Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3- Financial stress on the states and what centre should do to address the problem.
Month: April 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
Explained: 9 minutes light-out and its impact on grids
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: 9 minutes light-out and its impact on grids
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Tropical Butterfly Conservatory
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Tropical Butterfly Conservatory
Mains level: Significance of butterflies for ecosystem
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
Operation Sanjeevani
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Operation Sanjeevani
Mains level: India-Maldives Relations
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
Making the private sector care for public health
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- Government should consider taking control of the private healthcare sector to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Important Judgements In News
The SC order on migrants labours raises several issues
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- The SC order on migrant labour rises several questions dealing with the fundamental rights.
Issues related to Economic growth
Opportunity in the Covid-19 crisis
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3- Opportunity to bring in reform that could benefit us in the medium term as well.
What is Geo-fencing?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Geo-fencing
Mains level: Geo-fencing and its application
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
GRACE-FO Mission
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GRACE-FO Mission
Mains level: Groundwater recharge and conservation efforts
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
BCG vaccine
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BCG Vaccine
Mains level: Coronovirus and the hunt for its vaccine
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[pib] CCI Green Channel Route
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CCI Green Channel
Mains level: Not Much
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
The battle to set oil prices
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Factors contributing to the drop in oil prices and implications for India.
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
Still no bullseye, in volume and value
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- India's growing defence export.
Issues related to Economic growth
Pull out all the stops
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: "Natural Disaster" clause in FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3-What should be the policy response of the government to the damage inflicted by the Covid-19 on the economy.
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Telemedicine/Telehealth as a tool to fight COVID-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Telemedicine/Telehealth
Mains level: Telemedicine and its effectiveness
RBI Notifications
Counter-cyclical Capital Buffers (CCyB)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Countercyclical Capital Buffers (CCyB)
Mains level: Various minimum capital requirements measures
RBI Notifications
Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WMA
Mains level: Tools for countering cash-flow mismatches
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU)
Mains level: Drug prices monotoring mechanisms in India
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] ArogyaSetu App
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ArogyaSetu App
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Prime Minister’s Office : Important Updates
PM-CARES Fund
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PM-CARES fund.
Mains level: Paper 3- Concerns over PM-CARES fund.
