1. Attaining life in all its fullness READ MORE
2. The power of words READ MORE

1. Environmental fallout of the Ukraine war READ MORE
2. Interview: Why Our Cities Need To Have Their Own Net-Zero Plans READ MORE
3. Even if humans put a complete end to emissions, the world may not stop warming READ MORE

1. Caste genie threatens to come out of bottle READ MORE
2. National Disability Policy Draft Lacks Budgetary Allocations Towards Welfare of Disabled People: NPRD READ MORE

1. A ground plan for India’s COVID-19 response READ MORE
2. An Alternate Justice System Shames India’s Constitutional Democracy READ MORE
3. Whistle-Blowers in J&K Need Legal Protection READ MORE
4. Aadhaar advisory: the continuing saga of UIDAI’s breach of privacy rights READ MORE
5. Laws, flaws and accountability READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Demolition drives may challenge the rule of law READ MORE
2. Cabinet approves mega 5G auction READ MORE
3. Mammoth plan to sow 11 lakh seed balls through drones near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh READ MORE
4. Doval in virtual NSAs’ meet in run-up to BRICS meeting READ MORE
5. TRIPS Waiver: How India Abandoned its Own WTO Proposal READ MORE
6. British govt set to deport asylum-seekers of various nationalities to Rwanda READ MORE
7. PM inaugurates Jagatguru Sreesant Tukaram Maharaj Shila Mandir at Dehu in Pune READ MORE
8. President Ram Nath Kovind dedicates ISKCON Sri Rajadhiraja Govinda Temple built on Vaikunta hills in Bengaluru READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Caste genie threatens to come out of bottle READ MORE
2. South India challenges the notions of medieval Islam—lessons from Deccan history READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A ground plan for India’s COVID-19 response READ MORE
2. An Alternate Justice System Shames India’s Constitutional Democracy READ MORE
3. Whistle-Blowers in J&K Need Legal Protection READ MORE
4. Aadhaar advisory: the continuing saga of UIDAI’s breach of privacy rights READ MORE
5. Laws, flaws and accountability READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. National Disability Policy Draft Lacks Budgetary Allocations Towards Welfare of Disabled People: NPRD READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Win-win cooperation key to Asia-Pacific READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Upsurge affects poor the most, govt must retool policy to ensure that inequalities do not deepen READ MORE
2. What commodities should be distributed free or at a subsidised level READ MORE
3. WTO lurches to another crisis READ MORE
4. Regional imbalance: Focus on equitable growth READ MORE
5. To bridge the urban-rural divide, India should accelerate economy’s structural transformation READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Environmental fallout of the Ukraine war READ MORE
2. Interview: Why Our Cities Need To Have Their Own Net-Zero Plans READ MORE
3. Even if humans put a complete end to emissions, the world may not stop warming READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Securing Kashmir against emerging terror threats READ MORE
2. Making data privacy policies and ‘consent’ work READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Attaining life in all its fullness READ MORE
2. The power of words READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The demand for equitable access to quality education and healthcare should complement agriculture reforms in the country’. Analyse.
2. Discuss the importance of short-term services like ‘Agnipath’ to solve the unemployment crisis in India.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don’t know very much.
• Accountability jurisprudence must take root in our justice delivery system so that the culture of impunity that our officials have grown up with gets obliterated from our lexicon.
• Inaction is condoned even if there is loss of life, and high-handed action is acceptable even if it means loss of livelihood and shelter.
• Since our legal luminaries are busy rewriting laws, it might be a good idea to rewrite them in a manner that gives power in the hands of the poor and marginalized sections of our society, by making brazen officials accountable to the Constitution and the law, and by making the rich, powerful and politically influential also accountable to the law.
• The demand for equitable access to quality education and healthcare should complement agriculture reforms in the country.
• Most research and development initiatives in agriculture have either become redundant or lack basic infrastructure.
• Indeed, one could argue that premodern India’s economic muscle derived from its ability to integrate and leverage people of many ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, similar in some ways to the West today.
• Indian democracy has easily been able to grow beyond the region’s occasionally-violent medieval past; indeed the past has hardly been relevant to forging a new relationship between them.
• In our modern digital ecosystem, instead of farm produce, today, the new asset class is data (with personal data becoming the world’s most precious commodity) – which is created by us (the users) but seized by digital landlords (dominant tech companies).
• Digital Feudalism is getting established day by day. If left unchecked, this will restrict our future innovation and participation. As we progress, we must ensure that technology is our servant, not the other way around.
• Once again the Asia- Pacific region stands at another historical crossroad. In the face of the new situation, the Asia-Pacific has assumed a more important place in the world and has a greater role to play.
• The population-wide application of the pandemic response can be transitioned to be focused on individual protection.
• Inflation is here to stay because it has much to do with the decline in value of the rupee that has fallen to its lowest, which makes imports of oil and gas more expensive.
• If caste is to become the sole criterion for the distribution of power, opportunities and resources in a society and legitimised by the state, then we need to redraft our constitution and replace the dream of a casteless society of modern citizens with one in which people’s identities will be reinforced only by their castes.

