Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 16(3)
Mains level: Paper 2- Domicile-based preferential policies and issues with it
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Climate and consciousness
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Need to galvanise climate action
Tax Reforms
Cairn Energy Tax dispute case Explained
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Honouring Bilateral Investment Treaties
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
Ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- What makes the recent ceasefire different from the past
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
Recalibrating relations with EU
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Deepening trade ties with the EU
Judicial Reforms
Issues with Master of the Roaster power of CJI
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Master of the Roaster
Mains level: Paper 2- Implications of the Master of Roaster power for the independence of the judiciary
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
The IT Act new rules and the challenge of Big Tech
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with new Rules under IT Act
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Operation Green
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Operation Green
Mains level: Paper 3- Expanding Operation Green
Imparting direction to science in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Fifth Science Policy
Who gets to decide what is legitimate free speech
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Dealing with the challenges of Big Tech
Anti Defection Law
The absurdity of the anti-defection law
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Schedule 10
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with anti-defection law
Social Media: Prospect and Challenges
In Centre’s IT rules, there is accountability with costs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Regulation of social media
Delhi Full Statehood Issue
structural issues with legislatures in Union Territories
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 239A
Mains level: Paper 2- Structural flaws in the composition of legislature of UTs
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges
Federalism and India’s human capital
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 73rd and 74th Amendments
Mains level: Paper 3- Decentralisation and its relationship with human capital
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
Being petroleum independent
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FAME
Mains level: Paper 3- Reducing India's energy import dependence
Government Budgets
A changing fiscal framework
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Primary surplus
Mains level: Paper 3- Change in government's fiscal policy stance
Animal Husbandry, Dairy & Fisheries Sector – Pashudhan Sanjivani, E- Pashudhan Haat, etc
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
Mains level: Paper 3- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
China-Taiwan conflict
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India's relations with Taiwan
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Fifteenth Finance Commission has increased proportion of grants conditional on reforms
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: State Finance Commission
Mains level: Paper 2- Conditional grants to incentivise the states for reforms
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Voice vote as constitutional subterfuge
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Bicameralism
Mains level: Paper 2- Importance of bicameralism
