15.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Start-up, nazul land policies approved   Uttarakhand Cabinet approved a new start-up policy to give boost to innovations in the field of agriculture, tourism, health, biodiversity, education, ayush and food processing.   The other important decisions that were approved by the Cabinet included a new nazul land policy, Uttarakhand Private Security Guards Policy … Read more 15.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Management in border areas by various security forces/agencies

To deal with security, India has different forces that are specialized to deal with different security threat. Conventionally, forces were meant to be only Defence forces but with rising internal challenges  and other threats related to border management, disaster management etc, various forces have come to the for. These forces and agencies in India at … Read more Management in border areas by various security forces/agencies

Security challenges in border areas linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

Organised crime: Organized crime is described as any group having a corporate structure whose main aim is to obtain money through unlawful activities often surviving on fear and corruption. Today, organized crime is business at large scale that is conducting global commerce for the trafficking of illegal services and products as well as developing the … Read more Security challenges in border areas linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

Role of external state and Non-state actor’s in creating challenges to internal security

  State actors are nations/countries which are also known as “states”. They have sovereignty over their own territory and that sovereignty is recognized on the international stage by international organizations such as the United Nations. Non-state actors are organized groups that do not hold any officially recognized territory, though they may control some territory through … Read more Role of external state and Non-state actor’s in creating challenges to internal security

Miscellaneous Facts:

Miscellaneous Facts:   India’s GDP per Capita 622 (US $ PPP). It is 684 US $ for Pakistan.   The top 3 countries with external debt are Brazil (235 billion $), China (193 billion $) & Russia (175 billion $). India is 9th with 112 billion $.   Functional employment occurs when people change from … Read more Miscellaneous Facts: