Self Preparation for UPSC IAS

Question - 1 Emerging technologies and farm innovations have the potential to be game changer in ensuring food security for all. Discuss. Body: You may incorporate some of the following points in the body of your answer: — According to a new World Economic Forum report, the agriculture sector in India can be transformed by promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. — Agriculture and related industries are critical to the Indian economy. The Indian government has promoted technology-enabled sustainable farming, including natural, regenerative, and organic systems, during its G20 presidency. — Although India has achieved food security by producing 330 MT of food grains, demand for coarse cereals, pulses, oilseeds, and vegetables remains unsatisfied. Furthermore, they are out of reach for a large proportion of the population, resulting in a high proportion of the under/malnourished population, as well as a significant percentage of child wasting (19

  If you're new to meditation, it's important to be patient, consistent, and kind to yourself.  Make sure to start slow, get comfortable, and find the meditation practice that's right for you.  Try to build a habit of meditation — even just a few minutes a day can bring health benefits.    Meditation may help boost your health, improve your mood, and increase feelings of connection with those around you. But for beginners, it might seem daunting to navigate. There are plenty of reasons why meditation for beginners can seem off-putting. Sometimes the meditation-curious never get started. Other times, they throw in the towel too soon. Here are a few common thoughts that might be preventing you from meditating and why they're just myths: Meditation is not something people like me do.  Anyone can meditate. In fact, many  business leaders  meditate in order to keep their minds clear, improve productivity, and be better leaders for their companies.  I don't have the time

  On selecting Election Commissioners What does The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Office and Terms of Office) Bill, 2023 passed by the Rajya Sabha say? How is the new mechanism different from the one spelled out by the Supreme Court? On December 12 2023, the Rajya Sabha passed The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Office and Terms of Office) Bill, 2023. It is likely to be enacted into a law after being passed by the Lok Sabha in the current winter session. It provides for the procedure for appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the other two Election Commissioners (ECs). What does the Constitution say? Article 324 provides for the composition of the Election Commission of India (ECI). It consists of the CEC and two other ECs. The Constitution provides that the appointment of the CEC and EC shall, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, be

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act Historical Background of FRA On December 18, 2006, the Rajya Sabha endorsed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, enacted by the Lok Sabha. This Act, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act, or FRA, marks a watershed in India’s socio-environmental legislation, as it attempts to put an end to the long-drawn conflict over supposed ‘forest encroachments’. Simultaneously, it seeks to create a much more democratic, bottom-up forest governance. Unfortunately, the implementation of the FRA has been plagued by political opportunism, forester resistance and bureaucratic apathy, and the discourse around it by deliberate canards and misconceptions. Hence, 17 years after it was enacted, the FRA has barely begun to deliver on its promise of freeing forest-dwellers from historic injustices and democratising forest governance. To understand why this is so, we must first delve into what it sought