Category: General Knowledge
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Land Reforms in India: History, Objectives and Measures
Land Reforms in India: The pattern of agriculture is always irregular in India. In the pre-independence era, tenants, peasants, and small farmers suffered a lot due to the revenue systems of Mahalwari, Zamindari, ryotwari. One of the major reasons was the unequal distribution of land. Landholdings were concentrated in few hands. The majority of farmers…
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How do illusions work?
Ever tricked into watching an object or a picture and suddenly noticed that the perception of the object is changed. Well, that’s what an illusion is. It is simply, the process of misleading our brains while messing up with the perspective of objects. So let’s know how an illusion is created and how it works….
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A Brief Overview: Bhagidari Scheme and Bhagidari Utsav
The Bhagidari Scheme: This is a citizen-government partnership program sponsored by the Delhi government to ensure the participation of the citizens in governance, which is the true essence of democracy. The Bhandari workshops are organized to bring together the government officials, bureaucrats, police officials as well as citizen groups. This scheme has been designed based…
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A Complete Information about Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, Delhi
A brief history of the Akshardham Temple at Delhi: The Akshardham Temple complex (also known as AT complex) was constructed by the Bochasanwari Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) in the year 2005. The BAPS is a subgroup of the Swaminarayan movement lead by Bhagwan Swaminarayan as a part of the Bhakti traditions. Swaminarayan, having…
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Disaster Management Tactics and Techniques
For any disaster management, there should be a proper methodology to be followed by emergency managers and any individual. The National Governor’s Association has set a methodology of disaster management which are its four phases known as mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The main types of disasters that occur in nature include floods, hurricanes, earthquakes,…
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Social Impact of Migration, Negative and Positive Effects
Migration, directly and indirectly, has a social impact on the family whether migration is by rural or urban class, or from long distance or short distance. The migrants make efforts to keep in touch with their families by either visiting once in a while or moving back to the rural place for some time after…