AGRICULTURE IN INDIA

A Farming Nation

PATTIKONDA:10/07/2020

Agriculture is the Mainstay for the Indian economy. The share of Agricultural sector capital formation in GDP declined nearly 2.89 percent in 2012-2013.This has improved to 3.87 in 2018-2019. It contributes nearly 18% of national income,while 54% are depend on agriculture.

Agricultural growth has direct impact on poverty eradication. It also an important factor in containing inflation raising Agricultural wages and employment generation. To encourage the Agricultural products ,the Government announce minimum support price to crops.

But since 2012,Indian agriculture sector is almost going through a crisis of huge food grain surplus wiped,crop failures,threats and suicides of country. Commercial crops are the crops which are produced for trade purpose like oil seeds,sugar,fibre crops.

India known as Rice bowl and sugar bowl of world. Here,The Importance of Agriculture in the industrial sector is not only for supply of raw material,but it provides food grains for the people working in that sector and market for industrial products.

The government of India introduce Agricultural sector in five year plan to reform activities and solutions for farmers. “India a farming country ,to be farming country forever “

Army asks soldiers to uninstall social media apps including Facebook, Instagram and other 89 apps.

Army has decided and directed all their officers and soldiers to delete their social media account including Facebook, Instagram, daily hunt and other 89 apps.

This action has taken in the consideration of security reason and leakage sensitive data.
the Army said those who do not follow the order will have to face serious consequences.

Those apps include the 59 ones with Chinese links, including TikTok, which were banned by the Union government recently.

WHY THE CONTENT OF INDIAN CARTOONS IS A BIG CONCERN !

It is obvious that our childhood affects our mind and mentality the most, the things we see and the thoughts we hear in our developing age changes our mindset the entire life. As most of the population of India lies between the age group of 1 to 25 yrs age group they should be guided in the right direction. Therefore cartoons affect the most of it because every child who has the availability to TV set surely watches cartoons.

The content of these cartoons plays an significant role, but unfortunately Indian cartoons stand nowhere in terms of there quality. Indian cartoons target the age group between 3 to 5 yrs, therefore making there cartoons oversimplified. It is oversimplified at a level where children don’t have to even think about it a little, the over simplicity of Indian cartoons can be seen from a e.g , there is a 8 year old boy who can beat anyone and that same boy can go to the Moon by just wearing a dhoti and a helmet. This level of disgusting content results in the low IQ and understanding capabilities of children. About this problem one can easily say that ‘you to only change that that show’, but with this answer a new problem arises and that is the lack of variety.

If you see deep through the Indian cartoon industry you will see the dirty monopoly of some writers, animators and production companies. They try to rule the whole industry by themselves and if someone else comes up with a unique idea and better content, he is just thrown out like a fly from the tea. You can take the e.g of Animax, a channel which brought some better content to Indian TV’s ,was thrown out and was shut down. And as a result of this monopoly every cartoon channel have fixed their own shows and run those same shitty shows for 24 hrs. Main thing is that these production companies don’t even try to improve the quality of their shows even after getting a huge profit. People are still watching these because they don’t know that their are some better options than these, this the reason these companies are still making huge profits and we are still getting those third class contents.

“Nuclear And Other Sustainable Sources For Cleaner Energy.”

Humans have been working in the field of generating power and energy in different forms. We in this 21st century require energy for different aspects, be it for cooking food, fuel for travelling, for running industries and many more. We have been using natural or fossil fuel for generating power, petrol, diesel for fuel in cars and other vehicles, coal for powering industries and even generating power and many more. Thus these resources have helped us to make our lives more comfortable and easier. But With times the utilization of these fossil fuel and natural resources, our environment has seen decline in its ability to provide better and cleaner output. Our natural resources be it air or water, have seen a greater degradation and our food resources have become in health. Also concentrating in the fact that these fossil fuels have also been decreasing as are expected to exhaust soon. The point to consider is what next then? We are in the situation that if we use these fossil fuels, our environment would get affected and also phenomena like climate change and global warming would increase if we stop using them, we do not have a better mode of power generating at a certain notice. So what can be done? 

We have been working in the field of generating power through nuclear energy. This is expected to be the most cleaner and effective way of generating power. These have been in existence for a while but still we do lack proper knowledge of how to better use it since it is a risky source of power generation and humans are at the risk in operating it, we have been using it less. But nuclear power can be the future for generating power. These have enormous power to generate enough energy for the population and their needs to be fulfilled. But the question to its usage is the economical and health aspects. These plants and their installation cost a lot to the economies and also the health issues are enormous. We do not have much skilled labor and people to operate these machines. 

We know that these nuclear power are effective but not 100% secure. So we must shift to better and cleaner along with safe mode of power generation. Solar energy and power through windmill are an effective source but their installation as well as most of the countries do lack much of skilled labor to shift to these technologies. Also if we do stop the usage of these pollution causing fuel, it still would require many decades to solve the issue of global warming and climate change. So we must develop more and more cleaner modes of energy generation so as to make our earth a better place with better and cleaner sources. Energy and power generation is an increasing need for the population around the world and we must shift to operate better and best ways of energy generation as soon as possible. The prior need of the hour is to understand the requirement to save our environment and the resources in it and make our earth the way it was. 

DO WOMEN REALLY GET EQUAL RIGHTS AT THE WORKPLACE?

Despite its growing economy, India is one of the countries having lowest female labour force participation in the wold.The rate of working women in our country is not something to be proud of. The reasons of this can be be many such as personal safety, security including fear of sexual harassment and oppressive social norms that restricts women’s mobility, do prevent women from seeking employment and confine her to primary caregiver roles. There are so many reasons which prevent women to work and even if they work, they don’t get equal opportunities and rights at their work place. It is said that women now or equal to men in every field but is really so? It’s unfortunate to say, but no it is not true at all. The working women needs to fight for their rights, to make their position equal and to gain respect . Women are generally discriminated mostly during work pay.Even if a man and a woman are at equal position, have equal responsibilities, still women gets much less salary than than the man.And these things are not only in service sectors but can also be found in sports and entertainment industries as well. Many celebrities from the entertainment industry have spoken on this topic and have clearly shown their anger over this issue.

According to a report, women only have three-quarters of the employment rights of men worldwide.The world bank’s women,business and the law index reveals only Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Sweden and Canada are the nations which give equal rights to men and women. The report makes clear that giving equal employment rights and increasing female participation in labour markets has clear economic benefits.The World Economic Forum’s gender gap report fund that, although there has been some progress in some areas, it will be a century before the world over enjoy equal rights with men.Below I’ll be sharing 5 Women’s Employment rights which everybody should know about :

THE MATERNITY BENEFIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2017 – This act has now made it necessary for business to educate a female employee of her rights under the Act at the time of appointment. The female government employees are qualified for maternity leave for a time of 180 days for their initial two live conceived kids. The new act has additionally presented the choice of telecommuting/work from home for new moms.

THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE ACT, 2013 -Sexual harassment at work is not uncommon and we come across various cases dealing with harassment at the workplace. Apart from dealing with sexual harassment complaints, an employer has additional obligation in the nature of providing a safe working environment , treat sexual harassment as a misconduct and organizing workshops and awareness programmes at regular intervals for sensitizing employees on the issues and implications of sexual harassment at the workplace.

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 – The factories Act is a legislation to secure to the workers employed in a factory, health, safety, welfare, proper working hours and other benefits.State government from time to time issue notifications for amending provisions of the Factories Act, which would be application to workers in factories in that particular state.

THE EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976 – Under this act, the employers shall pay equal remuneration to its male and female carrying out the same or similar work and employers cannot discriminate between men and women while recruiting unless there is a restriction under the law to employ women in certain industries.

SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENT ACTS – The state government enact their respective shops and establishment act, regulates the working conditions pf employees in a shop or commercial establishment. This act provide for various provisions pertaining to notice period, leave entitlement, and working conditions like weekly working hours, weekly off, overtime etc.

different changes on social media

In little more than a decade, the changes of social media has gone from being an entertaining extra to a fully integrated part of nearly every aspect of daily life for many.

Recently in the realm of commerce, Facebook faced skepticism in its testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on Libra, its proposed cryptocurrency and alternative financial system. In politics, heartthrob Justin Bieber tweeted the President of the United States, imploring him to “let those kids out of cages.” In law enforcement, the Philadelphia police department moved to terminate more than a dozen police officers after their racist comments on social media were revealed.

And in the ultimate meshing of the digital and physical worlds, Elon Musk raised the specter of essentially removing the space between social and media through the invention — at some future time — of a brain impact  that connects human tissue to computer chips.

All this, in the span of about a week

As quickly as social media has insinuated itself into politics, the workplace, home life and elsewhere, it continues to evolve at lightning speed, making it tricky to predict which way it will morph next. It’s hard to recall now, but SixDegrees.com, Friendster and Makeoutclub.com were each once the next big thing, while one survivor has continued to grow in astonishing ways. In 2006, Facebook had 7.3 million registered users and reportedly turned down a $750 million buyout offer. In the first quarter of 2019, the company could claim 2.38 billion active users, with a market capitalization hovering around half a trillion dollars.

An Apple a day!

You might have already said ” keeps the doctor away” in your mind as you read the topic.

An Apple is very nutritious but also there are so many facts that make it more interesting.

  1. Apples when kept with other fruits can help in ripening them as apples give our ethylene gas that accelerates ripening.
  2. Apple is the official fruit of six states. They are New York, Minnesota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Illinois.
  3. There are more than 7000 varieties of apples in the world. Most apples in the world are cultivated by China. More than 2500 varieties are grown in US.
  4. Apples have 25% air in it which makes it possible for it to float on water.
  5. Apple can be a substitute for toothpaste as it has acid that can brighten teeth.
  6. They contain no fats.
  7. It takes 4-5 years for an Apple tree to produce it’s first fruit.
  8. Apples ripen faster when stored at room temperature than in refrigerator.
  9. Apples are a member of rose family.

Weird facts about Dreaming

Dreaming is a part of sleeping. We dream every night whether we remember it or not. Some dreams are happy, sad, scary, etc.

There are many weird facts about Dreaming that your weren’t aware of

  • Not all of us have a colourful dream. 12% of the population has black and white dreams.
  • The dreams that we see in the morning are generally longer.
  • While we are dreaming our muscles are paralyzed to avoid actions due to dreams.
  • The dreams that we see again and again have one theme. For example, it could be about being chased, falling, agressive actions, etc.
  • The part of our brain that is responsible for making sense of things shuts down and therefore, the dreams that we see make no sense.
  • Whatever we think in a day or two, those thoughts are responsible for what we see in a dream.
  • In our dreams we only see faces that we’ve seen before.
  • When you are in a good mood and not stressed, you are more likely to see a happy dream.
  • Women have more nightmares (scary dreams) than men.
  • We see nightmares mostly during the last part of the night.
  • Sleep paralysis is a disorder in which the body gets paralyzed when you are in between the state of being awake and asleep.
  • Eating late night just before sleeping isn’t helpful as it increases the metabolism and the brain becomes more active. As a result, chances of having a nightmare increases.
  • Blind people can see images when they dream.
  • Pets have dreams too.
  • We forget 95 to 99% of our dreams.

Wisdom teeth facts

All we know about wisdom teeth is that they grow once we became an adult and mostly everyone is born without it. Here are some more facts that you weren’t aware of.

