28th October
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
How Natural Gas is central to ties between India and Qatar?
Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.
Approval of Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Rabi and Kharif seasons in 2022-23 by the union cabinet.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
With life of eight Indians in Qatar at stake, India needs deft diplomacy
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Women can make the world better
Surrogacy in India
Supreme Court upholds Woman’s Right to Parenthood in Surrogacy Case
RBI Notifications
RBI’s new rules on Credit Information
e-Commerce: The New Boom
Dark Pattern Sales by Airlines deemed ‘Cybercrime’
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
TN experience on Caste Survey
27th October
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Breaking the ice: How India can help save the Arctic
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Baba Farid and India’s Connection to Jerusalem
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
India- Qatar Diplomatic Conundrum
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Indian Oil launches country’s first Reference Fuel
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Bhutan-China Border Talks and Indian Concerns
Foreign Policy Watch: United Nations
Is India ready to host the Olympic Games?
26th October
Coal and Mining Sector
A green transition, but not without the coal-rich states
Nuclear Diplomacy and Disarmament
The legality of using white phosphorus
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
New EV Charging Standard for Bikes and Scooters
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Women, marriage and labour market participation
Prime Minister’s Office : Important Updates
NCERT panel suggests only ‘Bharat’ in Textbooks
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
How big is the Gender Gap in earnings?
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
LS Ethics Committee: Its’ Constitution, Members
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
International Solar Alliance to release ‘Solar Stocktake’ Report
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Ancient Landscape cut by rivers found deep under Antarctic Ice
Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.
Centre revises Fertilizer Subsidy
| 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 |
