20th January

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

[op-ed of the day] Equity’s weak pulse and commodified medicine

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Make in India: Challenges & Prospects

[op-ed snap] Why ‘Make in India’ has failed

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Issues relating growth and development, employment

Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.

[op-ed snap] A farm wish list for the budget

op-ed snap | Agriculture | Mains Paper 3: Issues Related To Farm Subsidies & Msp,PDS, Buffer Stock & Food Security

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan

India-Pakistan Trade

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.

Pulse Polio Programme

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.

Natural Gas Grid (NGG)

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences

IVF of White Rhinos

Species | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: S&T – Applications In Everyday Life

Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.

Drone Census

| Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Irrawaddy Dolphins

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Indian Missile Program Updates

K-4 Missile

| Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

18th January

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth (CCIG)

| | Mains Paper 2: Ministries & Departments Of The Government

Digital India Initiatives

[op-ed of the day] Business possibilities in a world of digital payments

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indigenization Of Technology

Banking Sector Reforms

[op-ed snap] When the FRDI Bill Returns

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan

[op-ed snap] Seize the summit

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood – Relations

Monsoon Updates

Explained: What new monsoon dates mean

Explained | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

Death Penalty Abolition Debate

Death Penalty in India (Annual Statistics Report 2019)

DOMR | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.

National E-Mobility Mission Plan 2020

Schemes | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures

[pib] Novel Corona Virus (nCoV)

PIB | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Fertilizer Sector reforms – NBS, bio-fertilizers, Neem coating, etc.

[pib] APNA UREA – SonaUgle

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy

TrueNat

| Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Achievements Of Indians In S&T

Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc

Telecommunication Consumers Education and Protection Fund (TCEPF)

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Yada Yada Virus

Prelims Only | Trivia | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

17th January

Human Rights Issues

[op-ed of the day] Preventing mob lynching

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Internal Security Trends and Incidents

[op-ed snap] Maoist rebellion: policy fade-out, policy fade-in

op-ed snap | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security.

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

[op-ed snap] The perils of RBI’s fixation on inflation

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Tribes in News

Agreement to end the Bru-Reang Refugee Crisis

| Governance | Mains Paper 2:

J&K – The issues around the state

Suspension of the Internet: What the Rules say, what the SC underlined

SC Judgements | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education

Women Business and the Law (WBL) Index 2020

IOCR | Governance | Mains Paper 2:

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

Punjab’s new Right to Business Bill

States | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

GSAT-30 successfully launched

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Inland Waterways

[pib] Assam Inland Water Transport Project

PIB | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.