Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Union Budget
Mains level: Paper 3- Transparency in the Budget, bias towards subsidies and neglect of RD in allocation to agriculture sector
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Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Government Budgets
Budget is constructive, but lack of income support continues
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Budget
Mains level: Paper 3- Lack of income support in the Budget
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Municipal finance reform through Finance Commission recommendations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Finance Commission
Mains level: Paper 2- Transformation of financial governance of municipalities
How PFMS is ensuring transformation via digital inclusion
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PFMS
Mains level: Paper 2- Role of PFMS in improving governance
Government Budgets
An overview of Economic Survey 2020-21
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Terms used in Economic Survey
Mains level: Paper 3- Overview of the Economic Survey 2020-21
Important Judgements In News
POCSO Act
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: POCSO Act
Mains level: Paper 2- Interpretation of Section 7 of POCSO Act
Net Neutrality & The Debate Around It
Global antitrust and the challenge of Big Tech
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Positive Externality
Mains level: Paper 3- Challenge of Big Tech
Government Budgets
Keep the wheels of economic recovery turning
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: New Monetary Framework
Mains level: Paper 3- Economic recovery and challenges ahead
The right of life and environment
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 21, 48A, 51A(g)
Mains level: Paper 2- Constitutional values and climate change
Foreign Policy Watch: United Nations
Pursuing national interests, at the UN high table
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- India's agenda at the UNSC in its 2 year stint
Leveraging government-private thought partnerships
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Thought partnership for informed policymaking
Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.
Shipping sector in india
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sagarmala
Mains level: Paper 3- India's shipping industry and challenges
RBI Notifications
The formidable challenge of reversing a liquidity glut
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Monetary policy measures
Mains level: Paper 3- Dealing with the excess liquidity
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Agriculture credit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Agriculture Census
Mains level: Paper 3- Exclusion of small and marginal farmers from agri-credit
Right To Privacy
New WhatsApp Privacy Policy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: The principle of purpose limitation
Mains level: Paper 2- WhatsApp privacy policy update and issue of privacy
A new framework around caste and the census
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Difference between SECC and Census
Mains level: Paper 2- SECC and Census data
Important Judgements In News
Defending liberty against selective prosecution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 14 and selection of prosecution
Mains level: Paper 2- Selective prosecution and its impact on personal liberty
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
Getting it wrong on India’s level of agricultural support
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: OECD
Mains level: Paper 3- Issue of negative support given to farmers as per OECD methodoloy
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
True empowerment of the electricity consumer
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SERC
Mains level: Paper 3- The Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020
Tax Reforms
Digital Service Tax could be an interim solution to cyber tax conundrum
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Equalisation levy
Mains level: Paper 3- Digital Service Tax as an interim solution to the challenge of taxing digital companies doing business internationally
