UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context After weeks of economic turmoil, Sri Lanka announced that it would be defaulting on all of its external debt worth $51 billion. After running out of foreign exchange for imports, Colombo called the move a last resort. The island nation is… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: The Sri Lankan Default

Context Cooperation and competition are the two sides of the same coin— ‘Federalism’. Both are essential to take the ‘New India’ march forward economically and socially. While on the one hand the States need to be assisted with resources and sound policy advice, on the other they need to be encouraged to improve their performance.… Continue reading [Yojana Archive] Strengthening Federalism

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Passed by the Parliament this week, the Bill seeks to repeal The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 and expands the scope of information the government can collect from convicts, arrested persons and other persons such as habitual offenders. According to Union… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: Unmasking Criminals

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Earlier this month, the Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of the National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) to monetize surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other agencies linked to the Government. In this article,… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective – NLMC: Utilising Unused Land

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Earlier this week, PM Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison held a virtual summit – the second one since June 2020. Both nations agreed to unlock the untapped potential in bilateral trade and investment. They highlighted the need to conclude… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: India-Australia Ties

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The National Education Policy’s stated goal is to reinstate teachers as the most respected members of our society. Evolution of Teacher Education (a) Colonial Period The current style of schooling and teaching emerged during the British rule in India. This system… Continue reading [Yojana Archive] Reinventing Teachers’ Education

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The battle between Russia and Ukraine continues for the 22nd day after Russia launched its offensive against its neighbor. Russia has put its nuclear forces on alert, calling it a special regime of combat duty; these include the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: Nuclear Angle of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Japanese PM Fumio Kishida is on a visit to India. The bilateral summit was held amidst rising tensions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Japan and India are expected to enhance economic cooperation and share assessments on the crisis in Ukraine… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: India-Japan Ties

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context February 26th marked the third anniversary of the Balakot airstrike which was conducted by Indian Air Force targeting the terrorist camps operating in Balakot town of Pakistan. It was done in response to a suicidal attack on convoy of vehicles carrying… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: Surgical Strikes

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Historically, vocational education in schools has been accorded high priority since National Policy on Education, 1986, and Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Vocationalization of Secondary Education was launched in 1988. Currently, the scheme is being implemented as part of the Centrally… Continue reading [Yojana Archive] Samagra Shiksha: Skilling Youth for Future

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context The Ministry of Defence has been allocated a total budget of Rs 5.25 lakh crore for Financial Year 2022-23. It focuses on modernisation of Defence Services and Defence Security Infrastructure development including the Border Road Infrastructure and Coastal Security Infrastructure. In… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: Self-Reliance in Defence

Context The New Education Policy 2020 aims to mark a revolution in the entire process of teaching and learning. Incorporation of quality in education is a requirement of essence not just in terms of estimation of efficiency but certainly a valuable dimension to reform the system creating new opportunities. National Education Policy 2020: Highlights The… Continue reading [Yojana Archives] National Education Policy 2020

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Context Ongoing assembly elections in five states have seen a flurry of promises from political parties. The prominent one amongst these is the promise of free or subsidised power for farmers and domestic consumers. Also read: The Lure of Free Electricity Free… Continue reading [Sansad TV] Perspective: Cost of Free Power

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Inception of the idea The idea of ‘economic swadeshi’ emerged by the second half of the 19th century. Thanks to the writings of R C Dutt, Dadabhai Naoroji, and M G Ranade, the new western-educated middle class was well aware of the… Continue reading [Yojana Archive] Swadeshi Entrepreneurship