History
The First President of India.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
This term refers to the loss of economic efficiency that occurs when equilibrium for a good or service is not achieved, often due to poorly designed taxes or subsidies.
Deadweight Loss
The river that originates from the Amarkantak plateau.
Narmada
This concept describes the friction that occurs when the goals of a policy-making "principal" (e.g., the public/politician) diverge from the "agent" (e.g., the bureaucrat) tasked with execution.
The Principal-Agent Problem
Main objective of the 'Make In India' Initiative
To encourage manufacturing in India and boost employment.
Mughal Emperor that built the Taj Mahal.
Shah Jahan
Popularized by Richard Thaler, this policy intervention uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to influence the behavior and decision-making of groups or individuals.
Nudge Theory
Alfred Wegener
The structural tension between the Union and the States in India, specifically regarding the distribution of resources via the Finance Commission.
Fiscal Federalism (or Vertical/Horizontal Imbalance)
This scheme provides free LPG connections to women from BPL households.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
The Act that transferred power from the East India Company to the British Crown.
Government of India Act, 1858
This proposed welfare model suggests providing a periodic, unconditional cash payment to all citizens, regardless of their employment status.
Universal Basic Income (UBI)
The World’s Largest Desert
Antarctica
The "Doctrine of Separation of Powers" in India is often tested by this practice, where the court enters the domain of policy-making to fill a legislative vacuum.
Judicial Activism
This Constitutional Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years.
61st Amendment Act, 1988
This Governor-General introduced the "Doctrine of Lapse".
Lord Dalhousie
This metric measures the ratio of a change in national income to the change in government spending that caused it.
The Fiscal Multiplier
Landform that is created by river meandering and deposition.
Ox‑bow Lake
This controversial administrative reform aims to bring private-sector expertise into the middle and senior levels of the Indian bureaucracy.
Lateral Entry
Under this Article of the Constitution, the Finance Commission constituted.
Article 280
The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 proposed this unique federal structure.
A three-tier federation with provinces grouped into sections, united under a central government for defense, foreign affairs, and communications.
India’s primary mechanism for bypassing "leakage" in the welfare delivery chain by sending subsidies directly to the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
The Largest Delta in the World
Sundarban Delta
The upcoming process of redrawing Lok Sabha constituency boundaries, which threatens to penalize states that successfully implemented population control.
Delimitation
The mandate of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
NGT provides effective and speedy disposal of environmental cases, ensuring enforcement of legal rights relating to the environment and reducing burden on higher courts.