Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Factors contributing to the drop in oil prices and implications for India.
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
Still no bullseye, in volume and value
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- India's growing defence export.
Issues related to Economic growth
Pull out all the stops
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: "Natural Disaster" clause in FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3-What should be the policy response of the government to the damage inflicted by the Covid-19 on the economy.
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Telemedicine/Telehealth as a tool to fight COVID-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Telemedicine/Telehealth
Mains level: Telemedicine and its effectiveness
RBI Notifications
Counter-cyclical Capital Buffers (CCyB)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Countercyclical Capital Buffers (CCyB)
Mains level: Various minimum capital requirements measures
RBI Notifications
Ways and Means Advances (WMA)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WMA
Mains level: Tools for countering cash-flow mismatches
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU)
Mains level: Drug prices monotoring mechanisms in India
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] ArogyaSetu App
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ArogyaSetu App
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Prime Minister’s Office : Important Updates
PM-CARES Fund
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PM-CARES fund.
Mains level: Paper 3- Concerns over PM-CARES fund.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The sudden return of quantity planning in the wake of covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Applying ways suggested by Keynes in times pandemic. of war to deal with the covid-19
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Supreme Court upholds “Right to discuss COVID-19”
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Right to Discuss, Art. 19
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
A pandemic in an unequal India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- How lockdown affects the poor disproportionately and what the state must do mitigate the impact.
J&K – The issues around the state
J&K Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Administrative changes in the state
RBI Notifications
Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Voluntary Retention Route (VRR), Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
Mains level: Not Much
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 extended for one year
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Lock, don’t shut
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Lockdown is not an end in itself, allowing the movements of goods and operations of industrial units should be considered.
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
Covid-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS)
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
The art of China’s legalpolitic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IHR- International Health Regulations.
Mains level: Paper 2- India needs to make international law a keystone of its diplomacy.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Regulation of private sector to deal with the COVID-19.
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Why has Kerala sought a relaxation of FRBM rules?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FRBM Act
Mains level: Read the attached story
