Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Formation of special UN force to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Government Budgets
Financing the pandemic rescue package
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Options that government explore to finance the package announced in the wake of corona epidemic.
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Needed, greater decentralisation of power
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Federal system.
Mains level: Paper 2-Why it is said that there is a paradox in the federal system of India? Covid-19 has highlighted the need for decentralisation in India.
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Is e-NAM portal capable of supporting farmers?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: e-NAM
Mains level: Read the attached story
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
[pib] Chitra Acrylosorb Secretion Solidification System
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Acrylosorb
Mains level: Advanced materials and thier applications
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: iGOT portal, DIKSHA Portal
Mains level: Not Much
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] Kendriya Bhandar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kendriya Bhandar
Mains level: Not Much
Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions
Sanctions and pandemic: On America’s Iran policy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- The US sanction are adding to the woes of Iran in dealing with the covid-19 pandemic.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Japan
The wilting Sakura
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- New avenues for cooperation between India and Japan.
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Third mass bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Coral bleaching
Mains level: Coral reefs and their significance
Government Budgets
A different economic approach
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How to balance the trade-off between the health of economy and public health.
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Delhi’s ‘5T’ war against virus
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: COVID-19 and its mitigation
Global Geological And Climatic Events
[pib] Ionospheric based monitoring of large earthquakes
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ionosphere, CIP
Mains level: Relation between atmosphere and seismic activity
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
[pib] Biofortified Carrot ‘Madhuban Gajar’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Madhuban Gajar
Mains level: Bio-fortification and its benefits
Innovation Ecosystem in India
[pib] “Samadhan” Challenge
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SAMADHAN Challenge
Mains level: NA
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Farmers are at their wits’ end
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- What will be the impact of the corona crisis on agriculture and food security?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Preparing for SAARC 2.0
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Revival of SAARC is the need of the hour amid corona crisis.
WTO and India
Between nationalism and globalism
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Is the globalisation past its peak? what will be the impact of corona crisis on the globalisation?
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
‘Bhilwara Model’ for containment of coronavirus
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Bhilwara Model
Mains level: Agressive strategies to contain covid-19 spread
