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16th January
Banking Sector Reforms
Bank Investment Company (BIC)
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Problem of control and governance of knowledge in a globalised world
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Russia
Russia withdraws from Open Skies Treaty
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Nepal
Nepal once again raises Kalapani Boundary Issue
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
India’s trade with China falls at five-year low
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
[pib] Who was Thiruvalluvar?
Skilling India – Skill India Mission,PMKVY, NSDC, etc.
[pib] PMKVY 3.0
1st Decimate Prelims Open(Free) Test – 17th Jan (Tomorrow) | Attempt and join Habitat discussion – Links inside.
Click to join (FREE) Decimate Prelims Open Test 2021- Habitat group Click here to register (FREE) for the Decimate Prelims Open Test Hi students, The first Decimate Prelims Open(free) Test 2021 will be live tomorrow. – 17th Jan. Three free Tests, have been scheduled on 17th Jan, 24th Jan, and 31st Jan 2021, before the start… Continue reading 1st Decimate Prelims Open(Free) Test – 17th Jan (Tomorrow) | Attempt and join Habitat discussion – Links inside.
On Habitat 8:30 pm -International Relations for Pre 2021 – Strategy and discussion | Decimate Prelims Open Test -1 (Register for free)
Click to join Decimate Prelims Open Test 2021- Habitat group (Today’s discussion will take place in this group) Click here to register for the Decimate Prelims Open Test Dear students Sukanya ma’am will be conducting a session on Habitat club where she’ll be discussing strategy for International Relations for IAS pre-2021. When: Today at 8:30… Continue reading On Habitat 8:30 pm -International Relations for Pre 2021 – Strategy and discussion | Decimate Prelims Open Test -1 (Register for free)
[Burning Issue] Three Decades of Human Development Index (HDI)
This December, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the HDI. Out of 189 countries, India has ranked 131 on the Human Development Index 2020 prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). With an HDI value of 0.645, the country fell in the medium human development category. People are the real wealth of a nation.… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Three Decades of Human Development Index (HDI)
15th January
Banking Sector Reforms
Recapitalization of state-owned banks: Privatization should do it
PPP Investment Models: HAM, Swiss Challenge, Kelkar Committee
Hybrid Annuity Model(HAM) for the benefit of the road sector
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
The ‘Difficult Four’ Countries
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Adultery Law and the Armed Forces
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
NASA’s Curiosity Rover celebrates 3000 days on Mars
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
Sulawesi Cave Paintings
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
Kashmir’s ancient art of papier-mache
On Habitat – IAS prelims 2019-2020 paper analysis at 8 pm| Decimate Prelims Open Test -1 (Register here)
Click to join Decimate Prelims Open Test 2021- Habitat group (Today’s discussion will take place in this group) Click here to register for the Decimate Prelims Open Test Dear students IAS pre-2021 preparation must start with the previous year’s paper analysis as the first step. Not only it’ll give you an understanding of UPSC’s expectations,… Continue reading On Habitat – IAS prelims 2019-2020 paper analysis at 8 pm| Decimate Prelims Open Test -1 (Register here)
15th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 18th January GS-1 History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization. GS-4 Attitude. Question 1) In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial… Continue reading 15th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
14th January
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
Covid-19 vaccine policy
Government Budgets
Improving fiscal situation through budget
RBI Notifications
Digital Lending
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Great Green Wall (GGW) Project
Tourism Sector
Gujarat’s MICE Tourism Policy
Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments
Mutual Funds Risk-o-Meter
Indian Air Force Updates
[pib] IAF to induct LCA Tejas
(Pre 2021) Have you analyzed IAS pre-2020? | Do it here. Very important if you want to Decimate Prelims 2021
Decimate Prelims Open Test 2021 (details below) is scheduled on 17th Jan. Click here to join the free Decimate Prelims Open Test Habitat group 2020 prelims was a shocker for many aspirants, first-timers and veterans both were left confused after the exam. Before you go full-on with pre-2021 preparation a detailed analysis of previous year… Continue reading (Pre 2021) Have you analyzed IAS pre-2020? | Do it here. Very important if you want to Decimate Prelims 2021
14th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 15th January GS-1 The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. GS-4 Case Studies. Question 1) What is a ‘city system’? Explain how and why reforming municipal bodies is crucial to reforming city systems. 10 marks Question 2) What… Continue reading 14th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
13th January
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
Europe’s China gambit will fall short of its stated goals
Important Judgements In News
Issues with suspension of the Farm laws
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Reclaiming SAARC
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Paternity Leave in India
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Who are the persecuted Hazara Community of Pakistan?
