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• Economics › Nuclear Energy Policy

  Draft rules under the SHANTI Act open nuclear power to captive industrial use and a composite licence

  GS3 · GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc:

  15 Aug 2026

  Bills/Act/Laws Prelims Only

• Economics › LPG Reforms

  Socialism as the shackle: revisiting the four decades before the 1991 reforms

  GS3 · GS3-12.Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth

  15 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Economics › Financial Inclusion,PSL

  [15th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: [Financial femocracy, the Jan Dhan transformation]

  GS3 · GS3-02.Inclusive growth and issues therein

  15 Aug 2026

  Op-ed Schemes

• Economics › Inflation

  WPI inflation eases to 9.78% in July, first month-on-month softening since October 2025

  GS3 · GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

  15 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only

• International Relations › Bilateral Relations

  White House transshipment report places India in Tier 1 of illegal transshipment risk

  GS2 · GS2-18.Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

  15 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only

• Economics › BoP,FDI,FPI,External Financing

  RBI shuts FCNR(B) dollar-rupee swap window early after $52.3 billion inflow

  GS3 · GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

  15 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only

• Economics › Renewable Energy Sector

  States convert free-power subsidy into capital support for rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar’s Utility-Led Aggregation model

  GS3 · GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc:

  15 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only Schemes

• International Relations › International Org,TreatiesXNuclear

  [14th August 2026] The Hindu OpED: Europe’s Al rules may become India’s opportunity

  GS2 · GS2-20.Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

  14 Aug 2026

  Explained

• Environment › India Environmental Policy/Body

  Has the Supreme Court drifted from its environmental legacy?

  GS3 · GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.

  14 Aug 2026

  Explained SC Judgements

• Polity › ParliamentxPrivileges

  Seven-judge Bench to weigh privileges against free speech

  GS2 · GS2-06.Parliament and State Legislatures (structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges; issues therein)

  14 Aug 2026

  Prelims Only SC Judgements