Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Anti-defection law.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the solution to the issue of bypassing of the anti-defection law by the political parties?
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
What nation can learn from Kerala in the fight against Covid-19?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the factors that helped Kerala deal with Covid-19 successfully compared to the rest of the country?
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Insolvency code should be suspended for six months to help companies recover
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IBC, difference between operational and financial creditor, threshold limit to file insolvency case etc.
Mains level: Paper 3- Purpose and issues with IBC, its various provisions and changes that needs to be made in the wake of Covid-19.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
China manipulates the WHO, India needs to be cautious
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO.
Mains level: Paper 2- How failure of WHO to alert the world in time of Covid-19 pandemic matters for India?
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Partnership with the private sector in a fight against Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- The dominance of private health sector in India makes partnership with it a must to deal effectively with any pandemic.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Government must fix an upper limit for fiscal deficit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Need for the stimulus and relief package to in the wake of Covid-19 and issues involved in its size.
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Making use of technology to trace Covid-19 cases
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aarogya Setu App.
Mains level: Paper 3- Using technology for tackling the Covid-19.
Rural Distress, Farmer Suicides, Drought Measures
Using knowledge-era technology to bridge the urban-rural gap
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 1- Closing the the gap between urban and rural in India using knowledge-eratechnology.
Internal Security Trends and Incidents
How IS regroups and its threat to India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- With the presence of sleeper cell in India and ability of IS to co-opt a local affiliate makes the IS a major security challenge for India.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
COVID-19 and the crumbling world order
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- What factors led to the failure of global world order in dealing with Covid-19, what would be the impact of Covid19 on the globalisation?
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Use the COVID crisis to transform the agri-marketing system
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- What are the issues in agri-marketing and suggestions to deal with them.
Government Budgets
A plan for the aftermath
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Fiscal deficit. Monetisation of deficit.
Mains level: Paper 3-Suggest the option to get the resources for dealing with the corona pandemic.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
The new multilateralism
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO's role.
Mains level: Paper 2- How BRICS with India and China as its members poses challenges in its success?
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
A time for extraordinary action
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Stimulus package on the lines of package declared by developed countries is necessary for Indian economy to deal with the pandemic.
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
The law cannot fall silent
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2-In fight against covid-19 epidemic we must follow the principles of international laws and treaty obligations.
Government Budgets
Financing the pandemic rescue package
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Options that government explore to finance the package announced in the wake of corona epidemic.
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Needed, greater decentralisation of power
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Federal system.
Mains level: Paper 2-Why it is said that there is a paradox in the federal system of India? Covid-19 has highlighted the need for decentralisation in India.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Japan
The wilting Sakura
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- New avenues for cooperation between India and Japan.
Government Budgets
A different economic approach
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How to balance the trade-off between the health of economy and public health.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Preparing for SAARC 2.0
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Revival of SAARC is the need of the hour amid corona crisis.
