Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Citizenship; Indian and US Constitution;
Type: Explained
These Newscards correspond to the explained section of various newspapers. They become immensely important for both prelims and mains and special attention needs to be paid to them
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Government Budgets
Agriculture is fiscally neglected in the Budget
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Indian Agriculture;
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
India is heading into a middle income trap
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Middle-income trap;
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
Supreme Court (SC) bans Manual Scavenging in 6 cities in a writ petition
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Social Problem; Manual scavenging;
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Cabinet approves Mechanism for procurement of ethanol by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under EBP Programme
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Ethanol Production ;
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
The science is clear, crowd disasters are preventable
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Crowd Management;
Microfinance Story of India
India approves Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSME manufacturers
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme (MCGS)
Mains level: Challenges in MSMEs;
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
[30th January 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Bridge the milk divide for a nutritionally secure India
Government Budgets
How can the Budget arrest growth decline?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Indian Economy;
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
ISRO’s 100th launch: why this is significant?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Space mission;
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Only a radical policy shift can lift farmers from widespread distress
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Challenges in Agriculture;
Government Budgets
[29th January 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: The Budget pipeline and India’s foreign policy ambitions
“One Nation, One Time” in the country
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Significance of Indian Standard Time;
Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Eowyn to a bomb?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Impact of Storms;
Child Rights – POSCO, Child Labour Laws, NAPC, etc.
Substantive equality in child marriage laws
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Child marriage and its impact;
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[28th January 2025] The Hindu Op-ed: Getting drunk, on homoeopathy
Should Governors be Chancellors of State Universities?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Role of Governor;
Government Budgets
The Union Budget as a turning point for climate action
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Climate change;
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Why Bombay HC said use of loudspeakers is not essential to religion?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Right to freedom of religion;
