UPSC Prelims Questions 1.Which of the following is not a difference between Full Budget and Vote on Account: Full Budget deals with both expenditure and revenue side but Vote-on-account deals only with the expenditure side of the government’s budget. The vote-on-account and full budget, both are valid for 12 months (a financial year). As a

Need Of Utilisation Of Solar Resource By The Residential Consumers, Reasons Of Its Under-Utilisation And Solutions INTRODUCTION – In February, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved phase 2 of the grid-connected rooftop solar programme, with a focus on the residential sector. India has set an ambitious target of achieving 40 GW of rooftop solar

Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (2018), Contentions And Implications Introduction – In late December, the government approved the Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2018, which had been earlier circulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The CRZ consists of designated areas along the coast that are regulated by the government.

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018 – ASER 2018 is a nation-wide household survey that provides a snapshot of children’s schooling and learning for a representative sample of children across rural India. The ASER survey covered almost 5 lakh children between the ages of 3 and 16 in 596 rural districts across the