Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ESCAP
Mains level: Paper 2-Challenges facing Asia-Pacific region and scope for cooperation
Month: May 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Is the suspension of labour laws a silver bullet?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various labour laws.
Mains level: Paper 2- Legal issues in the suspension of labour laws by the States.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ System
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ONORC Scheme
Mains level: Assurance of Food Security with the ONORC Scheme
The Crisis In The Middle East
West Bank Annexation plans by US
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Oslo Peace Accord, West Bank
Mains level: Israeli claims over West Bank and Gaza
Indian Army Updates
“Tour of Duty (ToD) Scheme” for Short Service in Indian Army
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ToD Scheme
Mains level: Need for restructure of the armed forces
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2020
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Forest Resources Assessment
Mains level: Global afforrestation measures and its success
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
Global Energy Transition Index, 2020 and its highlights
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Energy Transition Index
Mains level: India's transition towards renewable energy
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
What self-reliant economy means?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Making the economy self reliant.
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Changing labour laws not a solution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Changes in labour laws and growth in the economy.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
A plan to revive the broken economy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MGNREGA
Mains level: Paper 3- Employment issues caused due to economic disruption of the pandemic.
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Credit guarantees to MSMEs: What are they and how will they help?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Credit Guarantee Scheme
Mains level: Reviving MSME Sector of India
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
What is Palliative Care?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Palliative Care
Mains level: Psychosocial impacts of the covid-19 pandemic
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
Global Nutrition Report, 2020
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Nutrition Report, 2020
Mains level: State of Mother-Child health in India
Seeds, Pesticides and Mechanization – HYV, Indian Seed Congress, etc.
What is ‘Direct Seeding of Rice’ (DSR)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Paddy cultivation in India
Indian Army Updates
What are Integrated Battle Groups (IBG)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Integrated Battle Groups (IBG)
Mains level: Need for IBG
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
JDY or NREGA card: What is better option for cash transfers?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: JAM
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues associated with JAM and options to deal with them.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Cooperative Federalism in the Time of Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: National Plan under DMA 2005
Mains level: Paper 2- Cooperative federalism amid Covid-19.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Legal aspects of using Disaster Management Act to deal with pandemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: DMA 2005, Residuary power of the Union legislature.
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues arising out of the use of the DMA 2005 to deal with the pandemic.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Nepal
India-Nepal dispute over Kalapani Region
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kalapani Region
Mains level: India-Nepal relations and the Chinese hinderance
