Part 3 | Irrigation Application Methods

Irrigation water is generally applied to crops by: Flooding on the field surface Applying beneath the soil surface…

Part 2 | Multipurpose River Valley Projects

Multipurpose River Valley Projects Dams were traditionally built to impound rivers and rainwater that could be used later…

Part 1 | Sources and Methods of Irrigation

The monsoonal rainfall in India is concentrated only in four months and more than 50% of the net…

Part 3 | Characteristics of Soil, Classification of Indian Soils

Soil Characteristics Knowing a soil’s water, mineral, and organic components and their proportions can help us determine its…

Part 2 | Factors Responsible for the Formation of Soil, Soil Profile

The major factors responsible for the formation of soil: The major factors affecting the formation of soil are…

Part 1 | Formation of Soil

Before we discuss the various soil types and their distribution in India, it is imperative that we first…

The Post-Monsoon Season/Autumn (Oct – Dec)

India’s Climatic Calendar – The Autumn Season The months of October-November form a period of transition from the…

The Pre-Monsoon Season/ Summer Season (Mar – May)

India’s Climatic Calendar – The Summer Season Temperature Conditions during this season: As the sun shifts northward towards…

Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and or affecting India’s interests

 SAARC Historical Background The idea of co-operation in South Asia was discussed in at least three conferences: the…

Important International Economic Organizations

WORLD BANK  GROUP source The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing…

India-Australia relations

India & the Oceans Backgrounder It is analytically sensible to divide Australia’s links to post-Independence India into four…

India-West Asia

WEST ASIA India’s relations with the West Asian countries are historical since the independence. India has interests in…

India-Central Asia Relations

  Introduction source Five Central Asian states have significant disagreements among themselves, and development trajectories have increasingly diverged…

India-Japan Relations

In the context of 21st Century, among all the bilateral relations, Indo-Japan relations have all the potential to…

India-Russia Relations

 Introduction Relations with Russia are a key pillar of India’s foreign policy, and Russia has been a longstanding…

India-Africa Relations

  India and the African countries are in news lately, however the ties between the two regions date…

India Europe

Timeline of EU source 19 April 1951: European Coal and Steel Community Treaty signed by Germany, France, Ireland,…

India and Bangladesh Relations

  India’s links with Bangladesh are civilisational, cultural, social and economic. There is much that unites the two…

India–Nepal Relations

  Brief History of Kingdom Of Nepal Gorkha rule After decades of rivalry between the medieval kingdoms, modern Nepal was…

India-China Relations

  Introduction On 1 April, 1950, India became the first non-socialist bloc country to establish diplomatic relations with…