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  • Challenges facing Indian Air Force || Samachar Manthan Issue || by Sudhanshu sir

    Challenges facing Indian Air Force || Samachar Manthan Issue || by Sudhanshu sir

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    Sudhanshu sir is talking about the challenges which Indian Air Force has been facing for a long time. He is talking about these challenges which has been identified by our new Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari and the steps being taken in an effort to resolve those issues

  • How Civilsdaily Mentorship Program helped UPSC 2020  AIR 42 Pooja Gupta || Unherd Shorts || Civilsdaily Mentorship Program: Toppers Testimonials (Link Inside)

    How Civilsdaily Mentorship Program helped UPSC 2020 AIR 42 Pooja Gupta || Unherd Shorts || Civilsdaily Mentorship Program: Toppers Testimonials (Link Inside)

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    Check our Pooja’s excerpt on how she cleared UPSC 2020:-

    An out and out performer, Pooja Gupta has done it again. She has kept it simple and clean. As she mentions in the interview, her strategy revolved heavily around NCERTs, solving sufficient numbers of question papers and obtaining timely guidance.

    She appeared in UPSC IAS exam twice and aced it on both the occasions. Going through the process of structuring upsc syllabus extensively, she recommends the NCERTs over other sources.

    Let us hear out the winner herself for her insights & valuable experiences !

    Heartiest congratulations to Pooja Gupta
    AIR 42
    UPSC Civil Services 2020

  • Register and Join the Live Webinar Now || Meeting Link Inside || How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    Register and Join the Live Webinar Now || Meeting Link Inside || How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    How to Fully Prepare Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar
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    What is that one subject with which you can ace all the 3 stages of UPSC-CSE – Prelims, Mains and Interview? Yes, it’s Current Affairs.

    Every year, 30% of the questions in the Prelims exam appear from Current Affairs. With current affairs knowledge, you will know how to answer 60-70% questions in UPSC Mains. And, 80% of the interview questions ask your opinion on the news events of last one year.

    So, with every stage the importance of current affairs sees a proportional increase.

    Why you should attend Parth Sir’s Webinar?

    If UPSC Civil Services Examination is a bike, then one wheel is GS Static and the other is GS Current Affairs. You can’t have a smooth ride even if one the tyres get punctured. While standard books and NCERTs are enough to cover the static subjects, what about the vast syllabus of Current Affairs?

    Even after reading The Hindu and Indian Express are you unable to get desired scores in the daily quiz? Are you aware of the important news but struggle to connect it to the topics in your static portions? Are you not getting time to explore other sources like PIB, Yojana or Kurukshetra?

    Don’t get bogged down by the demands of Current Affairs. Attend the webinar conducted by Parth Sir this Sunday to allay all your fears and doubts and stay focused in clearing UPSC CSE!

    What will you learn from this webinar?

    1. How to finish reading all the sources of current affairs in one hour?

    2. How not to approach current affairs for UPSC CSE?

    3. Direct and indirect relation of current affairs in recent years with evidence. This will be a reality check for many aspirants!

    4. What are the important sources for current affairs?

    5. How to make micro notes with topic-wise current affairs?

    6. How to answer current affairs questions in a smart and efficient manner?

    At the end of the session, Parth Sir will also conduct a Q&A session.

    Webinar Details

    Don’t miss the chance to get value addition inputs to score better in the examination! This webinar is absolutely free. All aspirants are welcome to attend.

    Date – 24th October 2021 (Sunday)

    Time – 3:00 P.M.

    Limited slots are available. Please register immediately.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • Registrations Closing Soon || Live Webinar at 3 PM ||  How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    Registrations Closing Soon || Live Webinar at 3 PM || How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    What is that one subject with which you can ace all the 3 stages of UPSC-CSE – Prelims, Mains and Interview? Yes, it’s Current Affairs.

    Every year, 30% of the questions in the Prelims exam appear from Current Affairs. With current affairs knowledge, you will know how to answer 60-70% questions in UPSC Mains. And, 80% of the interview questions ask your opinion on the news events of last one year.

    So, with every stage the importance of current affairs sees a proportional increase.

    Why you should attend Parth Sir’s Webinar?

    If UPSC Civil Services Examination is a bike, then one wheel is GS Static and the other is GS Current Affairs. You can’t have a smooth ride even if one the tyres get punctured. While standard books and NCERTs are enough to cover the static subjects, what about the vast syllabus of Current Affairs?

