UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Sustained economic growth is the key to India’s power. Infrastructure without a doubt lies at the heart of this growth story. Infrastructure is inextricably linked to growth by its inherent ability to supports livelihoods, drive businesses, generate employment, and in effect determine… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Asset Monetization & Value Creation

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The 13th BRICS summit is set to be held on September 9 in digital format under India’s chairmanship. This plurilateral grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is chaired by turn. India held the chair in 2012 and 2016 too.… Continue reading [Burning Issue] BRICS and its relevance in today’s world

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) India and Sri Lanka have a legacy of intellectual, cultural, religious, and linguistic interaction, and the relationship between the two countries is more than 2500 years old. Trade and investment have grown and there is cooperation in the fields of development, education,… Continue reading [Burning Issue] India – Sri Lanka relations in recent times

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) Banking is considered to be the “Backbone of a Nation’s Economy”. It is the most leading part of the financial sector of the country as it is responsible for more than 70% of the funds that flow through the financial sector in… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Privatization of PSBs

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) “Justice delayed is democracy denied” —John F Kennedy, US president Recently, Parliament passed the Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021, which seeks to lay down terms for service and tenure of members of various tribunals. The new law contained the same provisions as the… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021 and Inherent Issues with Indian Judiciary

What is Samachar Manthan? Samachar Manthan is our flagship program designed to help you develop a solid command on your newspaper reading and current affairs analyzing skills. We’re are also going to focus on imparting skills required to utilize current affairs. Since it builds your core, it is important for both Prelims and Mains.  Program… Continue reading Why Afghanistan is Graveyard of Empires?

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) India recently announced the launch of the National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) with an aim to cut down carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable sources of energy. The broad objective of the mission is to scale up Green Hydrogen production and… Continue reading [Burning Issue] National Hydrogen Mission: A step toward developing a Hydrogen Economy

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The National Policy on Education was framed in 1986 and modified in 1992. Since then several changes have taken place that calls for a revision of the Policy. The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st… Continue reading [Burning Issue] National Education Policy – 2020: Higher Education and Regional Languages

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The government of India recently unveiled a four-year (FY 2022-25) National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) worth an estimated Rs 6 lakh crore. It aims to unlock value in brownfield projects by engaging the private sector, transferring to them revenue rights and not ownership… Continue reading [Burning Issue] National Monetization Pipeline

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre will launch ‘PM Gati Shakti Master Plan’, a Rs. 100 lakh-crore project for developing ‘holistic infrastructure’ and to and give an integrated pathway to country’s economy. What are the… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Gati Shakti Master Plan: Infra Boost for India

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The Prime Minister’s dream of a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2025 along with effective financial inclusion and sustainable economic outcomes is premised on investment from both domestic and foreign investors. Government expenditure can only provide a stimulus, but cannot alone take India… Continue reading [Burning Issue] MSMEs – The lifeline of the Indian Economy

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The Taliban entered Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, following a week of rapid territorial gains from retreating government forces battling to hold off the Islamist militant group. President Ashraf Ghani has fled the war-torn country. Afghanistan being rugged and mountainous, ethnically heterogeneous, and poorly… Continue reading [Burning Issue] The fall of Kabul and implications for the India and world

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) The Earth faces a looming crisis. Globally, temperatures are rising. Heatwaves, droughts, ocean acidification, and rising sea levels are on the horizon. Around 90% of the world lives in the northern hemisphere with major population centers in the tropical and subtropical regions.… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Thawing Permafrost and its effects

UPSC 2022 countdown has begun! Get your personal guidance plan now! (Click here) When democratically elected governments cease to be held accountable by a society weakened by poor health, low morale and joblessness, demagogues are prone to blindness and ineptitude. John Keane The global surveys are everywhere reporting dipping confidence in democracy and marked jumps… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Democide: Causes and ways to avoid it

Feeling anxious about your UPSC preparation? Don’t worry, speak with our mentors and get your problems resolved, personally! (Click here) The Union Government announced the formation of a separate Union Ministry of Cooperation, a subject that till date was looked after by the Ministry of Agriculture. This ‘historic move’ seeks to “provide a separate administrative,… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Ministry of Cooperation

Northeast India has been witnessing inter-state border disputes since the early 1960s when the process of carving out states from the undivided Assam commenced. The most recent in the series of border disputes that plagued the region is the Assam–Mizoram border, which has been witnessing violent incidents since 2020. What is the recent dispute? In… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute

We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. Barack Obama The Himalayan ecosystem is vulnerable and susceptible to the impacts and consequences of changes on account of natural causes, climate change resulting from anthropogenic emissions, and developmental paradigms of modern society.… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Climate Change: Degrading Himalayan Ecology

In recent years, there have been ongoing debates, campaigns, and demands for the implementation of coercive population control policies in India. Evidence shows no effectiveness of policy measures enforcing a two-child or one-child norm and instead highlights their adverse outcomes. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 4 revealed that 24 states in the country… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Coercive Population policy and related issues