Crop Insurance – PMFBY, etc.
PM Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) completes 5 Years of operations
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[pib] Khadi Prakritik Paint – India’s first cow dung paint
IAS 2021 prelims strategy by Abhishek Saraf, AIR 8, (IAS 2019) | Join Decimate Prelims Open Tests Habitat group (free)
Register for the (free) Open tests to join the exclusive Habitat group for test discussions and doubt sessions. Hi, before you watch the brilliant prelims strategy video by Civilsdaily’s topper Abhishek Saraf, AIR 8, UPSC 2019 we want to remind you about the open tests. Just 4 days are left for the first Decimate Prelims… Continue reading IAS 2021 prelims strategy by Abhishek Saraf, AIR 8, (IAS 2019) | Join Decimate Prelims Open Tests Habitat group (free)
13th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement:Â Topics to be covered on 14th January GS-1 Urbanization and its remedies. GS-4 Case Studies. Question 1) Post- Independence, integration and unification of India demonstrated to be a long process plagued with challenges. In this context, examine the early challenges that India faced as a newly independent country. 10 marks Question 2) The… Continue reading 13th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
12th January
Reframing India’s foreign policy priorities
Domestic politics and its influence on foreign policy
India’s Bid to a Permanent Seat at United Nations
Explained: India at United Nations Security Council
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
SC says it intends to stay farm laws
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
PM-KISAN payout wrongly made to ineligible beneficiaries
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
India’s burden of heart diseases
Coal and Mining Sector
New Single-window Clearance for Coal Mines
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Protected Areas
Coastal Zones Management and Regulations
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Rules
12th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement:Â Topics to be covered on 13th January GS-1 Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. GS-4 Case Studies. Question 1) Mental health is one of the most neglected social issues in India. Comment. 10 marks Question 2) India has to manage dynamic interaction between its domestic policies and that of its neighbours. In… Continue reading 12th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
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11th January
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
Progression to electric vehicles: Challenges and opportunities for India
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
India’s New Deal moment
Monetary Policy Committee Notifications
Challenges ahead for the RBI
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
National Mission on Quantum Technology and Applications (NM-QTA)
Banking Sector Reforms
Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
What is a K-shaped Economic Recovery?
Gravitational Wave Observations
‘Recoiling’ Black Holes
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
Mukundpura CM2
Coal and Mining Sector
Lithium deposits in Karnataka
11th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 12th January GS-1 Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. GS-4 Case Studies. Question 1) Discuss in what way trade monopoly of East India Company was weakened by different Charter Acts passed by the British Parliament. 10 marks Question 2) No country has progressed without investing in… Continue reading 11th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
10th January
Decimate Prelims 2021 launched | Register here for the IAS Open Tests – First on 17th Jan
Click here to enroll for Decimate Prelims 2021 Click here to register for the free Decimate Prelims Open Test 1 UPSC prelims 2020 was a watershed moment. It brought a big change to the nature as well as the way in which questions are asked in IAS prelims. UPSC is evolving, are you? Bury the… Continue reading Decimate Prelims 2021 launched | Register here for the IAS Open Tests – First on 17th Jan
9th January
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Improving the diet of low income households to address malnutrition
Poverty Eradication – Definition, Debates, etc.
Social sector: the post-Covid priority
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Salary to women for domestic work
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
What are Spectrum Auctions?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
First Advance Estimates of GDP for 2021
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Why insects are crucial for ecological balance?
