Neelam Chaudhary

T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations   India joined the UNSC in January 2021 for a two-year term as one of the 10 rotating non-permanent members.  The ten elected or non-permanent members have a tenure of two years. At present, the non-permanent members are  Estonia, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Niger, Norway, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam .      Its previous terms were 1950-1951, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1984-1985 , 1991-1992 and 2011-12 This is India's tenth tenure to  assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August on Sunday.  The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the member states' names.  India will preside over the Council again for a month in 2022. June 1950,  September 1967,  December 1972,  October 1977,  February 1985,...

 New Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad)  U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan (2021)- to promote the Afghan peace process, stability, trade-in region and enhancing regional connectivity, Meeting on 16th April 2021 of  6+2+1 Contact Group on Afghanistan 6= China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan  2 = United States and Russia 1= Afghanistan  India sidelined from regional discussions on Afghanistan India was conspicuous by its absence from the meeting on April 16, given its historical and strategic ties with Afghanistan, but not for the first time. In December 2001, for example, the Indian team led by special envoy Satinder Lambah arrived in Germany’s Petersberg hotel near Bonn, where the famous Bonn agreement was negotiated, to find no reservations had been made for them at the official venue. In January 2010, India was invited to attend the “London Conference” on Afghanistan but left out of the room during a crucial meeting that deci...

Sugarcane cultivation in India has expanded in the last few decades.  Factors that helped  India become the second-largest producer of sugar worldwide are the  policies that incentivize production-    A  minimum price Guaranteed sales of sugarcane   Public distribution of sugar  Factors  are paralysing the entire sugar sector.   rainfall deficit,  depleting groundwater table,  delayed payment to cane farmers,  lower net income (for the farmer) compared to other crops,  labour shortage and increasing cost of labour, followed by Covid-19 pandemic  As sugarcane is a cash crop, rectifying issues that grapple the sugarcane industry remains critical for Indian agriculture and doubling farmer’s income. Associated Challenges With Sugarcane Industry 1.Pricing Controls: In order to plug the demand-supply mismatch, the union & state governments have been controlling sugar prices through various policy intervention...

    India had initially proposed a plan to construct a 900-km Chabahar-Zahedan-Hajigak railway line that would connect Chabahar to the mineral-rich Hajigak region of Afghanistan. In 2011, seven Indian companies acquired rights to mine central Afghanistan's Hajigak region, which contain Asia's largest deposit of iron ore. The Government of India had pledged to spend $2bn in developing supporting infrastructure. In May 2016, an MoU was also signed for the financing of the planned Chabahar–Zahedan railway section of Chabahar–Zahedan-Hajigak railway, as part of North-South Transport Corridor , by Indian Railway 's public sector unit Ircon International . India had offered to supply approximately $400 million worth of steel towards the construction of this railway, [63] as well as offered to finance the construction of the Chabahar to Zahedan rail line at a cost of $1.6 billion. India began shipping rail tracks worth US$150 million in July 2016, and in December 2016 Iran als...

राष्ट्रपति को कौन चुनता है? भारत के राष्ट्रपति को एक इलेक्टोरल कॉलेज चुनता है, जिसके सदस्य होते हैं: सभी विधानसभाओं के सदस्य (पुडुचेरी और दिल्ली समेत) राज्यसभा और लोकसभा सदस्य राज्यसभा के 12 मनोनीत सदस्यों को वोट डालने का अधिकार नहीं है. कुल मिलाकर विधानसभाओं के 4120 सदस्य और 776 संसद सदस्य राष्ट्रपति का चुनाव करते हैं. एक विधायक के वोट का क्या मूल्य होता है? विधायक के वोट का मूल्य राज्यों पर निर्भर करता है. राज्य की आबादी वोट का मूल्य तय करती है. मूल्य तय करने के लिए 1971 सेंसस के मुताबिक राज्य की कुल आबादी को कुल विधायकों की संख्या से भाग दिया जाता है और फिर इसे 1000 से गुणा किया जाता है. इस कैलकुलेशन से दिल्ली के एक विधायक के वोट का मूल्य 58, यूपी में 218 और सिक्किम में 7 होता है. इस तरह से कैलकुलेशन करने पर विधायकों के कुल वोट का मूल्य 5,49,495 आता है. एक सांसद के वोट का क्या मूल्य होता है? लोकसभा और राज्यसभा के सांसद के वोट का मूल्य एक ही होता है और ये 708 होता है. इसे तय करने के लिए विधायकों के वोट के कुल मूल्य को दोनों सदनों में चुने हुए सांसदों की संख्या से भाग दिया जाता है. 5,...

5th October - Indo-Russia pact on S-400 Missile, nuclear power stations, space and agriculture was signed without waiting for any approval from  Washington. In August 2017, the US passed an act CAATSA (  Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ) and recently on 21st September imposed sanctions under the same act upon China and Russia for the deal of the same S-400 in between them. 6th October,  the US embassy clarified that CAATSA is not applicable on its strategic partners and allies and indicated no sanctions upon India Now, China is a rival and threat to the US  and India had secured a driving seat in the US-India relationship in the current scenario. Since the 1990s Russia was being felt eliminated from India and was drifting towards Pakistan and promoting its interests in Russia-Pak Military relationships and was not supporting India at the International forum on Kashmir Issues. Through this deal, our traditional ally is being brought closer...