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Western Disturbances: Origin, Spread, Effects and Climate Change | UPSC

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What are Western Disturbances? Western disturbances (WDs) are eastward-moving extra tropical mid-tropospheric cyclonic circulations most often embedded in the subtropical westerly jetstream (STWJ). A jet stream is a river-like current of air circulating across the globe at upper levels of the troposphere (near the altitude of 30,000 feet). Why are they named so? The word […]

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Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Vs Consumer Price Index (CPI): Composition, Methodology, and Uses

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Introduction: The government is considering changing the base year for key economic indices to FY23 and revamping several datasets to better reflect structural changes in the economy. Currently, measures such as the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Wholesale Price Index (WPI), and National Income are benchmarked to FY12, with the previous base year being FY05.

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Solid Waste Management in India: Policy Interventions | UPSC

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Introduction: The Supreme Court of India recently termed the situation of untreated solid waste in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) as “horrifying” and asked the Centre to convene a meeting with municipal authorities to find an immediate solution to the problem. Concept of Solid Waste Management According to the Solid Waste Management Rules,

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Compensatory Afforestation in India: Challenges & Suggestions | UPSC

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Introduction Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a probe by Forest Survey of India officials along with independent experts into alleged illegal felling of over 400 trees in southern Delhi Ridge to build a road from Chhattarpur to Saarc university and said 100 trees should be planted by DDA in lieu of each tree cut. It

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