J&K – The issues around the state
[pib] New Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K IDS, 2021)
[Burning Issue] Dedicated Freight Corridors
Our PM has inaugurated Rewari-Madar section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). He also flagged off the world’s first double-stack long-haul 1.5-km-long container train hauled by electric traction from New Ateli-New Kishangarh. Last month, he had inaugurated a 351-km section between Khurja and Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh for commercial operations. For years, freight trains suffered… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Dedicated Freight Corridors
8th January
Financial Inclusion in India and Its Challenges
Payment banks
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Misunderstanding the MSP
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
What are Digital Services Taxes?
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Antarctic Ozone Hole — one of the largest, deepest — closes
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
World Food Price Index
Magneto-Telluric Survey in the Delhi-NCR Region
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2021
8th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 11th January GS-1 Indian National Movement. GS-4 Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct and Citizen’s Charters. Question 1) Analyse in what way redefining urban areas can have far-reaching impact on ease of living and economic development of the people in the country. 10 marks Question 2) Various states… Continue reading 8th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
7th January
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
Issues with Harsher Punitive measures for the sexual violence
Indian Navy Updates
India’s efforts in increasing Maritime domain awareness
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
How horizontal, vertical quotas work; what Supreme Court said?
WTO and India
Trade Policy Review of India at the WTO
Right To Privacy
Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP), 2020
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Places in the news: New Anubhava Mantapa
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Know the scientist: Dmitri Mendeleev
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI)
7th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement:Â Topics to be covered on 8th January GS-1 Urbanization and its remedies. GS-4 Probity in Governance. Question 1) Discuss in what way trade monopoly of East India Company was weakened by different Charter Acts passed by the British Parliament. 10 marks Question 2) India and the U.K. have a shared past and they… Continue reading 7th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
6th January
Changing contours of India-U.K. ties
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Need to focus on the well-being of the child from womb to first five years
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Agricultural research in India
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Supreme Court cleared New Delhi’s Central Vista Project
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Africa
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
India to explore Lithium reserves in Argentina
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
[pib] Six successful years of UJALA Scheme
6th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 7th January GS-1 Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. GS-4 Ethics and Human Interface. Question 1) Describe the concept of Role and Role Conflict. Discuss the nature and extent of role conflict among working women in… Continue reading 6th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
5th January
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Quality gigs, a solution to urban unemployment
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
New horizon of India-U.S. ties
Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions
Iran steps up Uranium Enrichment
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
School Bag Policy, 2020
Urban Floods
Tide–Rainfall Flood Quotient
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Bird Flu Outbreak
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
[pib] 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA)
Tax Reforms
Faceless Tax Scheme
5th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 6th January GS-1 Role of women and women’s organization. GS-4 Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. Question 1) Elucidate the main aspects of the policy of Dhamma as propounded by Ashoka and to what extent are they relevant to present-day India. 10 marks Question… Continue reading 5th January 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement
[Burning Issue] Ethiopian Crisis and the Geopolitics
Ethiopia has been on the brink of a civil war. On Nov 4 2020, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared war on the country’s Tigray region. The Tigray region is ruled by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The war was declared in response to the TPLF’s attack on a federal military base in Tigray. The… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Ethiopian Crisis and the Geopolitics
4th January
Intellectual Property Rights in India
PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2020
Blueprint of post covid development model
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
Carrying out transformational reforms in military
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
Agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation by OECD
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
CPEC- The corridor of uncertainty
Food Safety Standards – FSSAI, food fortification, etc.
FSSAI slashes limit for Trans Fats level in food
Wetland Conservation
Places in news: Deepor Beel
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
[pib] Kochi – Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline
UPSC CSE 2019 Reserve List released | Check your name here
Dear students UPSC has just now released the Consolidated Reserve list containing names of 89 candidates who had appeared for UPSC CSE 2019. Click here to download and view the list The Reserve List of Civil Services Examination, 2019 is subject to changes, if any, that may be necessitated by the orders pending before courts.… Continue reading UPSC CSE 2019 Reserve List released | Check your name here
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