Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-How IBC has fared so far?
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Is the worst really over for the country’s agricultural sector?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3- Performance of agriculture sector, is the worst over for it?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Fighting COVID-19 together for a shared future
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- International cooperation on dealing with the epidemic.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan
Fail-safe exit for America, but a worry for India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Afghanistan relations and return of Taliban after deal with the US.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Corona, crude and credit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How should India use the windfall from the fall in oil.
Government Budgets
A prescription for revival
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3-Measures to revive the Indian economoy.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Medicine and frontiers
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Dominance of China in international trade and its implications for national security.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
No green shoots of a revival in sight as yet
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Significance of quarterly GDP estimates and revision.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Don’t blame it on NSO
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Revision and estimates of GDP data.
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Iran
The diplomatic cost
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Changing India-Iran relations.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Monetary policy can’t combat the COVID-19 impact
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Is expansionary monetary policy enough to deal with the impact of COVID-19?
Issues related to Economic growth
An unrest, a slowdown and a health epidemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Dealing with the trinity of social disharmony, economic slowdown and and global health epidemic.
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
Online versus offline
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Ensuring fair competition and dealing with the problem of predatory pricing.
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
A disconnected pedagogy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Aligning national curriculum with the needs of the market and society.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Way out lies within
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3-Focus on demand side of the Indian economy instead of focusing all attention on supply-constraints.
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
A blow against social justice
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Constitutional provision for the reservation in the government jobs.
Mains level: Paper 2- Reservation in the government jobs is not the fundamental right.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The growth challenge
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Prospects of recovery of Indian economy and indications from demand and supply side.
Nuclear Energy
Pushing the wrong energy buttons
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Nuclear energy-issues involved.
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
New forces in orbit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- What reforms are needed in space sector to leverage it for commercial purposes.
Important Judgements In News
Whither tribunal independence?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Provision of constitution of tribunal, tenure and the SC directives.