    Even after reading The Hindu and Indian Express are you unable to get desired scores in the daily quiz? Are you aware of the important news but struggle to connect it to the topics in your static portions? Are you not getting time to explore other sources like PIB, Yojana or Kurukshetra?

    Don’t get bogged down by the demands of Current Affairs. Attend the webinar conducted by Parth Sir this Sunday to allay all your fears and doubts and stay focused in clearing UPSC CSE!

    What will you learn from this webinar?

    1. How to finish reading all the sources of current affairs in one hour?

    2. How not to approach current affairs for UPSC CSE?

    3. Direct and indirect relation of current affairs in recent years with evidence. This will be a reality check for many aspirants!

    4. What are the important sources for current affairs?

    5. How to make micro notes with topic-wise current affairs?

    6. How to answer current affairs questions in a smart and efficient manner?

    At the end of the session, Parth Sir will also conduct a Q&A session.

    Webinar Details

    Don’t miss the chance to get value addition inputs to score better in the examination! This webinar is absolutely free. All aspirants are welcome to attend.

    Date – 24th October 2021 (Sunday)

    Time – 3:00 P.M.

    Limited slots are available. Please register immediately.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • Live Webinar at 3 PM || Limited Slots Left, Register Now || How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    Live Webinar at 3 PM || Limited Slots Left, Register Now || How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir

    What is that one subject with which you can ace all the 3 stages of UPSC-CSE – Prelims, Mains and Interview? Yes, it’s Current Affairs.

    Every year, 30% of the questions in the Prelims exam appear from Current Affairs. With current affairs knowledge, you will know how to answer 60-70% questions in UPSC Mains. And, 80% of the interview questions ask your opinion on the news events of last one year.

    So, with every stage the importance of current affairs sees a proportional increase.

    Why you should attend Parth Sir’s Webinar?

    If UPSC Civil Services Examination is a bike, then one wheel is GS Static and the other is GS Current Affairs. You can’t have a smooth ride even if one the tyres get punctured. While standard books and NCERTs are enough to cover the static subjects, what about the vast syllabus of Current Affairs?

    Even after reading The Hindu and Indian Express are you unable to get desired scores in the daily quiz? Are you aware of the important news but struggle to connect it to the topics in your static portions? Are you not getting time to explore other sources like PIB, Yojana or Kurukshetra?

    Don’t get bogged down by the demands of Current Affairs. Attend the webinar conducted by Parth Sir this Sunday to allay all your fears and doubts and stay focused in clearing UPSC CSE!

    What will you learn from this webinar?

    1. How to finish reading all the sources of current affairs in one hour?

    2. How not to approach current affairs for UPSC CSE?

    3. Direct and indirect relation of current affairs in recent years with evidence. This will be a reality check for many aspirants!

    4. What are the important sources for current affairs?

    5. How to make micro notes with topic-wise current affairs?

    6. How to answer current affairs questions in a smart and efficient manner?

    At the end of the session, Parth Sir will also conduct a Q&A session.

    Webinar Details

    Don’t miss the chance to get value addition inputs to score better in the examination! This webinar is absolutely free. All aspirants are welcome to attend.

    Date – 24th October 2021 (Sunday)

    Time – 3:00 P.M.

    Limited slots are available. Please register immediately.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir || Slots Filling up, Register Now

    How to Study and Revise Current Affairs For Prelims, Mains & Interview? || Free Webinar by Parth Sir || Slots Filling up, Register Now

    What is that one subject with which you can ace all the 3 stages of UPSC-CSE – Prelims, Mains and Interview? Yes, it’s Current Affairs.

    Every year, 30% of the questions in the Prelims exam appear from Current Affairs. With current affairs knowledge, you will know how to answer 60-70% questions in UPSC Mains. And, 80% of the interview questions ask your opinion on the news events of last one year.

    So, with every stage the importance of current affairs sees a proportional increase.

    Why you should attend Parth Sir’s Webinar?

    If UPSC Civil Services Examination is a bike, then one wheel is GS Static and the other is GS Current Affairs. You can’t have a smooth ride even if one the tyres get punctured. While standard books and NCERTs are enough to cover the static subjects, what about the vast syllabus of Current Affairs?

