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

Note4Students BBIN is part of India’s ‘Look East Policy’. This initiative can also solve India’s longstanding problem of locational disadvantage and poor connectivity of its north-eastern states. Recently Bhutan upper house refused to ratify the agreement by citing various reasons. BBIN MVA can change the entire regional trade narrative. India can extend its trade routes… Continue reading BBIN agreement

  Image Source Note4students India has projected its soft power for centuries, long before the concept was even defined by political analysts. In the past decade, the country wielded its soft power in a more systematic way in the practice of diplomacy. ISRO has given a new dimension to Indian ‘Soft Power.’ World is watchin… Continue reading ISRO soft power

  Image Source Note4Students UPSC is known to ask questions on those technologies which can have impact on daily life of Human Beings. They generally ask application based questions. Clearly mentioned in Mains Paper 3 syllabus: “developments and their applications and effects in everyday life” What is the meaning of IoT? The Internet of Things… Continue reading Internet of Things

Image Source Note4Students Understand the DNA Profiling and examine the concerns raised against India’s DNA profiling Bill. The topic creates an interesting issue which shows connection among  Science , Law and Order, and Privacy. These kind of interconnected topics are important from the UPSC perspective. Privacy verdict will also have implication on the fate of… Continue reading DNA profiling technology

  Image Source Note4students Due to its possible positive impact on Indian Transportation System, it is much needed technology for India. UPSC is known to ask questions on the applications of Science and Technology, this topic is one of them. Hyperloop for India Hyperloop one, the US based startup that plans to revolutionize the current… Continue reading Hyperloop

  Note4students Recently, Gravitational waves, the cosmic ripples that distort space-time itself, have been directly detected for the first time. It is an important discovery and India is also doing research in this area. This makes it more important for the exam. The article presents a comprehensive view of the discovery. What are Gravitational waves?… Continue reading Gravitational waves