Note4Students Making paid news an electoral offence has been demanded from long. Paid news plays an important role in influencing the voters. The Election Commission’s order disqualifying Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mishra for three years is an important step in curbing ‘paid news’.   Context The Election Commission (EC) has disqualified a Minister for three years for… Continue reading Issue of Paid news

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS2 The recent nine-judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice J. S. Khehar ruled ‘Right to Privacy’ as a Fundamental right protected intrinsically as part of rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. As any constitutional interpretation this one is historic and a watershed judgment which has multiplier ramifications… Continue reading Right to privacy Debate

Due to paucity of time if not reviewing the answers, request you please provide the model answers for test 2. Mains being just a month from now, its not possible to go through every other reviewed answer for checking our mistakes.

Q.1) In February 2016, Ms. Archana Ramasundaram became the first woman Director-General of a) Central Reserve Police Force b) Border Security Force c) Sashastra Seema Bal d) Central Industrial Security Force   Q.2) Consider the following statements about the Pangong Tso Lake which was recently in news: It is a brackish water lake. Spiti river… Continue reading [SOLVED] 15 September 2017 | UPSC CAPF Asst. Commandent | Quiz #2

Note4Student: Government is likely to scrap public distribution scheme (PDS) system and transfer money directly to the accounts of poor beneficiaries after getting encouraging results from Haryana and Puducherry. This move has been supported as well as criticized by many economists.   What is PDS? Under the PDS, central public sector undertaking Food Corporation of… Continue reading Should PDS system be replaced by DBT

Note4Students Section 124A was challenged in the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. In its celebrated judgment in the case of Kedarnath vs State of Bihar, the Supreme Court explained the scope of sedition law. It ruled that “vigorous words in writing and very strong criticism of measures of government or acts of public officials, would be… Continue reading Should section 124 be amended

Note4Students: India has been facing a bad loan Problem from last few Years. According to latest report of RBI, Stressed assets, which include non-performing assets (NPAs) and restructured loans, form some 12% of the total loans in Indian banking now. A question on NPA is expected from last 2 years. Probably this is the year where UPSC will ask… Continue reading All about the NPA problem in India

Note4Students Bankruptcy code addresses the larger issue of ease of doing business. Economic survey 2016 talked about chakravyuha problem of Indian business ecosystem. In this context bankruptcy code is important topic to examine. Introduction Hitherto India was lacking the legal and institutional machinery for dealing with debt defaults as per the global standards. The recovery… Continue reading All about the Bankruptcy code

Note4Students Foreign investments are inevitable to expand our infra-structure projects. BIT should offer certain degree of protection to investor as well it should actualise our developmental goals. In this context, model BIT deserves greater analysis to understand various features . This topic is important while considering a host of issues like ease of doing business.… Continue reading Model Bilateral Investment Treaty

Note4Students There has been an increasing demand from various middle castes for reservation. Reservation is an important topic which is in news for the fact that reservation policy should be reviewed. Seeing the current trend, topics which are in news from quite a long time are also important. A probable question could be expected on… Continue reading Why Dominant castes are asking for reservation

Note4Students The Mental Healthcare Bill aims to provide for the right to better healthcare for mentally ill patients and decriminalises suicide. It is important to know its provision and the challenges India faces in providing better mental health care. Introduction The Parliament has passed the Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016 that decriminalizes suicide attempt by mentally ill… Continue reading Mental Healthcare Bill

Note4students Parliament has passed a crucial Bill to ensure equal rights to the people infected with HIV and AIDS in getting treatment and prevent discrimination of any kind. It’s important to study its various provision and flaws involved in the bill. Introduction Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Bill,… Continue reading HIV AIDS Bill

Note4Sstudent Transgender communities in India are facing issues like discrimination, unemployment, lack of educational facilities, homelessness, lack of medical facilities. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 attempts to bring the community into the mainstream. It is important to know the bill provisions and various concerns expressed against the bill. Introduction Transgender community is among… Continue reading Transgender bill

Note4Students Indian health sector is meddled with a host of issues. Poor strata of population have denied proper health care. NHP policy tries to achieve over all development of health sector with private sector as an active partner. So NHP is very important for coming mains exam. Introduction The main objective of the National Health… Continue reading New Health policy

Note4Students Medical termination of pregnancy has many dimensions. Indian legal system had considered the women’s right to choose her pregnancy as a moral and ethical problem. Legal system often took narrow stand regarding the abortion of pregnancy under special circumstances. Social mentality also doesn’t recognize the women’s autonomy over her own body. MTP amendment trying… Continue reading Proposed medical termination of pregnancy amendment bill

Note4Students: The bill has been in news since it is considered a revolutionary step towards maternity leave provisions in India. So, a probable question may be asked on this. Context The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks to amend the old Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 that entitles women to receive maternity benefits has been… Continue reading Maternity benefit amendment bill