    Even after reading The Hindu and Indian Express are you unable to get desired scores in the daily quiz? Are you aware of the important news but struggle to connect it to the topics in your static portions? Are you not getting time to explore other sources like PIB, Yojana or Kurukshetra?

    Don’t get bogged down by the demands of Current Affairs. Attend the webinar conducted by Parth Sir this Sunday to allay all your fears and doubts and stay focused in clearing UPSC CSE!

    What will you learn from this webinar?

    1. How to finish reading all the sources of current affairs in one hour?

    2. How not to approach current affairs for UPSC CSE?

    3. Direct and indirect relation of current affairs in recent years with evidence. This will be a reality check for many aspirants!

    4. What are the important sources for current affairs?

    5. How to make micro notes with topic-wise current affairs?

    6. How to answer current affairs questions in a smart and efficient manner?

    At the end of the session, Parth Sir will also conduct a Q&A session.

    Webinar Details

    Don’t miss the chance to get value addition inputs to score better in the examination! This webinar is absolutely free. All aspirants are welcome to attend.

    Date – 24th October 2021 (Sunday)

    Time – 3:00 P.M.

    Limited slots are available. Please register immediately.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • A clean energy transition plan for India

    Context

    India has a long way to go in providing electricity security to its people since its per capita electricity consumption is still only a third of the global average.

    Ensuring energy security and role of coal

    • Energy security warrants the uninterrupted supply of energy at affordable prices.
    •  Thanks to the Electricity Act of 2003, the installed coal-fired thermal power plant (TPP) generation capacity in India more than doubled from 94 GW to 192 GW between March 2011 and 2017.
    • This sharp increase in the installed capacity has enabled the government to increase per capita electricity consumption by 37% while reducing peak demand deficit from 9.8% (2010-11) to 1.6% (2016-17). 
    • TPPs contributed 71% of the 1,382 billion units (BU) of electricity generated by utilities in India during FY 2020-21 though they accounted for only 55% of the total installed generation capacity of 382 GW (as of March 2021).
    • Coal, therefore, plays a vital role in India’s ongoing efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7, which is “to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”.

    Renewable energy utilisation issue and implications for consumers

    • While variable renewable energy (VRE) sources (primarily, wind and solar) account for 24.7% of the total installed generation capacity, as of March 2021, they contributed 10.7% of the electricity generated by utilities during FY 2020-21.
    • However, the ramp-up of VRE generation capacity without commensurate growth in electricity demand has resulted in lower utilisation of TPPs whose fixed costs must be paid by the distribution companies (DISCOMs) and passed through to the final consumer.
    • The current level of VRE in the national power grid is increasing the cost of power procurement for DISCOMs, leading to tariff increases for electricity consumers. 
    • Therefore, India must implement a plan to increase energy efficiency and reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and airborne pollutants from TPPs without making power unaffordable to industries that need low-cost 24×7 power to compete in the global market.

    Way forward: time-bound transition plan

    • Phasing out: The plan should involve the progressive retirement of TPPs(unit size 210 MW and below) based on key performance parameters such as efficiency, specific coal consumption, technological obsolescence, and age.
    • Increasing utilisation: The resulting shortfall in baseload electricity generation can be made up by increasing the utilisation of existing High-Efficiency-Low-Emission (HELE) TPPs that are currently under-utilised to accommodate VRE and commissioning the 47 government-owned TPPs.
    • In addition, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is also constructing 11 nuclear power plants with a total generation capacity of 8,700 MW that will supply 24×7 power without any CO2 emissions.
    • The combined thermal (220 GW) and nuclear (15 GW) capacity of 235 GW can meet the baseload requirement (80% of peak demand) during the evening peak in FY 2029-30 without expensive battery storage.
    • The optimal utilisation of existing and under-construction HELE TPPs with faster-ramping capabilities and lower technical minimums also facilitates VRE integration.
    • Since HELE TPPs minimise emissions of particulate matter (PM), SO2, and NO2, the transition plan offers operational, economic, and environmental benefits including avoidance of sustenance Capex and FGD costs in the 211 obsolete TPPs to be retired besides savings in specific coal consumption and water requirement leading to reductions in electricity tariffs and PM pollution.

    Conclusion

    The implementation of transition plan will enable India to safeguard its energy security and ensure efficient grid operations with lower water consumption, PM pollution, and CO2 emissions.

