Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Is the globalisation past its peak? what will be the impact of corona crisis on the globalisation?
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
Let no one go hungry
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2-How steps government must take to ensure that the stranded labour are not left without food.
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Oil in a post-Covid world
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Oil war in international oil market and implications for India.
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Man versus microbe
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Techniques used for detecting virus: RT-PCR, CRISPR and serological tests.
Mains level: Paper 3- Various techniques used in tests used to detect Covid-19 and their advantages.
Government Budgets
States at centre
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3- Financial stress on the states and what centre should do to address the problem.
Important Judgements In News
The SC order on migrants labours raises several issues
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- The SC order on migrant labour rises several questions dealing with the fundamental rights.
Issues related to Economic growth
Opportunity in the Covid-19 crisis
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3- Opportunity to bring in reform that could benefit us in the medium term as well.
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
Still no bullseye, in volume and value
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- India's growing defence export.
Issues related to Economic growth
Pull out all the stops
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: "Natural Disaster" clause in FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3-What should be the policy response of the government to the damage inflicted by the Covid-19 on the economy.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The sudden return of quantity planning in the wake of covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Applying ways suggested by Keynes in times pandemic. of war to deal with the covid-19
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
A pandemic in an unequal India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- How lockdown affects the poor disproportionately and what the state must do mitigate the impact.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
The art of China’s legalpolitic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IHR- International Health Regulations.
Mains level: Paper 2- India needs to make international law a keystone of its diplomacy.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Regulation of private sector to deal with the COVID-19.
Animal Husbandry, Dairy & Fisheries Sector – Pashudhan Sanjivani, E- Pashudhan Haat, etc
Amid the Lockdown, How can we efficiently manage our Agriculture and Livestock sector
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Essential Services Maintenance Act.
Mains level: Paper 3- Managing the agriculture and livestock sector.
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
A smarter supply line
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Ensuring the food supply lines are not disrupted in the lockdown and suggestions to ensure it.
Judicial Reforms
Ayyappa and the Court
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- Need for reforms in the administrative functioning of the Supreme Court.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
After the lockdown
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- The lockdown hits the poor hardest and how it could have been avoided?
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
What the RBI has done to provide relief for the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Banking rates and markets instrument.
Mains level: Paper 3- Steps taken by the RBI to revive growth and provide stability to economy.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Let’s use follower’s advantage
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Learning from the experience of South Korea in designing the policies to deal with coronavirus.
Issues related to Economic growth
Mind your own economic health
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- What are the essential reforms essential for reshaping the India's economy.
