S.K. Das
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While handing over the first set of 12-digit unique identification numbers to ten tribal families of Tembhli, a dusty village tucked away in a far corner of Maharashtra, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, 'UID will help hundreds of people in India, whose pride was hurt for so many years because of the lack of an identity. This will be their source of recognition from now onEL.' The Aadhaar scheme, since its inception, has been operating without ...
Travel to the most exciting planet in the solar system, Mars, and learn the secrets astronomers and scientists have unearthed about it over the years. Read about how Mars was formed, what it looks like up close, whether there was water on it, and if there was ever any life there.
Told in simple language and with the help of numerous diagrams and photographs, this book also explains how rockets and spacecraft are designed and sent to Mars. Discover everything ...
Who invented rockets? Why do we need them? How do rockets work?It may be rocket science, but it has never been easier to know all about rockets! Through 75 Q & As, you will learn absolutely everything about rockets:Who makes them? How are they made? Who were the scientists who developed the science of rockets? What will the rockets of the future be like?These are just some of the fascinating questions answered in this book in easy-to-understand, jargon-free ...
There are many books available on Radio Active Physics which present the matter in a concise manner so that it is interesting and with in grasp of B.Sc. (Hons) and post-graduate students keeping the above approach in mind this book has been planned. It is hoped that it would be useful to all B.SC., M.Sc. and engineering students. This book consist of five chapters. At the end each chapter a set of problems has been given to help the student become familiar with ...
Introduction by G. Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman, ISRO Place: the Moon Location: 380,000 kms from planet Earth Environment: Harsh Need for Study: Immense Man has gazed at the Moon, wondered about it and studied it for centuries. Yet, many aspects about Earth’s satellite remain unknown, and With an can keep scientists busy for years. In this book, S.K. Das sets out to explain some of them. How was the moon formed? Is the moon just a barren, rocky piece of ...
This book deals with the art of living and the science of Yoga. It will help and guide in daily life, in every sphere of action and in improvement of human relationship, irrespective of one’s belief and profession. Divine Light offers practical guidance to spiritually inclined readers. It includes many easy and practical sadhanas for the aspirants who desire to follow the Divine Path while working and living in the world-the sadhanas picked up ...
This book is about the weavers of West Bengal, about their avocation, heritage, culture and tradition carried on since the days of antiquity. Developed as a labour intensive industry, handloom weaving in Bengal all through its existence not only provided one of the basic requirements of civilized living but in course of time also came to be known as the products of high excellence. During the entire existence, the industry has survived a series of onslaughts. The ...
This book is about corruption: the use of public office for private gain. Controlling corruption has always been a big challenge for state reform. In the nineteenth century, the creation of a merit-based bureaucracy with a pay structure that rewarded civil servants for honest effort was seen as the solution. It was assumed that if merit was made the basis of administration, it would exclude private interest. The author, S.K. Das, looks at the Indian experience ...
This book argues that the civil service in India is too big, costs too much, and lacks the capacity to carry out economic reforms. It does not seem to be accountable for what it does. The task of civil service reform, it is argued, is not merely one of trimming the service or building capacity, but also of holding the civil service to account for its actions. This book is about building such a civil service: one that is lean and accountable. Drawing on the ...
This volume argues for reforms in India's public spending and accounting systems. According to the author, it will help set performance standards and provide reliable information to monitor government expenditure. Critically analysing the cash accounting system, he shows that it is inadequate to respond to the requirements of public accounting. Strongly comparative in nature, the book explores the lessons learnt from cutting-edge accounting practices in the UK, ...
