villages. Most people live in the villages than in the cities. There are big cities like Mumbai and Delhi.The Himalayas, the highest mountain in the world, are in the north. There are many rivers but Ganga is the longest.We have set up big industries and built dams. We grow several kinds of crops too. India is known for its lions, elephants and tigers. The peacock is the national bird of India. Image Source: payload217.cargocollective.com ADVERTISEMENTS: It is a country of great saints and sages. She has given birth to scholars like C.V. Raman, Ravinder Nath Tagore, Dr. J.C. Bose and Dr.Homi Bhabha. The land of Upanishads, Mahabharata, and Ramayana has been the cradle…

Essay on Self-Reliance in India – Progress and Objectives. As the country achieved Independence on August 15, 1947, our political masters found out that India had been bled to the point of extinction.The country had successfully overthrown slavery at the huge cost of life, partition and uprooting millions from their home and hearth and now was heading towards economic slavery.Food production, production of essential items, fertilizers, steel and even cotton textiles were below the required level. Weapons to arm the army, navy and air force were also to be procured from outside and the economic slavery was complete. The democratic right to existence was becoming a myth. Self-sufficiency had become distant. Image Source: cdn1.tnwcdn.com ADVERTISEMENTS: It was at this time that self-reliance was seriously considered, to get out of the…

Essay on Public Sector Enterprises – Reasons for Their Failure. Public Sector is the sector under Government control funded by the tax paying public and for the benefit of the nation.Prior to our Independence, we had essential services like Railways, Telephone, Posts and Telegraphs, Ordnance, Port Trusts etc. under Public sector. It was an age of discipline and strict ethical management. These are the stalwarts and forerunners which we inherited, immaculately formulated, run and maintained.Post-independence, we had a Government and the Constitution which was working towards an egalitarian society and the public sector was thought of as a way towards achieving self-reliance. Economic growth to develop a sound agricultural and industrial base, diversifying the economy and overcome economic and social backwardness. To add plausible excuses to this idea, the government…

Essay on the Potential of Tourism in India. India is well known, all over the world, for its ancient civilization and the artifacts recovered and being excavated till today, prove the genuineness of the claims. The ancient history of our culture has left behind exquisite monuments and temples together with archaeological finds for the tourist who is interested in them. Besides this, our country has been blessed with natural scenic beauties, right from the coast lines and beaches to the majestic mountains and hill stations. ADVERTISEMENTS: Tourism is a high potential industry the world over and there are several economies which are totally based on the tourism industry for their survival. The amount of money involved and high value returns could be mindboggling but India has not been able to…

Important elements of the State are as follows: 1. Population; 2. Territory; 3. Government; 4. Sovereignty.1. Population:Two conclusions flow from the discussion on the meaning and nature of the state: (1) that the State is a human institution; the product of man’s gregarious nature and the result of necessitate of human life, and (2) population and land are the starting point of any study of man in his organised groups. It is the people who make the State, without them there can be none. But population must be large enough to make a State and sustain it. ADVERTISEMENTS: The members of one single family do not make a State; there should be a series of families. No limit, however, can be placed on the number of the people constituting the…

What functions the State should legitimately perform is a subject of great controversy. At one time the theory of Individualism or laissez faire was prevalent.It was maintained that the very existence of the State implied the association of its members for defence against external enemies and for the maintenance of internal peace and order. ADVERTISEMENTS: It was also conceded that the effective discharge of these protective and primary functions necessarily involved the secondary activities of taxation, and legislation.Beyond these activities the State was to do nothing and every individual should be left alone with the maximum of economic freedom. It was asserted that the State was a necessary evil and it should perform only negative functions. Image Source: plansmartnj.orgBut it soon became apparent that the policy of non-interference or laissez…