Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Mapping: Central Asian Countries
Mains level: India-Central Asia Relations
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Roads, Highways, Cargo, Air-Cargo and Logistics infrastructure – Bharatmala, LEEP, SetuBharatam, etc.
PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gati Shakti Master Plan
Mains level: Infrastructure development measures
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
[pib] Maharatna status accorded to Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Central Public Sector Enterprises, Its categories
Mains level: Profit making CPSEs
Tiger Conservation Efforts – Project Tiger, etc.
Places in news: Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Mudumalai TR
Mains level: Not Much
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
Securing the States
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Section 139 of the BSF Act
Mains level: Paper 3- BSF powers
India’s Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations
Taking the lid off illicit financial flows
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pandora papers
Mains level: Paper 3- Tax evasion and tax avoidance
Civil Services Reforms
Why India’s bureaucracy needs urgent reform
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 312
Mains level: Paper 2- Reforms in bureaucracy
Indian Army Updates
Explained: BSF powers and jurisdiction
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BSF
Mains level: India's border security
Biofuel Policy
How Sensible is it Use Food Grains to Produce Ethanol?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Bioethanol, Ethanol blending
Mains level: Read the attached story
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
Customs Duty Waiver on Edible Oil Imports
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Customs Duty, Edible Oil Imports
Mains level: Edible oil scarcity in India
RBI Notifications
What is a Small Finance Bank?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Small Finance Bank
Mains level: Not Much
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
India ranked 101 in Global Hunger Index (GHI)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Hunger Index
Mains level: Food and nutrition security of India
GI(Geographical Indicator) Tags
Kallakurichi Wood Carvings and Karuppur Kalamkari Paintings get GI tag
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Geographical Indication
Mains level: Not Much
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
[pib] Automated fuelling technology- UFill
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UFill
Mains level: NA
FDI in Indian economy
Is India’s current investor rush too much of a good thing?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Impact of funding surge on economy
Mains level: Paper 3- PE funding in India
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Climate finance
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Adaptation Gap Report
Mains level: Paper 3- Climate finance
Contention over South China Sea
Explained: China-Taiwan tussle
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Taiwan straight, South China Sea
Mains level: Taiwan as a new global flashpoint
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Kunming Declaration on Biodiversity Conservation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kunming Declaration, CBD
Mains level: Not Much
Solar Energy – JNNSM, Solar Cities, Solar Pumps, etc.
[pib] One Sun One World One Grid
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ISA, OSOWOG
Mains level: Solar Energy
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
India retains 3rd position in RE Investment Attractiveness Index
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: RE Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI)
Mains level: Renewable Energy in India
