by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | May 2, 2022 | Agriculture
Allahabad’s Unique Guavas If Darjeeling is famous for its tea, Dehradun for its basmati, Nagpur for its santras (oranges) and Andhra for its Banganapalle mangoes, Allahabad is famous for its rich and lush variety of ‘amroods’ or guavas. Owing to this...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Apr 16, 2022 | Governance
Time to Discuss Changes for Entrance Examinations to IAS and other Civil Services The Civil Service Exam template of three-phase selection — Prelims, Mains and Personality Test —has continued from 1979, even though the structure, syllabi, and relative weightage of...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Mar 17, 2022 | Welfare
Rescuing Pashmina Changthang plateau, the world’s highest cold desert at a height of 15,000 feet in the Union Territory of Ladakh is home to the 5,000-member pastoralist community of Changpa who, for centuries, have lived close to nature in these high altitudes...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Feb 23, 2022 | Agriculture
Basmati: A prestige for Indo-Gangetic plains In September 1997, the US-based RiceTec Corporation, which had been producing and marketing Texmati and Kasmati rice in the US as a trademark for over two decades as ‘American-style Basmati rice’ and...
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