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  • How Civilsdaily Mentorship helped UPSC 2020 AIR 20 P. Srija || Unherd Shorts || Civilsdaily Mentorship Program: Toppers Testimonials (Link Inside)

    How Civilsdaily Mentorship helped UPSC 2020 AIR 20 P. Srija || Unherd Shorts || Civilsdaily Mentorship Program: Toppers Testimonials (Link Inside)

    Talk to Srija’s UPSC Mentors:- https://forms.gle/iNnfxfRWHxJEsn8S6

    Check out Srija’s excerpt on how she cleared UPSC 2020:- https://youtu.be/5s8QJNejSFU

    P Srija, AIR 20, UPSC 2020, in conversation with Birendra sir shared her mindset and thought process that helped him crack IAS exam. Srija also gave valuable advice to aspirants for prelims as well as mains.

    Srija, is an MBBS graduate and secured rank 20 in her first attempt in UPSC 2020 examination. In this series, she has talked about how a hardwork and a true mentor can change the journey of the aspirants.

    After got to know from Anudeep Durishetty Rank 1 in 2017, it is clearly mentioned that she started preparing current affairs from Samachar Manthan where there is a discussion and written test every week on the various important issues. Not only the test series but also Shweta Mam who is among the core mentor in Civilsdaily has helped her to evolve with the art of answer writing and motivated her at every stage of the preperation.

    In Civilsdaily, we have a team of such dedicated mentors helping aspirants at every stage of the preparation to understand their weaknesses and approach to overcome them.


    To access the answer copies of P Srija and to know how toppers improved over time?: A Case study of 5 toppers:- https://www.civilsdaily.com/25-rankers-in-top-100-78-selections-your-hard-work-our-guidance-success-copy/


    Heartiest congratulations to Podishetty Srija
    AIR 20
    UPSC Civil Services 2020

  • Internal democracy in political parties

    Context

    It is obvious that institutional intermediaries in a representative democracy must themselves be democratic. However, beyond the rhetoric, internal democracy in a political party is less straightforward.

    How democratic accountability in a political party is different from that in a country

    • Democratic accountability in a political party is qualitatively different from that in a country.
    • A political party is a collaborative platform to capture state power to achieve a certain vision for society. 
    • In a country, there are sharp differences between citizens on the vision and values themselves and the role of democracy is not just to create a framework to negotiate conflict but to ensure that the state is representative of the largest section of the electorate through periodic elections.
    • Thus, while democracy at the level of the country is a bottom-up opportunity to change direction altogether, democratic accountability in a political party exists within an ideological framework.

    Is internal elections for party leadership a solution?

    • Subversion of internal institutional process: Proponents underestimate the ability of existing repositories of power to subvert internal institutional processes to consolidate power and maintain the status quo.
    • Independence of lower level: the assumption that the lower levels would be independent and hold the higher levels of leadership to account glosses over the many ways power asserts itself.
    • Independence and quality of electorate: The outcome of internal elections is contingent on the independence and quality of the electorate.
    • In indirect elections (through delegates), the electorate would likely mirror the existing balance of power.
    • In direct elections, there is a concern of ideological dilution and/or capture through opportunistic membership.
    • It is evident that internal elections may factionalise power but cannot establish normative accountability, which extends to all members of the party along three interconnected axes of ideology, organisation and competence.
    • Normative accountability is thus rooted in a dynamic context and is necessarily a deliberative process.

    Democratic functioning in political parties is not an end in itself

    • Unlike for the state, democracy is not an end in itself for a political party.
    • The highest possible attainment of individual well-being and individual self-will through a democratic state is an end in itself.
    • The purpose of a political party is the acquisition of state power.
    • Democratic functioning may be an ideological imperative, operational choice, or legitimising tactic but it is not an end in itself for a political party.

    Way forward

    • Instead of looking at internal party processes, one way to decentralise power is by getting rid of the anti-defection law.
    • The need to canvass votes in the legislature will create room for negotiation in the party organisation too.
    • Most importantly, this reform will impose a similar burden on all political parties and may create space to change the overall political culture.

    Consider the question “Lack of internal democratic functioning in the political parties has bearing on the overall political functioning of the country. Examine the factors responsible for its lack in India and suggest measures to encourage it.”

    Conclusion

    The role of democracy is not just to create a framework to negotiate conflict but to ensure that the state is representative of the largest section of the electorate through periodic elections.

