Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MPLADS and its provision.
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with MPLADS.
Month: May 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Air Pollution
Environmental regulations: go or no go?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NDMA, NDMA-2005 and its provisions.
Mains level: Paper 3- Lowering of environment standard is not a good strategy to revive the economy in the wake of corona pandemic.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
FCI to the rescue
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FCI.
Mains level: Paper 3- Role of the FCI.
Liquor Policy of States
Why liquor sale matters to states?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Excise duty, GST
Mains level: Contribution of liquor sale in state revenue
Ministry of External Affairs : Important Updates
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Virtual Summit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Mains level: NAM, it's aims and objective, current role of NAM; India's past, present and future link to NAM
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
How Remdesivir tricks coronavirus?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Remdesivir
Mains level: Coronovirus and the hunt for its vaccine
Monsoon Updates
Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BoBBLE
Mains level: Indian monsoon and its prediction
e-Commerce: The New Boom
‘BharatMarket’: An e-commerce platform for retail traders
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BharatMarket
Mains level: Not Much
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
[pib] UV Blaster: A UV Disinfection Tower
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UV germicidal irradiation
Mains level: Can always be used as an example
BRICS Summits
BRICS’ fight against COVID
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BRICS, NDB.
Mains level: Paper 2- BRICS's potential for coordination on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief .
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
From informal to the formal economy: The crooked road
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Share of informal economy in the country's economy.
Mains level: Paper 3- Huge presence of the informal sector in the Indian economy and ways to formalise it.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Globalisation 2.0 after Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various economies of the world and their share in the world economy.
Mains level: Paper 3- Impact of pandemic on globalisation.
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
Global Energy Review 2020, Report
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Energy Review, 2020
Mains level: India's emergency demand
Blockchain Technology: Prospects and Challenges
E-Renminbi: China’s Official Digital Currency
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: e-RMB
Mains level: Cryptocurrency and its feasiblity
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Significance of UK labor party’s remarks on Kashmir
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: India in Labour Party (UK) manifestos
Mains level: Not Much
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Back in news: International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Mains level: Not Much
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
[pib] Sariska Tiger reserve
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sariska Tiger Reserve
Mains level: Not Much
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
RBI’s job involves trade-offs, not conflicts
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Role of the RBI.
Mains level: Paper 3- Role of the RBI and trade-offs involved in its decisions.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Three dimensions of food security amid Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: National Food Security Act.
Mains level: Paper 3-Ensuring food security with all its dimension amid corona pandemic.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Strategy for calibrated opening of economy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Opportunity cost.
Mains level: Paper 2- Easing the lockdown, strategy that could be adopted.
