[Sansad TV] Mudda Aapka: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context India agreed to be a part of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), a US-led economic grouping comprising 12 countries. The recent Quad meet in Tokyo initiated the path for negotiations among the ‘founding members.’ What is IPEF? It is… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Power Crisis in India

Context India is facing one of the worst power crises in its History and the scariest point is that this power crisis is not something that rarely has been haunting almost every year for 10 years now!! As a result, businesses all across the country are facing lakhs and even crores of losses due to… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Cluttered Space

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Four spherical metal balls fell from the sky in some villages of Gujarat over the past few days. Some experts say they are most likely the debris of a Chinese rocket Chang Zheng 3B or fuel storage tanks of space launch… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Abortion Debate

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Around 36 million women across the US are on the verge of losing their right to legal abortion. A draft document, leaked a couple of weeks ago, suggests that the Supreme Court has decided to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Energy Transition & Challenges

Context India has set ambitious targets towards the achievement of the dual goals of climate action and sustainable development through its nationally determined contributions and energy access commitments. As India starts a new decade of energy transition, it is an opportune time to assess where India stands in achieving its targets as well as to… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Judicial Reforms

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts (CMCJs) participated in a joint conference in the national capital to discuss various aspects of the justice delivery system. Participating in the inaugural session PM Modi said that judicial reform is… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Wheat Exports Ban

Context India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to food security. This is partly due to the war in Ukraine and as a scorching heatwave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high. The price which was already high in the wake of Russia’s invasion of major wheat exporter Ukraine… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Mudda Aapka: India’s Pharma Exports Boom

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context India is a significant player in the global medicines industry. Indian pharma exports witnessed a growth of 103% since 2013-14, from Rs. 90, 415 Crores in 2013-14 to Rs. 183,422 Crores in 2021-22. Feats achieved by India’s Pharma Sector Surplus trade:… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Problem of Undertrials in India

Context In India, about 75 percent of the total number of prisoners are undertrial. More than 3.5 lakh undertrial prisoners are lodged in jails across the country and awaiting trial. Recently, PM also raised the issue of undertrial prisoners in jails in a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts. Undertrials in… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Right to Repair

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Apple recently announced that consumers will have the right to purchase spare components of their products. Google also announced plans to expand access to the parts and tools that consumers need to fix their own devices. These announcements by big-tech companies… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] IPO of the Life Insurance Company (LIC)

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context India’s biggest public issue, the Life Insurance Company initial public offering opened to primary markets on Wednesday. The government has fixed the LIC IPO price band at Rs 902 to Rs 949 per equity share, announcing Rs 60 discount to the… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Semiconductor Industry & India

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Semiconductors are essential to almost all sectors of the economy including aerospace, automobiles, communications, clean energy, information technology and medical devices etc. Demand for these critical components has outstripped supply, creating a global chip shortage and resulting in lost growth and… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] National Language Debate

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context With over twenty regional languages, each with its own culture and history, language was always going to be a tricky issue for India. Remarks by a notable Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India has… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: 70 Years of India-Japan Relations

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context India and Japan are celebrating 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. This seven decade long journey has witnessed significant milestones and shared visions for the future. The recent visit to India by Japanese PM Fumio… Continue reading

[Yojana Archive] Fintech Beyond Boundaries

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context FinTech is rapidly changing the face of the banking industry, as several banks are now switching to digitization as well as paperless and cashless processes. Fintech in India: A backgrounder With the establishment of two institutions in 2009, India’s fintech journey… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] India-EU Relations

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen was on two–day official visit to India. She has heaped all praises for the robustness of Indian democracy. She went on to say that ‘World Watches When Indians Cast Their Vote’. Both… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Mudda Aapka: Sports as a Fundamental Right

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The Supreme Court has sought the opinion of the Centre and state governments on a suggestion that physical literacy or sports be recognised as a fundamental right. It goes on to say that all education boards be asked to ensure at… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Sri Lanka continues to grapple with its worst-ever economic crisis as it has defaulted on all of its external debt of about $51 billion – after running out of foreign exchange for imports, calling it the last resort. So while domestic… Continue reading

[Sansad TV] Perspective: Dollar Dominance: Under threat?

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context As per IMF’s first deputy managing director Gita Gopinath, financial sanctions imposed on Russia threaten to gradually dilute the dominance of the U.S. dollar and could result in a more fragmented international monetary system. To understand more on this and related… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Demolition of Encroachments

UPSC 2023 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The recent anti-encroachment drive in northwest Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri has become the latest flashpoint between political parties in the national capital. The matter also reached the Supreme Court, which ordered a stay on the drive. However, dissidents has now put questions… Continue reading

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