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  • India’s gig economy

    Since the pandemic, there is a growing concern about the pay-out and job-securities of the delivery persons and other gig workers of the e-commerce companies.

    E-com boom in India

    • E-commerce in India is a nascent industry that is probably less than 13 years old.
    • In this short period, it has captured the collective imagination of the nation.
    • The covid-19 crisis has accelerated its adoption, and even die-hard fans of shopping at a physical store have switched to shopping online.

    Various issues faced by the gig workers

    • Harsh working conditions
    • Quality of work and the temporary nature of engagement
    • Absence of a social security net
    • Long hours
    • Delayed pay-outs
    • Pressure to maximize speed of delivery (at the risk of road accidents)

    E-coms under scanner

    The bigger an industry gets, and the more successful it is perceived to be, the more responsible and thoughtful it needs to be in everything it does.

    • Fairness in employment: Some of the concerns are fair and call for introspection on the part of e-commerce companies.
    • Premature regulation: There is a rising demand for regulation of the gig economy created by them.

    Significance of e-commerce sector

    Anyone complaining about the quality of jobs being created by the e-commerce industry probably needs to spend some time understanding the history of job creation in India.

    An attractive sector for India’s ‘jobs problem’

    • Ample workforce: India is a demographically youthful nation, and every year between 17 and 20 million people look for jobs.
    • Attractive sector: This includes around 5 million people who are abandoning highly exploitative and less remunerative farm jobs every year to find employment in other sectors, mostly in the nearest urban districts.
    • Limited success of service sector: The IT and business process outsourcing industry has less than 200,000 jobs a year during its 25 years of existence. This is just a minuscule 1% of the total number of jobs that need to be created.

    Data justifying un-steady flow of income

    • According to CSO, only about 17% of India’s workers are regular wage earners and less than 23% of Indian households have a regular wage earner.
    • In other words, 77% of our households did not have a steady flow of income.
    • Self-employed (46%) and casual labour (33%) together account for nearly 80% of the workforce and claimed to earn less than ₹10,000 per month.
    • These are the realities that cannot be ignored.

    E-commerce: A game-changer

    • The new-age platforms have done is nothing short of a miracle both in terms of creating jobs as well as paying a fair wage.
    • It can be well established that it has provided a better remedy for unemployment in India.

    Why do e-marketplaces matter?

    • Failure of Skills: Neither skill nor knowledge is enough to ensure one generates income.
    • Technology dependency and free market: Efficient marketplace which are enabled by technology, matters.
    • Common platform: A startup such as the Urban Company is an example of a technology-powered marketplace for common services such as plumbing, carpentry, beauty, and house-cleaning, among others.
    • Single marketplace: They brought consumers and suppliers of services (based on skills) on a common platform and made the whole process of matching demand and supply pretty seamless.

    Benefits offered

    • Decent pay: A consumer of a service is willing to pay more for better quality of service if there is a consistent and reliable process of evaluating the capability of service providers.
    • Self-employment: Most of these workers are always self-employed and even with these platforms, they operate in a gig mode which isn’t structurally different.
    • Better livelihood: Youth from rural India had been joining the Ola and Uber platforms in large numbers, many of whom were either unemployed or heavily under-employed.
    • No skill-compulsion: When skilling is voluntary and driven by a free market mechanism, the outcomes are magical.
    • Industrializing the services: These platforms did ‘industrialize’ the services—industrialization allowed effortless consumption and created structured mechanisms to scale services and service capabilities.
    • New consumption pattern: The technology enabled markets resulted in ‘new consumption’ which, in turn, led to creation of more goods and service providers.

    Way forward

    • As far as the e-commerce industry is concerned, there are several obvious lessons that can contribute towards its growth, going ahead.
    • Also it is not fair to paint the entire industry as exploitative or be unduly critical of the gig model which is actually a very good model.
    • Many of the gig workers themselves would be reluctant to take up full time and fixed salaried jobs. Pushing for premature regulation could be lethal.
    • And finally, it is unrealistic to expect the e-commerce industry to create jobs that are probably as well paying like the IT industry.

    Conclusion

    • Creating high-paying jobs was never easy and will never be easy.
    • Nor is it realistic that everyone, or even a majority of the 20 million, will be employed in high-paying jobs.

     

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