  • Wisdom teeth are called so because they come around when a person is in between the age of 17-25. This age is also called as the age of wisdom.
  • It is also known as third molar.
  • Many many years ago, early human brains started growing at a great speed ( 3 times more than the original size) hence, changes in the shape of the back part of the skull also took place. As a result, there was no place for third molars. Therefore, wisdom teeth are of no use.
  • The number of wisdom teeth that people have vary from person to person. Some might have one, two, there or four wisdom teeth. Super rare cases of five wisdom teeth are also seen. The number of wisdom teeth depends upon the size of your jaw.
  • In Korean, they are called ‘love teeth’ as early 20’s is the time when most of the people experience love.
  • Scientists are studying dental stem cells to see if they can repair or regenerate tissues.
  • They can be problematic and start to cause pain after a certain period of time and might also lead to problems like tumours. Hence, they have to be removed.

Extroverts vs Introverts.

Introversion and extroversion is beyond the categories of one being talkative and other being quiet..,one being outgoing and other being shy. There’s always this comparison as to which category you fall into, an introvert or an extrovert!? A person tend to have these tendencies…either introvert or extrovert, or may be both probably depending on the situation i.e., Ambivert(one who falls in between both the spectrum). Personality of a person is based on how one is responding in public and private.., Extroverts tend to be outgoing in nature and adjust themselves in the crowd where as introverts can’t stand out in public, it exhausts them. Extroverts are good at mingling and love to gain attention on the other hand introverts are reserved and hate having cynosure. Well, in terms of consideration of society an extrovert tends to be an asset as they are mingling, full of enthusiasm, outgoing and fun loving person. While the introverts looks kind of boring, out of the world, lost in thoughts, taking time in mingling etc., They presumes them to be a slow-witted person.

You may fall in either of the categories.

~Extroverts wants to be in the limelight to get the attention in the public and wants everyone to lend their ears towards them. Introverts are always anxious about being the centre of attention, they hate cynosure. They are the great listeners and a great adviser. They may go numb and blank if they gets unwanted attention, this is why they avoid gatherings.

~Extroverts easily gets hit with the boredom when left alone, that’s why they can’t be alone, they always wants some or the other person to be around them and have a matter of conversation. Introverts wants solitude, spending time alone and recharging themselves, minding their own business.

~ Extroverts may be outgoing in nature but they might not mingle with opposite gender. While gender isn’t the barrier for introverts as soon as they find a company alike.

~Extroverts articulate by speaking their heart out and ideas, they are expertise putting forward to their ideas. Introverts articulate themselves by writing their heart out as it is the best way for them to put forward any ideas.

~Extroverts may initiate the conversation and have a quick exchange of convos. Introverts aren’t easy going. They takes time to mingle. Analysis and interpreting the person first will let them have the conversation.

~Extroverts can have a casual conversation, they can talk literally about any topic, also, if they doesn’t know much about it they keep bragging their opinions. Here the small and normal conversation annoys introverts, they love deep conversations. They don’t speak until it’s necessary, or the topic is of their interest or they really want to interact to.

~Extroverts may have a group to enjoy with and rely on, but introverts will have only two or three by their side whom they really rely on, or probably just their family.

~Extroverts can multitask things and in leisure time they may show upto their friends home or party out. Where as introverts believe in doing one task at a time with core perfection, and spend leisure times recharging in solitude.

~Extroverts may not have any stage phobia as they already have an idea of dealing with the centre of attention and attraction, while an introvert may faint, and go numb straightaway as they didn’t encounter cynosure. Only in exceptional cases. It may be other way round.

Its not always mandatory that these all will be the cases with extroverts simultaneously with introverts.

Other than Introverts and Extroverts there are two other spectrums too, which can be performed according to the situation.

Ambivert:- Ambivert is someone who slant in between introverts and extroverts. Someone who has the charismatic personality to speak and put forward their ideas simultaneously good at listening too.

Omnivert:- Omnivert means they can be both Introvert as well as extrovert. As in party or outing they can be intrigued as Introverts, while at home being comfy they can be themselves as Extroverts.