Visa on arrival and e-Visa : Explained
Can an Indian passport holder travel to 58 countries without Visa ?? Recently a news has been circulated that Indian Passport holder can travel some 58 countries without…
IAS 2015 Pre: Answer key with Explanation
Blog by: Parveen Kaswan (The page is being updated in every few minutes with answer. Please bear with us !! ) 1. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which…
Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rate: Explained
Nominal exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of number of units of some other currency. This is determined by fiat in a fixed rate regime…
Bibek Debroy Committee : Important Recommendations
The Bibek Debroy Committee in its report on the Indian Railways recommends sweeping changes in the way the ailing organisation runs. Some of them are: 1) Transition to commercial…
Greece Debt Crisis: Explained
How did Greece get to this point? Greece became the epicenter of Europe’s debt crisis after Wall Street imploded in 2008. With global financial markets still reeling, Greece…
My IAS interview : Parveen Kaswan
Blog by: Parveen Kaswan (Totally based on my memory and sorry for typos as it is crude and unedited. Maybe missing few things. Could have said better things….
Marital rape: Trivialisation vs Criminalisation
Author: Jyoti Meena (Jyoti blogs at untangled.in about various social issues) In the aftermath of Nirbhaya BBC documentary, the country came out united. Who would agree with Mukesh Singh’s…
Delhi Tussle and “Elephant & Blind Men” !!
Blog by: Parveen Kaswan ( Author is the founder of SimplyDecoded ) The story of “ELEPHANT AND THE BLIND MEN” aptly describes some of the recent issues between LG…
Amendments proposed to Child Labour Act : Decoded
The cabinet has recently approved amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. The Act prohibits the engagement of children in certain types of occupations and regulates…
National Judicial Appointment Commission – is this the final best solution?
By: Ashutosh Pandey The Parliament has finally passed the National Judicial Appointment Commission bill and 121st constitutional amendment enabling the establishment of National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC). The Act…
