Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indo-pacific partnerships and evelopments
Mains level: Indo-pacific and NATO, significance and challenges
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
MGNREGA Scheme
Rajasthan minimum income Bill: provisions, what makes it unique
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Minimum Guarantee income and employment schemes and their key provisions
Mains level: Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023, rational, significance and concerns
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
More than court action, revisit the Indus Waters Treaty
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indus river system
Mains level: Indus Water Treaty, disputes, challenges and way ahead
Skilling India – Skill India Mission,PMKVY, NSDC, etc.
Fostering India’s demographic dividend by upskilling
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Skill development initiatives, employment generation schemes etc
Mains level: India's demographic dividend, a window of opportunity, skill development initiatives, challenges and way forward
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Radio collars are killing the cheetahs in Kuno. Here is how — and why
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Project Cheetah, Cheetah- characteristics and conservation status
Mains level: Project cheetah, Significance of cheetahs reintroduction, conservation failures and way forward
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
A roadmap to eliminate poverty in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Economic indicators and concepts
Mains level: India's economic growth, Indicators, future prospect and challenges
Biofuel Policy
Global Biofuel Alliance can power India’s energy transition drive, but must have time-bound targets
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Biofuel and its applications, India's Biofuel program, GBA and ISA
Mains level: Global biofuel alliance, Biofuel Industry, significance In particular for India, India's Biofuel programme
Blockchain Technology: Prospects and Challenges
Private Digital Currencies
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CBDC's
Mains level: Private digital currencies, challenges to monetary sovereignty, and counter measures
Foreign Policy Watch: India-France
Tech Diplomacy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: recent developments and bilateral partnerships
Mains level: Outcomes of the recent visit of Prime minister to US and France, opportunities for India
Disability pride month: Disabled persons remain invisible in policy imagination
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Project RPwD Generation, Mission Accessibility
Mains level: India's disability law jurisprudence, challenges, Project RPwD Generation, Mission Accessibility and way forward
Right To Privacy
An unacceptable verdict in the constitutional sense
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Related Constitutional provisions
Mains level: Significance of constitutional tenets in safeguarding individual rights and personal choice, Constitutional morality and personal liberty and various Supreme court Judgment's in this regard
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Why is there a controversy on the forest Bill?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
Mains level: Forest Conservation Act ,1980 and the Amendment Bill, 2023, key provisions , concerns and way ahead
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Cash Transfers vs Foodgrain Distribution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: Implications of cash transfers instead of grains
National Green Tribunal’s Role and Contributions
National Green Tribunal (NGT): A failing institution in need of revival
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NGT
Mains level: NGT, concerns over it's underperformance and need for revival
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
How to prevent disruptions by flood and extreme weather events
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: Vulnerabilities of urban India to climate change , Mitigation efforts
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
India’s diabetes epidemic is making its widespread TB problem worse
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: DM and Tb related facts
Mains level: The dual burden of India, TB and Diabetes, Interconnection, challenges and treatment measures
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Monsoon havoc in India: How floods can be a valuable resource
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: Floods in India: A recurring challenge and measures for flood management and shifting focus towards converting calamity into a valuable resource
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
The lesson from a monsoon-battered North India: Time to be prepared
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Factors attributed Climate change
Mains level: Increasing Trend of Extreme Rainfall and flash floods, its impact and mitigating measures
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Why normative recommendations of finance commissions remain on paper
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Finance Commissions
Mains level: Finance Commissions and its role, recommendations and challenges in implementation
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Southeast Asia
Quiet diplomacy could ease South China Sea tensions
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: South China Sea issue, Significance of India Philippines maritime relations
