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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2021

IntroductionThe word "Tort" is derived from the Latin word “tortum” which means Twisted or Crooked. The term tort is equivalent to the English word “Wrong”. The remedies for tort are lies in the “Civil Law”.    &nbs

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Jan 2021

Rules of Strict & Absolute Liability:-  Many times it so happens that a person made liable for the act, which has not been done by him, or sometimes he made all possible effort to avoid such harm but still, he made liable. That it there are rules under absolute and s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Jan 2021

Article 14:- Equality before the law“The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India”.Dr. Jennings , “Equality before law means that among equals the law should be equal andshould

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 13, Jan 2021

Some other Innovative Marketing MechanismsSome innovative marketing mechanisms have been developed in some states, which involve the direct sale of farm produce to consumers, the sale of produce to buyers without routing it through mandis, and group marketing. Many states have att

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2021

Besides improving the way markets functioned, the Acts created an environment that freed producers-sellers from exploitation by traders and mercantile capital.The APMC act in recent years have developed certain inefficiencies, and the opponents have strongly argued to revamp the a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Jan 2021

Disadvantage of PDS and DBT : A ComparisonThe National Food Security ActThe NFSA was passed in the Parliament in the year 2013, the NFSA seeks to provide the food to all individuals by making it a statutory right.A comparison of existing TDPS and NFSAScopeTPDS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Jan 2021

Targeted PDS in IndiaPDS began as a Universal Programme in India due to food shortages of the mid 1960’s. But, since 1997 it has been exclusively targeted towards the poor, providing Wheat, Rice, Sugar and Kerosene at a highly subsidised to the below poverty line households.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 11, Jan 2021

Issues Related to Public Distribution SystemWhat is PDS?The PDS is a part of India’s Agriculture Price Policy. The Agriculture price policy in India has a twin objective of supporting farmers at the time of bumper harvest (when the price falls due to excess production) and s

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Jan 2021

Issues Related to Government Intervention in India's AgricultureBackgroundGovernment intervention in food grain marketing in India began in 1960’s. The objective of the intervention is to revamp and incentivise the agriculture sector by using HYV seeds and technological

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Jan 2021

Subsidies in Indian AgricultureMajor subsidies on Agricultural InputsPower and Irrigation Subsidies:Subsidies on power and irrigation are provided by the state governments.Power subsidy is granted on power that is used to draw on groundwater. Accordingly, it is a subsid