Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Voluntary star labelling program
Mains level: Quest for energy efficient equipments in India
Month: January 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Food Safety Standards – FSSAI, food fortification, etc.
[pib] Network for Scientific Co-operation for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (NetSCoFAN)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NetSCoFAN
Mains level: Not Much
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
[op-ed of the day]Spotting an opportunity in changing fundamentals
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2-Effects of politics and policies of developed and developing countries on India's interest, Indian diaspora.
Citizenship and Related Issues
[op-ed snap]Secularism’s Brexit moment
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 1-Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism and secularism.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
[op-ed snap]Lifting growth, containing inflation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices, Public Distribution System- Objectives, functioning, limitations,revamping, issues of buffer stocks, and food security, Technology missions, economics of animal rearing.
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Miyawaki Method
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Miyawaki Method
Mains level: Miyawaki Method of Afforestation
Air Pollution
Smog Tower
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Smog Tower, PM 2.5
Mains level: Curbing air pollution in Delhi
Drosophila
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Drosophila
Mains level: Not Much
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Carbon Stock in Indian forests
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Carbon Stock
Mains level: India's INDC
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
WHO prequalifies Serum’s low-cost Pneumococcal Vaccine
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pneumococcal Vaccine
Mains level: Not Much
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
[pib] UJALA & Street Lighting National Programme
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme
Mains level: Success of these scheme
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[op-ed snap] Horror in Kota
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2-Issues relating to development and management of Social sector/services relating to health,education, Human resources.
The Crisis In The Middle East
[op-ed of the day]Bracing for global impact after Soleimani’s assassination
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nothing much.
Mains level: Paper 2- International relations
Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy
[op-ed snap]Eradication of TB by 2025
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2-Issues relating to development and management of social sector/ services relating to health, education, human resources.
Wetland Conservation
India’s policies for ‘Urban Lakes’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Urban lakes in India
Mains level: Wetland conservation in India
Railway Reforms
Restructuring of the Railways Board
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Railways Board
Mains level: Read the attached story
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Savitribai Phule’s impact on women’s education in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule and thier legacy
Mains level: Pioneers of women education in the colonial India
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Turtle rehab centre in Bhagalpur, Bihar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Op Save Kurma
Mains level: Wildlife conservation in India
Textile Sector – Cotton, Jute, Wool, Silk, Handloom, etc.
[pib] Patola Saree
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Patola Saree
Mains level: Promoting Khadi and village industries
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
[op-ed of the day] Data and its discontents
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nothing much
Mains level: Paper 3-Cyber security
