Note4Students: Child labour is one of the most debated topics. After a long time, amendment bill to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 has been passed. The topic is important as despite making stricter norms for regulating child labour, the bill suffers from many flaws. Context The Parliament has amended the Child Labour (Prohibition… Continue reading Child labour amendment bill

Note4Student Section 498A, which is made to contain violence against women within the family has been widely misused. Supreme Court in the recent Rajesh Sharma and Ors v State of UP and Anr case delivered a judgment, announcing a set of guidelines to prevent the misuse of Section 498A of the IPC. So there is… Continue reading Should Section 498 be amended

Note4Students In a recent judgment, the Uttarakhand High Court declared the rivers Yamuna and Ganga as legal or juridical persons, enjoying all the rights, duties and liabilities of a “living person”. SC stays Uttarakhand HC order on Ganga, Yamuna living entity status because it raised several legal and administrative issues. Even though majority of the Indian population considers… Continue reading Declaring river as living entity

“If anyone intentionally spoils the water of another, let him not only pay damages, but purify the stream or cistern which contains the water.” – Plato Note4Students Environment has always been a favorite topic of UPSC. The NGT order said any person found dumping debris on the river bank at the Geeta Colony site or any… Continue reading Should we Adopt Polluters pay model

Note4Students The Ministry of Environment recently permitted states to declare earlier protected wild animal species as “vermin” under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, thereby allowing private shooters and others to kill these species with few safeguards and no risk of prosecution. Recent examples are Nilgai in Bihar and Maharashtra, Rhesus macaque in HP, Wild… Continue reading Should Culling of animals be allowed

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 Water management and conservation has become imperative due to the intense water scarcity, frequent agrarian crisis, farmer distress, recurring floods and droughts, fast ground water depletion and unprecedented weather vagaries due to climate change. ILR as an instrument under National Water Policy to resolve the water crisis in the country has taken… Continue reading Interlinking of rivers: Significance & Challenges

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 The quantum of solid waste is ever increasing due to increase in population, developmental activities, changes in life style, and socio-economic conditions, Plastics waste is a significant portion of the total municipal solid waste (MSW). The Government through MoEF&CC has notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, in suppression of the earlier… Continue reading Plastic Waste Managament Rules 2016

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 Emphasizing that toxic constituents present in e-waste and their disposal mechanism affect human health and lead to various diseases, e-waste management becomes imperative. The rapid internet penetration and smart phone revolution resulting in phones and other electronics contributed to 1.5 million tonnes of e-waste produced in India in 2015, 90% of which… Continue reading E- Waste Managament Rules 2016 

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 Waste management and diligent planning becomes critical for regulation of humongous solid waste being generated every day. With growing urbanization and rise of smart cities on the offing the issue of solid waste management becomes even more imperative. The fact that the solid waste management rules have been revised after 16 years… Continue reading Solid waste management rules, 2016

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 The Climate Change and sustainability has become the buzz words considering the global warming and its multiplier effects on agriculture, industry, people and governments. A landmark agreement at Paris to limit the rise of earth’s temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius of pre industrial levels doesn’t seem enough considering the debilitating impacts… Continue reading Kigali agreement: Prospects and Issues

Note4Students Our growth projections demands greater energy production. Quest for cleaner energy is never ending. It is challenging to meet both cleaner and increased energy demands. Indo japan nuclear deal provides a better opportunity to actualize both targets. So understanding Indo- japan nuclear deal is important. Introduction India-Japan partnership is regarded as a significant element… Continue reading India-Japan Nuclear Deal : Significance & Challenges

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS2 and GS3 India’s International relations with its neighbors has always been under limelight. Be it on the Western, northern or the eastern frontiers. The tussle between India and China has a long history and has just got renewed because of the Doklam issue. Given the threat to Internal Security from external threats,… Continue reading Doklam Plateau Issue

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS2 The fact that an Indian Prime Minister is making a visit for the first time in 25 years since we established full diplomatic ties is significant and termed historic in itself. The focus of the visit signifies 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties has opened a new chapter in the Indo-Israel bonhomie. At… Continue reading India Israel Relations

Note4Students Rohingya crisis needs to understand from the security and humanitarian angle. Rohingya crisis should be addressed and find a long standing sustainable solution. This crisis has its implications in India-Bangladesh, India- Myanmar relationship. So this article is an important one. Introduction Who is Rohingya? Rohingya Muslims comprise one million out of the 53 million… Continue reading Rohingya Crisis

Note4Students Strained India Pakistan relationship reduced the importance of SAARC. Attitude of Pakistan has not been encouraging as it was stalling many agreements. In this scenario, India has to find an alternative forum to achieve its regional development goals and enhanced trade with more connected ASEAN market. Introduction SAARC The South Asian Association for Regional… Continue reading BIMSTEC as counter to SAARC

Note4Students Political inclination of US president often affects the diplomatic policies. When Mr .Trump elected as US president, there was a wide spread scepticism about trump’s presidency in India. So discussion about effect of Trump presidency is very much important for this year mains. Introduction India-US partnership has been one of the few areas that… Continue reading effect of US president Trump on India

Note4Students: Recent Indian diplomatic effort to get support from various countries. So this portion is important. Introduction: What is NSG? The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of Guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related… Continue reading Should India fight for membership of NSG