Status of Forest in Bihar

In undivided Bihar about 17% of total geographical area was forest amounting to 29.48 lakh hectare. After it's division in 2000,  the fo...

Soils in Bihar

Soils in Bihar are characterised by loamy and alluvial nature. Soils here are rejuvenated every year by deposition of sand, silt and clay. T...

Land Resources in Bihar

The total geographical area of Bihar is about 94,163 sq. Km, and Bihar ranks at 12th in India in terms of total geographical area. But on t...

Irrigation and Cropping Pattern in Bihar

Every year North Bihar faces floods and South Bihar faces drought in every 2-3 year. These paradigm itself signify the status of irrigation ...

Government Schemes to Boost Agriculture in Bihar

Lack of good irrigation system, credit facilities, insurance protection and other resources farmers in Bihar faces danger of destitution in ...

Types of Institutional Bodies in India | UPSC

Every democratic nation requires some institutions to run it properly and on the lines of the Constitution of that nation. These institution...

Problem of Drought in Bihar And Their Possible Solutions

According to Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), in the absence of inadequate rainfall in most parts of Bihar, faces drought...

What is Permanent Settlement (Zamindari System)?

In the period of 1765-72, the Bengal Government was ran in a Dual System of governance in which Nizamat and Diwani were under the control ...

Hearth of the Urban Settlements

The settlement where, most of the population are involved in secondary Tertiary, Quaternary and Quinary Activities are termed as the Urban S...

Difference Between Adjournment and Prorogation

Adjournment and Prorogation are integral part of the working of the Parliament of India. Adjournment suspends the working of a Sitting while...

Veto Powers of the President of India

In case of any bill passed by the Parliament and presented to the President for his/her assent, he/she has three options as prescribed under...

Problems of Population in Bihar

Bihar has 9 commissionaries, 38 districts, 101 Sub-Divisions, 534 blocks, 169 Statutory towns, 60 non-Statutory towns and 44,374 villages. T...

Rabindranath Tagore: A Poet, A Musician and A Painter

Rabindranath Tagore was born on may 7, 1861, at Jorasanko (Tagore's residence in Calcutta). He was 14th child of his father Debendranath...

Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi : Similarities and Disagreements

Tagore was a imaginary poet, a painter, philosopher and musician while Gandhiji was an activist with little tinct of philosophy in him. Both...