Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Treaty of Peace and Friendship between India and Nepal
Mains level: Paper 2-India-Nepal border issue
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Is India prepared for crude oil eventualities?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Import of crude oil and its proportion in total consumption.
Mains level: Paper 3- Energy security.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Using COVID crisis to reorient India towards reforms
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Provision for various sectors in stimulus package
Mains level: Paper 3-Comparison of of stimulus package of India with other economies.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
China and the Rhineland moment in Hong Kong
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: G-7 countries, TPP
Mains level: Paper 2- US-China relations and implications for India
Labour, Jobs and Employment – Harmonization of labour laws, gender gap, unemployment, etc.
Three thresholds in Industrial Disputes Act that need revision
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Industrial Disputes Act 1947
Mains level: Paper 2- Threshold limits in IDA and issues with it.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Africa
Deepening India’s engagement with Africa amid pandemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: India-Africa Forum summit
Mains level: Paper 3- Scope to increase the ties between India and Africa amid covid pandemic.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
India-China confrontation: Not a standalone event
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Hong Kong, Taiwan location in the map
Mains level: Paper 2- India-China relation and tension over border dispute
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Alleviating the farmers’ pain
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: APMC Act, ECA
Mains level: Paper 3- Reforms in agri-marketing and amendment in ECA and APMC Acts.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
How effective is the stimulus package to revive the supply chains?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Upstream and downstream sectors
Mains level: Paper 3-Disruption in supply chains and ways to ensure their recovery.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Applying the lessons learned from GST to One Nation One Ration Card (ON-ORC)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GSTN
Mains level: Paper 3- Challenges ON-ORC could face and how the GST could offer valuable lesson for ON-ORC
Primary and Secondary Education – RTE, Education Policy, SEQI, RMSA, Committee Reports, etc.
Online education must supplement, not replace, physical sites of learning
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MOOCs
Mains level: Paper 2- Is online learning a substitute for the traditional educational institutions?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Analysing three-pronged strategy of China in Ladakh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various location mentioned in the article.
Mains level: Paper 2- Implications of dispute for India China relation
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan
Looking beyond Taliban: Focus on the Pashtun Question
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Regions of Afghanistan
Mains level: Paper 2- Implications of the return of Taliban for India.
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
Time to evaluate and merge income support schemes
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MSP and income support schemes of various state governments
Mains level: Paper 3-Issues with the income support schemes for farmers.
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Hardly the 1991 moment for agriculture
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: APMC Act
Mains level: Paper 3- The issues with APMC reforms
Cashless Society – Digital Payments, Demonetization, etc.
Digital currency plan made in China
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BIS, cryptocurrency.
Mains level: Paper 3- Challenges and opportunity in cryptocurrencies.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Neglect of demand side
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Demand side and supply side in the economics
Mains level: Paper 3- Why is it necessary to focus on the demand side in stimulus package?
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Focus on supply side
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MSME
Mains level: Paper 3- Credit problems faced by MSMEs
MGNREGA Scheme
Ensuring MGNREGA lives up to its potential
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Provisions of MGNREGA
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues and scope for improvement in MGNREGA
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Stimulus package aims to turn the crisis into opportunity
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aggregate demand
Mains level: Paper 3- Stimulus package to address demand side and supply side problems
