INDIAN CLIMATE- Part 2

CLIMATIC SEASONS OF INDIA The climatic conditions of India can best be described in terms of an annual cycle of seasons. The meteorologists recognise the following four seasons : (i) the cold... Read more »

INDIAN CLIMATE- Part 1

FACTORS AFFECTING INDIAN CLIMATE Latitude You already know the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the land of India. You also know that the Tropic of Cancer passes through the central part of... Read more »

INDIAN NATURAL VEGETATION

OVERVIEW Natural vegetation refers to a plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time, so as to allow its individual species to adjust themselves to climate and soil conditions... Read more »

INDIAN SOILS

OVERVIEW India is a country of vast dimensions with varied conditions of geology, relief, climate and vegetation. Therefore, India has a large variety of soil groups, distinctly different from one another. Different... Read more »

THE ISLANDS- Indian Physical Geography Part 7

OVERVIEW India has a total of 247 islands (distant is­lands) of which 204 lie in the Bay of Bengal and remaining in the Arabian Sea. The Bay islands consisting of Andaman and... Read more »

What Is Money ? Why Is So Important ?What Is Fiat Money ? Explained -Basic Concepts Of Economy Part 4

What Is Money ? Everyone uses money. Through money we get the things we wanted.But, what exactly is it? What is the use of it ? Money is a Medium of Exchange... Read more »

TYPES OF DISASTERS

INTRODUCTION Primarily disasters are triggered by natural hazards or human-induced, or result from a combination of both. In particular, human-induced factors can greatly aggravate the adverse impacts of a natural disaster. NATURAL HAZARDS The... Read more »

Appreciation ,Depreciation Of Currency And Its Impacts-Explained -Basic Concepts Of Economy Part 3

What is Appreciation of Currency ? Currency appreciation is an increase in the value one currency regarding another currency. Let us see an example of currency appreciation. At the month of January,... Read more »

THE COASTAL PLAINS- Indian Physical Geography Part 6

OVERVIEW The coastal plains of India are located along the Arabian Sea coast in the west and along the Bay of Bengal coast in the east. According to their location to the... Read more »

Disaster Risk Reduction in Sustainable Development Goals

INTRODUCTON There has been an increasing recognition that disasters undermine our efforts to achieve sustainable development. In tandem with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction(SFDRR), the other international policy frameworks adopted... Read more »