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Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Positive response
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- India's handling of coronavirus pandemic.
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Is the worst really over for the country’s agricultural sector?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3- Performance of agriculture sector, is the worst over for it?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Fighting COVID-19 together for a shared future
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- International cooperation on dealing with the epidemic.
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
New environment impact norm cuts time for public hearing
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: EIA in India
Mains level: Read the attached story
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is a Pandemic and various other terms?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak
Air Pollution
[pib] Methanotrophs: the methane-oxidizing bacteria
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Methanotrophs
Mains level: Methane emission
Coal and Mining Sector
[pib] The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Mining regulations in India
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
Sahyadri Megha
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sahyadri Megha
Mains level: Not Much
RTI – CIC, RTI Backlog, etc.
Ruling against judicial transparency
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Transparency in judiciary under RTI
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan
Fail-safe exit for America, but a worry for India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Afghanistan relations and return of Taliban after deal with the US.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Corona, crude and credit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How should India use the windfall from the fall in oil.
Role of Lieutenant Governor
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lt Governor and Governor
Mains level: Administrative differences in governance of UTs
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Explained: Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Mains level: Epedimics and their mitiagtion strategies
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
Genome sequencing of Coronavirus
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: COVID 19
Mains level: Global pandemics and their mitiagtion strategies
Changes in SDGs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SDGs, SDG India Index
Mains level: Ensuring sustainable development worldwide
Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments
AT-1 bonds
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: AT-1 Bonds
Mains level: Read the attached story
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
[pib] ARI-516 Grape Variety
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ARI-516
Mains level: Not Much
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
 How the country should make the most of a second oil windfall
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How the government should utilise the windfall from fall in the oil prices?
Government Budgets
A prescription for revival
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3-Measures to revive the Indian economoy.
