Mains level: Paper 3- Suggestions for revival of the Indian economy, unemployment in rural and urban areas and ways to increase it by investing in various sectors.

J&K – The issues around the state

Explained: The Kashmir Pandit tragedy

Explained | Polity | Mains Paper 1: Population & Associated Issues

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: NA

Mains level: Kashmiri Pandits and the hurdles in their rehabiliation

Corruption Challenges – Lokpal, POCA, etc

Corruption Perception Index 2019

IOCR | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Corruption Perception Index 2019

Mains level: Menace of corruption in India

Rohingya Conflict

ICJ ruling on Rohingyas

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Important International Institutions

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: ICJ

Mains level: Rhohingya settlement issue

Citizenship and Related Issues

Enemy Property in India

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Enemy Property in India

Mains level: Disposal of such Enemy Property

Banking Sector Reforms

Specialized Supervisory and Regulatory Cadre (SSRC)

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Specialized Supervisory and Regulatory Cadre (SSRC)

Mains level: Governance of RBI

NITI Aayog’s Assessment

[pib] National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)

PIB | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)

Mains level: Data Analytics and its applications in governance

Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.

[op-ed of the day] The flawed spin to India’s cotton story

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 3: Major Crops & Cropping Patterns

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Not much.

Mains level: Paper 3-Introduction of Bt cotton, and various cropping patterns

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

[op-ed snap] Think climate change action, act glocal

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Not much.

Mains level: Paper 3-Climate change and India's SAPCCs. India acting at state level.

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

[op-ed snap] Where demand has gone

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Not much.

Mains level: Paper 3- Role of informal sector in Indian economy, How expansionary fiscal policy can help more than represented in the official data.