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Back ground : All nations today rely on satellites for vital communication services, navigation, weather prediction, and scientific research. With increasing number of objects in space – useful or otherwise – the need for managing the Space Commons wisely is gaining importance. In the last few decades India has emerged as a Space power. With increasing dependence on her space assets for many of her development activities, India needs to protect her Space assets. As technological changes lower entry barriers, private players are expected to play greater role in the realm of small satellites. Kessler Syndrome and its effects on our space assets have to be addressed whether we like it or not. U.S.A, Russia and Europe have by and large dominated the SSA scene and China is fast catching up. Time has come for India as well as other space faring nations to ponder whether the current structure of the ...

Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service which are as under: 1. Ethical standards for public service should be clear; 2. Ethical standards should be reflected in the legal framework; 3. Ethical guidance should be available to public servants; 4. Public servants should know their rights and obligations when exposing wrongdoing; 5. Political commitment to ethics should reinforce the ethical conduct of public servants; 6. The decision-making process should be transparent and open to scrutiny; 7. There should be clear guidelines for interaction between the public and private sectors; 8. Managers should demonstrate and promote ethical conduct; 9. Management policies, procedures and. practices should promote ethical conduct; 10. Public service conditions and management of human resources should promote ethical conduct; 11. Adequate accountability mechanisms should be in place within the public service; and 12. Appropriate procedures and sanctions should exist to deal with miscond...

a) what is Transformative constituionalism give  with Example?10M b) what do you mean by constutional morality? Give with example? 

 

Benefits of Institutions of Eminence Government Institutions  to get  additional funding upto 1000 Cr . The selected Institutions under IoE shall have  complete academic and administrative autonomy. The Institutions of Eminence will have  complete financial autonomy  to spend the resources raised and allocated, subject to general conditions & restrictions of the Statutes and GFR. Academic collaborations with foreign higher educational institutions  (in top 500) would be  exemptfrom government approvals . Freedom to hire personnel from industry , etc, as faculty who are experts in their areasbut may not have the requisite higher academic qualifications. Freedom to recruit faculty from outside India  (limit of  25%  of its faculty strength for public institution). Freedom to enter into academic collaborations  with other Institutions within the country. Freedom to have  own transparent merit based system  for admission o...

Evolution of monetary policy in line with the changing character of the economy 1935 to 1949: Initial Phase  It is interesting to note that the Reserve Bank came into being in the backdrop of the great depression facing the world economy. Given the unsettled international monetary systems, the Preamble to the RBI Act, 1934 provided the edifice for the evolution of monetary policy framework. Until independence, the focus was on maintaining the sterling parity by regulating liquidity through open market operations (OMOs), with additional monetary tools of bank rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR). In other words, exchange rate was the nominal anchor for monetary policy. In view of the agrarian nature of the economy, inflation often emerged as a concern due to frequent supply side shocks. While the price control measures and rationing of essential commodities was undertaken by the Government, the Reserve Bank also used selective credit control and moral suasion to restrain banks fr...