Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indian Monsson : Onset and Withdrawal
Mains level: Determinants of Indian Monsoon
Month: April 2021
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Monetary Policy Committee Notifications
Maintaining the inflation target at 4%
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Inflation
Mains level: Inflation management
Satellites and Light Pollution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Light pollution
Mains level: Light pollution and its ecological impact
J&K – The issues around the state
Places in news: Chenab Arch Bridge
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Chenab Arch Bridge
Mains level: Not Much
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The conundrum of financial distress and higher household savings amid covid
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Explaining the increased savings during the covid lockdown
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
A missing science pillar in the COVID response
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Covid response based on data and science
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
Time to undo the RTE bias against private non-minority institutions
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 21A and Right to educations Act
Mains level: Paper 2- Time to remove the exemption granted to minority institutions from RTE
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Prakash Singh Judgment on Police Reforms, 2006
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Prakash Singh Judgment
Mains level: Police reforms
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Harmonized System of Nomenclature Code
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: HSN Code
Mains level: Not Much
Indian Army Updates
Exercise ‘Shantir Ogroshena’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Exercise 'Shantir Ogroshena'
Mains level: NA
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Net-zero emissions target is unjust for developing countries
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kyoto Protocol
Mains level: Paper 3- How net-zero emission targets are unjust for developing countries
Land Reforms
Land record Modernisation in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Hurdles in the creation of updated land record system
Indian Army Updates
Joint Logistics Node (JLN)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Joint Logistics Node
Mains level: Paper 3- Joint Logistics Node
What are Small Savings Instruments?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: What are the small saving instruments
Mains level: Paper 3- Slashing of interest rates on small savings instruments
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
[pib] Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 3.0
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ECLGS 3.0
Mains level: Paper 3-ECLGS 3.0
Nuclear Energy
Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GVD
Mains level: Paper 3- Baikal Gigaton Volume detector
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Still no recognition of the third tier
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Critique of the Fifteenth Finance Commission recommendations with regard to local government
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
US foreign policy has changed, India can’t bank on being its ‘ally’ anymore
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Changes in U.S. foreign policy
North-East India – Security and Developmental Issues
Article 244 (A) of the Constitution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 244(A), Sixth Schedule
Mains level: Statehood issues in NE
Citizenship and Related Issues
OCI card holders no longer required to carry old passports for India travel
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PIO, OCI
Mains level: Indian Diaspora
