6th February
Government Budgets
[6th February 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: A Budget that is mostly good but with one wrong move
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
What is the SC directive on sacred groves?
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
A green signal for India to assert its health leadership
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
India must address illegal emigration with empathy and urgency
Solar Energy – JNNSM, Solar Cities, Solar Pumps, etc.
Union Budget 2025-26 has increased financial support for the PM Surya Ghar scheme
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM)
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
[pib] Guru-Shishya Parampara Scheme
Nuclear Energy
What is the ‘Nuclear Energy Mission’?
5th February
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
[5th February 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: The U.S.’s WHO exit, a chance to reshape global health
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
The financial toxicity of cancer care in India
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
How beggar-thy-neighbour policies can make global trade come to a standstill?
Tax Reforms
Why the tax cuts are a one way gamble?
Tax Reforms
[pib] Budget 2025-26 removes 7 Custom Duties for Industrial Goods
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
[pib] GARBH-Ini-DRISHTI: India’s First Ferret Research Facility
Digital India Initiatives
Gyan Bharatam Mission
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Centre clears exploratory drilling in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
4th February
Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.
[4th February 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Some wind behind the sails of India’s shipping industry
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
The kind of jobs needed for the ‘Viksit Bharat’ goal
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Eliminating elitism in mental health
Roads, Highways, Cargo, Air-Cargo and Logistics infrastructure – Bharatmala, LEEP, SetuBharatam, etc.
How will the govt. produce the required fuel ethanol?
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Second National Gene Bank
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
Samudrayaan Project
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
[pib] National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM)
NGT issues notice to Centre on use of invasive fish species for mosquito control
| Subject | ’08 | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 | ’25 | ’26 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | 14 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 314 BIG |
| Economics | 4 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 273 BIG |
| Science & Technology | 27 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 231 BIG |
| Polity | 9 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 226 BIG |
| Geography | 21 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 204 BIG |
| Art & Culture | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 179 BIG |
| Modern History | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 153 BIG |
| International Relations | 7 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | · | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 152 BIG |
| Governance | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | · | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 116 |
| Agriculture | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| Off-topics / Misc | 20 | 25 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 60 |
| Ethics | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 3 |
