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Dear students,

We understand that the UPSC exam is a generalist exam. It’s more important to cover more issues than to cover one issue in more depth. Hence, through Samachar Manthan, we are trying to maintain a fine balance of covering many important news items and having a detailed discussion on selected topics which require the same. On daily basis a news gets repeated multiple times. Scattered knowledge is not adequately useful when you have to write a 200 words answer within 6-7 minutes. To handle this, Samachar manthan covers such issues in a comprehensive and consolidated manner which is the smart strategy.

Benefits of Samachar Manthan

• Packed 3 – 3.5 hours Weekly videos will focus on news and its importance from both prelims and mains perspective.
• This program will also help you understand how to utilize current affairs in all your prelims and mains papers.
• This ideology makes this course the best utilization of your time.
• Detailed coverage would mean analysis from all the angles like background or history, features, significance, challenges and way forward. Also, multiple sources like epw, diplomat magazine etc will be referred to in the video lectures.
• Such an approach will help in writing multidimensional answers.
• Also which part of the topic is important from mains and prelims perspective will also be discussed.
• Audio Visual Learning is more impactful than simply glancing through the material. So that you are able to retain information for long also interlink with any new information you get.
• 4 stage structure of Video->Notes->testing->review to perfect your preparation
• The sequence of video->Notes->testing->review is the best way to ensure maximum retention and a rock solid preparation. Each component of the program has been meticulously crafted.

For example this week, we will be covering the following issues;

Economics

India highest recipient of remittances in 2018: World Bank

[op-ed snap]Drastic reforms needed to bridge inequality

[Op-ed Snap] Agricultural policy needs to shift to a pro-farmer focus

Bamboo Rice shows up in Odisha

RailWire Wi-Fi Zones

Environment & Biodiversity

Discolouration of Periyar

[op-ed snap] India stares at pile of solar e-waste

[op-ed snap]US vs Europe in India

Centre denies RTI plea on CIC appointments

[op-ed snap]Is there a problem with the 10% quota?

[op-ed snap]Rafale rebuff

PCI issues guidelines for objective reporting on polls

9 professionals selected as joint secys in biggest lateral induction into govt service

 

International Relations

Explained: A new high in Maldives

US names Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group

IMO’s new rule on electronic information exchange between ships and ports comes into force

PM to get Russia’s highest civilian award

Polity

[op-ed snap]Open up the Supreme Court

[op-ed snap] Trickeries of the money bill

[op-ed snap] Election Omission

[op-ed snap] Bonds and binds

Science Tech & Art Culture

Explained: Snapping of Black Hole

IIT Bombay’s bacteria preferentially degrade aromatic compounds

 

Security Issues

India, US set up first ever secure communication link under COMCASA

Exercise Bold Kurukshetra

Army gets Dhanush artillery guns

Trivia:

[op-ed snap] Jallianwala Bagh massacre:

And these issues will be covered in detail

• Election Commission
• Money Bill
• Electoral Bonds
• Reservations
• Inequality
• Agricultural Policies

So to be thorough in your preparation and to have an integrated approach, join Samachar Manthan here.

 

1.Economics

Global Economy

1.Report name – Asian Development Outlook

Issuing agency – Asian Development Bank

 

2.Report name – World Economic Outlook

Issuing agency – International Monetary Fund

 

3.Report name – Global Economic Prospects

Issuing agency – World Bank

 

 2.Development

1.Report name – World Development Report

Issuing agency – IBRD (World Bank)

 

 2.Report name – Ease of Doing Business

Issuing agency – IBRD (World Bank)

Latest in news – India has moved  rank up . This improvement came on the back of slight improvement in four indicators — getting electricity, enforcing contracts, trading across borders and registering property. To read in detail about the Ease of Business ranking, click here.

 

3.Report name – Industrial Development Report

Issuing agency – UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

 

4.Report name – World Investment Report

Issuing agency – UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)

 

5.Report name – Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report

Issuing agency – WEF (World Economic Forum)

 

 6.Report Name – World Cities Report

Issuing Agency – UN-Habitat

 

7.Index name – Logistics Performance Index

Issuing agency – World Bank

 

3.Global Financial System

1.Report name – Global Financial Stability Report

Issuing agency – International Monetary Fund

 

2.Report name – Global Financial System Report

Issuing agency – BIS (Bank for International Settlements)

 

3.Report name – Global Money Laundering Report

Issuing agency – FATF (Financial Action Task Force)

2. Environment

1.Report name – India State of Forest Report

Issuing agency – Forest Survey of India

Latest in news –  Click here to read more.

 

2.Report name – Actions on Air Quality

Issuing agency – UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

 

3.Report name – Global Environment Outlook

Issuing agency – UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

 

 4.Report name – The Rise of Environmental Crime

Issuing agency – UNEP & INTERPOL

 

5.Report name – Global Assessment Report

Issuing agency – UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)

 

6.Report name – The Living Planet Report

Issuing agency – WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Latest in news – With wildlife disappearing at an “unprecedented” pace across the world, the Living Planet Report  identifies India as an ecological black spot where around half of the wildlife lives in the danger of being wiped out. The report highlights the pressure on water and land India faces because of unsustainable human activities. Around 70% of surface water is polluted and 60% of ground water will reach critical stage — where it cannot be replenished — in the next one decade,