Rakesh Garhwal

Urbanisation:  Urbanisation is the population shift from villages or rural areas to urban areas. Urban areas are important towns in terms of administration, employment, trade, commerce etc. Good/Pros: 1. Urban areas provide more employment opportunities. For example cities like Bangalore have become epicentre of IT sector in India 2. Cities are the hub of education, be it secondary school or higher education.  3. Cities are equipped with more efficient basic amenities like water, electricity, health etc  4. Caste identities and stereotypes are less dominant in urban areas as compared to rural areas.  5. Urban areas have better connectivity through roads and bridges, flyover etc  and transport facilities including roadways, railways, Airways and even waterways in some cases. 6 All tourist and pilgrim centres like Varanasi, Goa etc have urbanization due to high footfall. Bad/Cons: 1. All the cities are given birth at the cost of loss of habitat and deforestation.  2. Due to high populati

Situation Reaction Test (Set-1) 1. You found a bag filled with medicines by the roadside. You: A) Try to find out bill in the bag and try to inquiring about the owner of the bag . B) You go to the police station and give it to the police officer. C) Carry the medicines at your home and use them. D) Sale the medicine to local pharmacist and earn money. 2. You are visiting abroad and on the arrival at airport counter, someone abuse Your nation in front of you. You: A) You will complain to airport officials. B) You will complaint to the embassy. C) You will debate with them and try to change their view to the positive side. D) You will beat the individual who is abusing Your nation. 3: You are having no contacts in foreign countries but one foreigner girl send you friend request on Facebook. You A. Accept the request and start chit chat with her. B. Accept the friend request and enquire about her. C. Reject the request and block her permanently. D. Check out and read her profile on Facebo

Economic slowdown in India:  India's plan to become 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024 could be little late due to the economic slowdown because ofcovid-19. During the first quarter of 2020-21, India's GDP reduced by -23.9 % which is lowest in world. Once a fastest growing economy in the world, is in a great thread due to economic slowdown.   2019-20 India's economic growth was 4.2 % against 6.1 % in 2018-19 and after 2 months lock down due to covid pandemic contract its economy by 5.9 % in 2020.  According to World Bank, India is at high risk. India has largest number of young population but 41 lakh youth lost their jobs in last six months.  Indian government has taken various steps like cutting tax rates and Aatm nirbhar Bharat abhiyan launched to become self dependent, Additional funds in MANREGA scheme to provide employment to migrant workers who returned to their homes, Investment on infrastructurecetc.  Investors could help India to regain its fastest growing economy t

Farmer suicides in India   "If agriculture fails , everything else will fail"-  MS swaminathan  India is a country where 70% of its population directly or indirectly depends on the agriculture for livelihood but the life of the farmers is full of uncertainty and and often ends up in suicides. Since 2013  almost 12000 suicide were recorded in the agriculture sector. Farmer suicides in India accounts to almost 11% of all suicides in the country , among them the 7 States Viz Maharashtra ,Andhra Pradesh, telangana ,Tamilnadu, Chhattisgarh ,MP and Karnataka calculates 87% of the total farmer suicides. Maharashtra being the most affected state. Punjab the most benefited state from green revolution also has a unpleasant data.  There are many reasons which are responsible for farmer suicides. 1.  Increase in input cost which increases burden on farmers and they need to take loans . as per NCRB National crime record bureau 2474 out of 3000 farmer suicides had unpaid  loans in local ba

Situation reaction test or psychological test  Advanced airmen in Indian Air force, it is required to take decisions and your reaction and intelligence is matters. It is important to check that how you would react to certain situation and how you handle the situation. SRT  is largely a test of common sense.  In everyday life one come across certain situations and have to handle them or find a solution for them and to act in an appropriate way, hence a set of 45 SRT is given and you need to solve all the situations in 30 minutes. A situation reaction test basically focus on analysing your personality based on your reaction to the given situation. when you are in a situation or crisis you have to act like a leader there. The process of solving a situation has two aspects:  1. mental conviction and  2. resource application   Key points to remember  It is a taste of your common sense. There are common situations pertaining to everyday life.  Your response should be practical and must be ac

National Cadet Corps ◆The NCC was formed in 1948 (on the recommendation of H. N. Kunzru Committee-1946), and has its roots to British era uniformed youth entities like University Corps or University Officer Training Corps. ◆Currently it has a strength of around 14 lakh cadets from Army, Navy and Air Force wings. ◆The NCC falls under the purview of the Ministry of Defence and is headed by a Director General of three-star military rank. ◆It enrolls cadets at high school and college level and also awards certificates on completion of various phases. ◆The NCC cadets receive basic military training at various levels and also have academic curriculum basics related to Armed forces and their functioning. ◆Various training camps, adventure activities and military training camps are an important aspect of NCC training. ◆Significance: NCC cadets have played an important role over the years in relief efforts during various emergency situations. ◆During the ongoing pandemic, over 60,000 NCC cadets

Impact: ●The contraction in revenues was visible across most major sectors, but it was sharpest in consumer-oriented sectors where revenues contracted to nearly half of the previous year’s levels. ●Sectors like airlines, hotels, retail, automotive and consumer durables, which primarily comprise discretionary purchases, are significantly impacted. ●Discretionary spending: It refers to non-essential items, such as recreation and entertainment, that consumers purchase when they have enough income left over after paying the necessary expenses such as the mortgage and utilities. ●FMCG and consumer foods were relatively less impacted given the essential nature of these purchases. ●Commodity-linked sectors contracted by 34% on a y-o-y basis with almost all the major commodity sectors, including oil and gas, metals and mining, iron and steel and cement, reporting revenue contraction on the back of tepid realizations due to benign commodity prices and subdued volumes. ●Commodity-linked sectors: