Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Permafrost
Mains level: Paper 1-Permafrost thaw.
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Cashless Society – Digital Payments, Demonetization, etc.
Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Payment Infrastructure Development fund
Mains level: Paper 3- Digital payment in India
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Crystalline Rubrene for Optoelectronic Devices
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Piezo-electric crystals
Mains level: Not much
J&K – The issues around the state
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench for the UT of J&K and Ladakh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CAT
Mains level: Paper 2- Functioning and independence of CAT
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Pay attention to their objectives in dealing with China and Pakistan
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 370
Mains level: Paper 2- China-Pakistans overlapping interests in Kashmir and diverging objectives.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
India-China border crisis: It is not about the U.S.
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nine dash line, Natuna Islands
Mains level: Paper 2- India-China relations
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges
Taking care of finances of local governments
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Local bodies.
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with fiscal independence of the local bodies.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Who is afraid of monetisation of deficit?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Discretionary fiscal policy, automatic stabiliser
Mains level: Paper 3- Monetisation of debt
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
India’s rising Forex Reserves
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: India's Forex reserves, SDR, Reserve tranche
Mains level: Forex Reserves and its significance
Gairsain to be Uttarakhand new Summer Capital
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Location of Garsain
Mains level: Issues over multiple capitals
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Shapes of Economic Recovery
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various graphs and their analysis
Mains level: Economic recovery amid coronavirus pandemic
Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MARPOL
Mains level: Maritime pollution control and its international mechanism
Bharat Emission Standards
Green colour band for BS-VI 4W vehicles
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BS norms
Mains level: BS norms
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ARPIT
Mains level: Not Much
Tax Reforms
Tax Avoidance: case study on Flipkart deal
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Treaty with Mauritius
Mains level: Paper 3- Tiger Global case
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Fund for pharmaceutical innovators
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Drug patents
Mains level: Paper 3- Drug pricing issue
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
Cooperative security in Persian Gulf littoral and Implications for India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gulf countries
Mains level: Paper 2- Stability and security in the Persian gulf and impact on India
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Explained: Gross Value Added (GVA) Method
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GDP, GNP, GVA etc.
Mains level: Not Much
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IPAC
Mains level: Global move to curb Chinese overambitions
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Getting closer to doubling income of Farmers
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PM-KISAN
Mains level: Paper 3- Agri-marketing reforms
