What is Karakoram Anomaly?

The 'Karakoram Anomaly' is termed as the stability or anomalous growth of glaciers in the central Karakoram, in contrast to the retreat of glaciers in other nearby mountainous ranges of the Himalayas and other mountainous ranges of the world.

Reason - The revival of western disturbance (WD) has been instrumental in triggering and sustaining the Karakoram Anomaly

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What is Acculturation ?

-Acculturation is defined as the process in which a person or group from one culture comes in contact with another culture, adopting the values and practices of the other while still retaining their own distinct identity.

-Acculturation as a two-way process, wherein the minority culture adopts aspects of the majority to fit in and the culture of the majority is also influenced by that of the minority.

What is Enculturation ?

-Enculturation can be simply defined as the individual acquisition of a particular culture by him/herself. 

-Once a person is born into the world, he/she invariably follows the culture that surrounds him/her and the process of gaining these cultural traits is enculturation.

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University Grants Commission – UGC

-Established in 1953 and made into a statutory organisation with the UGC Act in 1956.

Role

-responsible for coordinating, determining and maintaining standards of higher education.

-provides recognition to universities in India and disburses funds to such recognised universities and colleges.

-Promoting and coordinating university education.

-Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for the improvement of university education.

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Arctic Amplification

-Global warming, the long-term heating of the earth’s surface, expedited due to anthropogenic forces or human activities since pre-industrial times and has increased the planet’s average temperature by 1.1 degrees Celsius. 

- the net radiation balance tend to produce larger changes at the north and south poles. 

-This phenomenon is known as polar amplification; these changes are more pronounced at the northern latitudes and are known as the Arctic amplification. 

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Inequality -Inclusive Growth

-The average net worth of the 953 richest Indians was more than 5,000 crore rupees. Their combined wealth is about one-quarter of India’s GDP.

-If you levy a one-time 4% wealth tax on them, you could get revenues worth 1% of GDP, which is not something to scoff at. 

-India are raising 0.2% of GDP through property tax, whereas the developing country average is 0.6% of GDP and in OECD countries it is 2% of GDP. 

-The share of the bottom 50% of the population in national wealth was a mere 6%.

-The top 10% of the Indian population holds 77% of the total national wealth. 

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POPULATION DATA :

-With a population of 1.4 billion, India accounts for about 17.5 per cent of the world’s population, 1 of every 6 people on the planet live in India.

- According United Nations’ World Population Prospects (WPP), India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023.

- India’s fertility rate is expected to dip from 2.01 presently to 1.78 in 2050 and 1.69 in 2100, compared to the global average of 2.3 at present.

- The proportion of elderly population to the total population has increased from 6.8% in 1991 to 9.2% in 2016 and is projected to reach 14.9% in 2036.

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Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

- a statutory body of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

- functions as a nodal body for the adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoption.

- designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the Hague Conventions on Inter-Country Adoptions, 1993, ratified by India in 2003.

- deals with adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children through its associated /recognised adoption agencies.

🔥Data - Adoption -

-The total number of children adopted in 2021-22 was only 3,175.

-There were 27,939 prospective parents registered with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) as on December 2021, from nearly 18,000 in 2017.

- the waiting time for adoption had increased to three years from one year, in the past five years. 

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