Note4students The article explains the problems associated with the GM crops and they can be tackled. Important for Mains Paper 3. Image Source What is GMO? GMOs can be defined as organisms (i.e. plants, animals or microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by… Continue reading GM Mustard debate

  Image Source Particulars of the ICAR The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The Council is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences… Continue reading Agri Research (role of ICAR)

Note4Students: Government decision to construct 10 more PHWR Reflects the government’s commitment to prioritise the use of clean power in India’s energy mix.  It is the part of low-carbon growth strategy and to ensure long-term base load requirement for the nation’s industrialisation. So this topic is important. Introduction Pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear… Continue reading Pressurized Heavy water Reactor

  Image Source Note4student INO project since its inception is mired with controversies.A number of op-eds have been written on this issue. Context India’s wait to join the elite club of countries undertaking neutrino research suffered a procedural delay The National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended the environmental clearance (EC) granted to the India-based Neutrino Observatory… Continue reading Indian Neutrino observatory controversy

  Image Soruce Note4students Mains Mapping: “Mains Paper 3: Science & Technology | Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.” UPSC always go after the topic of ‘breakthrough technologies’. Those technologies which can affect everyday life of Mankind. What is LI-FI? LiFi(Light Fidelity) is… Continue reading LI-FI

  Image Source Note4students It is a very crucial technology. It is likely to have unprecedented impact on mankind. UPSC in last few years have asked a number of Questions on Land-mark developments and Since it is a revolutionary development, it is important for mains 2017. What is CRISPR? It is a revolutionary gene editing… Continue reading CRISPR

Note4students This technology is in its early stages of development. It has become more important due to its relevance in agriculture sector. As, India has many issues(For example, late monsoon) related to agriculture sector. This technology can become solution to these problems in future. What is Cloud Seeding? Cloud seeding is a form of weather… Continue reading Cloud seeding

Note4Students Swachh bharat mission is the one of the pet project of the Prime minister. It is important to trace the development made by the project. Introduction Swachh Bharat is a campaign by the Government of India to keep the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country’s 4,041 statutory cities and towns and its rural… Continue reading Swatch bharat mission (performance appraisal)

Note4students Skill India is one of the ambitious programmes of the prime minister. Many programmes failed achieve its targets due to various reasons. It is essential to understand the shortcomings of the programmes to suggest new paradigm.so performance appraisal needs to be carried out to write answers for elimination of unemployment, elimination of extremism by… Continue reading Skill India (performance appraisal)

Note4Students Economic Survey 2017 mentioned a new institution PARA (bad bank) which could be utilized to solve the Twin Balance concept. Since it was a controversial institution it has raised debate among experts. A number of op-eds both in favour and against have been written against this proposed Institution. Therefore, we find this topic as… Continue reading Concept of PARA : Need & Challenges

  Note4Students Economic Survey for the year 2016-17 has an entire chapter dedicated to the discussion on Universal Basic Income (UBI). This shows the Importance of this topic. UPSC loves to ask Questions on issues which are debatable and controversial and this Topic certainly meets both of these criteria. Context The Economic survey has endorsed universal basic… Continue reading Should India adopt Universal Basic income Model

Note4Students/Syllabus Mapping: GS3 The GST is undoubtedly one of the single biggest historic tax reform ever since independence so much so that it aims to alter the dynamics of the current indirect taxation system and render it a single, unified, modern, transparent and uniform structure nationwide. This article will look into the nuances of this… Continue reading A-Z of GST

Note4Students There is intense debate on labour market reforms in India today. It is argued that but for restrictive labour laws that create inflexibility in the labour market, the Indian economy would have experienced a higher growth of employment. The government has come up with some Labour reforms like: Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram,… Continue reading Labour reforms in recent years

Note4Student India offers today the world’s largest market for PPPs. As the PPP market in infrastructure matures in India, new challenges and opportunities have emerged and will continue to emerge. To address this Kelkar committee submitted its report “Report on Revitalising and Revising PPP models in Infrastructure” and Infrastructure vital part of GS 3 .… Continue reading Recent PPP models (EPC, HAM ) an analysis

Note4Students Banking Sector in India is crippled with multidimensional problems like mounting NPAs, Twin Balance sheet Syndrome (TBS), Merging banks causing structural problems, loss of employment, difficulty in recognizing defaulters, falling short of adhering BIS norms. Financial Sector is very much important for UPSC and the current government gives so much importance to the Banking… Continue reading Banking reforms in recent years

  Economic Survey Volume II highlights importance of Industry and Infrastructure for India to maintain stable and sustainable economic growth. India’s ranking in World Bank’s Logistics Performance jumped to 36th position in 2016 from 58th rank in 2014. UPSC last year asked regarding Roadways so this year expected question from Ports and economic growth. Introduction… Continue reading Port Led Development growth(Focus on Sagarmala)

Note4Students Like abolition of FIPB and merger of Railway budget with General budget. This is a Revolutionary step taken by Government which will have wide reaching Consequences. Since UPSC has been asking lot of questions on reform measures taken by the Modi Government A question can be expected on this topic also. Context Last year… Continue reading Advance in date of budget (pros and cons)