FEBRUARY 2017

YEAR : 11

ISSUE : 127Contents

Indian Economy Article

86 Inclusive Development for Equitable Distribution ofWealth and Prosperity

Electronics Article

88 IndiaStack : A Milestone of Road ‘Towards DigitalIndia Mission’

Environmental Article

92 Climate Change and Human Health

Technological Article

95 Unbounding the Future : The Nano-technologyRevolution

Vividha

98 Compendium101 Short Note on Various Forthcoming Competitive

Examination102 Geographical Facts : Short Notes on Various

Important Topics104 Prominent Historical Personalities of India106 Trade and Industry107 Current Questionnaire

Question Papers

Other Papers

110 UGC-NET/JRF Exam., 2016 : Mass Communicationand Journalism

116 RAS/RTS (Pre.) Exam., 2016 : General Knowledgeand General Science

126 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (A.O.) Exam., 2016 :General Awareness

129 Bank of Baroda P.O. Exam., 2016 : General Aware-ness

133 IBPS Specialist Officer (Marketing) Exam., 2015 :Professional Knowledge

138 LIC (AAO) Exam., 2016 : Reasoning

141 State Bank of India P.O. (Pre.) Exam., 2016 : NumericalAbility

Your Pages

146 Essay Contest148 Debate Contest150 Concentric Quiz153 Test Your Knowledge156 Results157 Semi-Annual Current Affairs-I

Regulars

6 To Our Readers

10 Editorial

News and Events

12 Nation this Month

29 World this Month

35 Regional News

36 National and International Updates

Current Affairs

46 Sports World49 Memorable Points51 Economic Scenario

Career News

58 Employment and Career News

59 Forthcoming Competitive Examinations

60 Major Development/Achievements of Department ofScience and Technology-2016

Inspiring Youth : Interview

62 Vikas Sharma

Topper—Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial ServiceExam., 2016 (2nd Rank)

64 Annapurna Garg

Topper—Civil Services Exam., 2015 (68th Rank)

67 Aneesh DasguptaTopper—Civil Services Exam., 2015 (74th Rank)

World Panorama

69 (i) Heart of Asia Conference : Indian Concerns

71 (ii) Climate Change : Indian Approach

Personality Development

74 Knowledge is Power

Focus

76 Ease of Doing Business in India

Articles

Indian Economy Article

79 Financial Inclusion : An Initiative to EmpowerVulnerable Social Groups

International Relations Article

82 India’s Maritime Security : Challenges and Strategy

PD/February/2017/9

PD/February/2017/10 “Does hard work pay? Why don't you find out for yourself.”

Try to Go the Scientific Way

There is always a need to go the scientific way. Science is a systematised body of knowledge and thewestern thinkers made a singular contribution to the world by way of thinking in a scientific way. Logic is thebasis of science. We can reach correct conclusions by pursuing our intellectual endeavour in a scientific way.Science doesn’t accept things merely on the basis of assumptions. It goes all out on the hard platform of logic.Experimentation is the very basis of science. Renaissance in social life in India was inaugurated by drawinginspiration from the western science. Darwin, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud were all scientific thinkers, though, ofcourse, they were subjected to much criticism. They wielded a lot of influence on Indian thinkers like RamMohan Roy, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Swami Vivekanand among others. They taught India to go thescientific way. Social and political theories were also developed in India. They abundantly drew inspirationfrom western scientific thought. Even Mahatma Gandhi’s thought has drawn inspiration from western scientificthinking. At present also, there is need to develop scientific ways of thought, study and action. Only then shallit be possible for us to come out of the age-old aberrations of vague lines of thought and action.

In the nineteenth century wehave three main thinkers who hadrevolutionary ideas viz., Darwin, KarlMarx and Sigmund Freud. Darwinpropounded the theory of survivalof the fittest and established animalancestory of man. Karl Marx pro-pounded the theory of dialecticalmaterialism and said emphaticallythat man lived by bread alone. Therewas nothing beyond, mind andmoney meant everything in life. Freudsaid that instinct and emotions madethe life of man. He established theimportance of sex emotion and saiddiseases and evils are created bysuppressing this emotion.

There was sharp reaction to theseideas both in the eastern and westernworlds and revolutionary ideas wereput forward.

Nineteenth century is the centuryof renaissance of modern India. RajaRam Mohan Roy was the first toinitiate new cultural and social ideas.Other names are Dr. Mrs. AnnieBesant, Swami Dayanand Saraswati,Ram Krishan Paramhans and SwamiVivekanand. All of them put forth theideas that man did not live by breadalone. He needed something moreand this something more was moreimportant. They also said that mindwas not the ultimate reality. Therewas something more beyond. Thisgave man a spiritual character andestablished divinehood of man. Theseideas completely revolutionised thethought of the modern man and theybegan seeking new horizons in thespiritual realm.

This changed the whole pers-pective of study and research. Consti-tution of man was also studied in thenew light of modern science. It wasestablished that man was not only thephysical body but something more,

that is, he had other bodies also inwhich his consciousness worked.They further went to point out theundisputed superiority of man overother creatures. It will not be out ofplace to mention that Dr. Hindell andWilliam Crooks had worked againstDarwin’s theory of animal ancestoryand propounded the theory ofmutation. This gave a new impetus tothe idea of man’s divinity. Man wasseen in a new perspective. His freehands gave him great opportunitiesto work great things and this madehim great. One special thing aboutman was discovered that he was theonly creature who did things for thegood of others. This strengthened thespiritual character of man. It was manalone who constructed buildings andmade things of permanent value.

P.Darpan