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20th December
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Sri Lanka
[20th December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Reality check on Sri Lanka’s Tamil question
Should legislatures in India have fixed tenures?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Japan, India startups collaborate to tackle space debris
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
IRIS² Program
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Places in News: Kailash Mansarovar
19th December
Citizenship and Related Issues
[19th December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act — why it fails Assam?
Pharma Sector – Drug Pricing, NPPA, FDC, Generics, etc.
Making affordable generics more reliable
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Strengthening the roots of an agri-carbon market
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
[pib] Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
What is OPEC+?
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
India conducts first-ever Ganges River Dolphin Tagging in Assam
18th December
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
[18th December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: The legal gaps in India’s unregulated AI surveillance
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Sri Lanka
India and Sri Lanka need to go beyond the stated positions
OBOR Initiative
China is the world’s largest debt collector
Gold Monetisation Scheme
Why the government could discontinue the sovereign gold scheme?
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
[pib] National Wildlife Health Policy
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
IPBES Report, 2024
Blockchain Technology: Prospects and Challenges
US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Arctic Tundra is emitting more Carbon than it absorbs: NOAA
17th December
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
[17th December 2024] The Hindu Op-ed: Levy a higher GST rate on tobacco, sugared beverages
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
India’s wage challenge has shifted from chronic to immediate
Railway Reforms
The hidden cost of greenwashing the Indian Railways
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Green hydrogen and the financing challenge
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Olive Ridley Turtles
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
[pib] Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) Program
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
[pib] Import of Hazardous Waste
Coal and Mining Sector
[pib] Green Cover around Coalfields
Pension Reforms
Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS)
| 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 |