50 WORD TALK

• Facing out-of-control military pensions, the government will now recruit soldiers on four-year contracts. By freeing funds for modernisation, the government is laying foundations for a smaller but smarter army, designed for future wars. The government must address concerns about motivation, regimental cohesion and post-career prospects which experts have raised.
• India needs new jobs but do they have to be in the traditionally inefficient and bloated government departments and ministries? That’s the big question after PM Modi’s announcement to create 10 lakh jobs in 1.5 years. The politics of the timing is not lost, and the minimum government is obviously history.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

1. Explained: Why is Delhi battling severe water shortage? READ MORE
2. Raining pollution: Fresh snow in Antarctica contained microplastics, another grim reminder of climate playing havoc READ MORE
3. Environmental Woes READ MORE

1. Without diversity, life cannot have full play READ MORE
2. Decisively rein in hate speech READ MORE
3. What is Intuition? READ MORE
4. Bulldozer justice is illegal, immoral and unjustifiable READ MORE

1. Study Finds Severe Malnutrition Spiked in Half of India in 5 Years READ MORE
2. The future of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE

1. Unseemly exercise: RS polls are proving to be a disappointment READ MORE
2. Anti-defection law must be made more effective READ MORE
3. Rights violations: Right to speech and property must be protected READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Andhra Pradesh: Is the stray Bengal Tiger adapting to its new habitat? READ MORE
2. India aims to have 75 Ramsar sites on 75th anniversary of Independence READ MORE
3. Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia to become India’s second biggest oil supplier READ MORE
4. Special remission to prisoners to mark 75th year of Independence READ MORE
5. Centre begins supply of fortified rice in 90 districts from April 1 READ MORE
6. Extra chromosome in 1 in 500 men, disease risk higher: study READ MORE
7. If Plastic Comes From Fossil Fuels, Why Isn’t It Biodegradable? READ MORE
8. Explained: What is the e-Vidhan system for paperless legislation? READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Musings on ‘Indic civilization’ and Indianness READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Unseemly exercise: RS polls are proving to be a disappointment READ MORE
2. Anti-defection law must be made more effective READ MORE
3. Rights violations: Right to speech and property must be protected READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Study Finds Severe Malnutrition Spiked in Half of India in 5 Years READ MORE
2. The future of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Choosing sides: On intensifying rivalry between U.S. and China READ MORE
2. China keeping India on edge: Contradictory posture embedded in New Delhi’s policies apropos of Galwan@2 READ MORE
3. Qatar protest was a setback for Indian diplomacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why MSP alone does not bring farmers prosperity READ MORE
2. Decoding the economy better READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Explained: Why is Delhi battling severe water shortage? READ MORE
2. Raining pollution: Fresh snow in Antarctica contained microplastics, another grim reminder of climate playing havoc READ MORE
3. Environmental Woes READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. With only 3 serious telecom operators, administrative allocation of spectrum space should take the place of auctions READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Without diversity, life cannot have full play READ MORE
2. Decisively rein in hate speech READ MORE
3. What is Intuition? READ MORE
4. Bulldozer justice is illegal, immoral and unjustifiable READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘As the U.S. and China intensify their rivalry, countries like India are faced with hard choices’. In the light of the statement, discuss the suitable strategy for India in present time.
2. ‘Apart from raising legitimate questions about the efficacy of monetary measures in fighting inflation, the current situation is pointing to the need for a rethink in India’s inflation-targeting framework’. Comment on the statement in the light of recent challenges facing by Indian economy.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out.
• It is plausible that a serious and honest exercise might end up causing more consternation among Hindus than Muslims.
• As the U.S. and China intensify their rivalry, other countries are faced with hard choices.
• One could argue that if all spectrum is assigned, direct revenue collections could be higher compared to the auction route, in which spectrum risks being unsold.
• Opposition parties and farmer lobbies protest that the increase in support prices is a sham, and wholly inadequate.
• The Ukraine war is not the sole driver of global wheat prices. Speculative activity has played a bigger role and policy inaction on that front can prove fatal.
• Apart from raising legitimate questions about the efficacy of monetary measures in fighting inflation, the current situation may well be pointing to the need for a rethink in India’s inflation-targeting framework.
• Defectors should be barred from holding public office for a reasonable period, and the vote cast by a defector should be considered invalid. The electorate should also have a right to recall the representative. Resort politics should also be banned.

50 WORD TALK

• Facing a Sri Lanka-style financial crisis, Pakistan needs an IMF bailout. The IMF, though, isn’t impressed with the new Budget, saying it doesn’t do enough to cut subsidies and raise direct taxes. Fearing electoral blowback, the government’s dithered—but as stock markets plunge, and the rupee haemorrhages value, time’s running out.
• In relations among nations, as in life, one should never assume that even time-tested friends would not object to something which is anathema to them. And that is what happened when a host of friendly Islamic countries across the Gulf, West Asia and other parts of the world made demarches against the controversial remarks by the two BJP functionaries who had crossed what is absolutely a red line for every Muslim. Qatar was the first nation to express condemnation.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

1. Warmer waters can drive higher predation rates: Study READ MORE
2. Chelonoidis phantasticus, a giant tortoise species discovered after a century READ MORE
3. If Plastic Comes from Fossil Fuels, Why Isn’t It Biodegradable? READ MORE
4. On the Environment Index, best to act READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Clash over ‘Green Gold’: Chhattisgarh tribals to file FIR against forest official over tendu leaf collection READ MORE
2. If Plastic Comes from Fossil Fuels, Why Isn’t It Biodegradable? READ MORE
3. What is the environment index, and why has India questioned it? READ MORE
4. The Sant Tukaram temple and its significance READ MORE

GS 1

1. Celebrating Indian universities’ rise in global rankings READ MORE
2. Warmer waters can drive higher predation rates: Study READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. The Jal Jeevan and Swachh Bharat Missions are combining to improve people’s well-being READ MORE
2. Why Eradicating Open Defecation Is Not the Same as Setting up New Toilets READ MORE
3. Clash over ‘Green Gold’: Chhattisgarh tribals to file FIR against forest official over tendu leaf collection READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Clash over ‘Green Gold’: Chhattisgarh tribals to file FIR against forest official over tendu leaf collection READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The gulf of sensitivity that India will have to cross READ MORE
2. Russia delivers more efficient nuclear fuel for Kudankulam reactors READ MORE
3. What India must do to protect its ties with the Islamic world READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India is not the fastest growing big economy READ MORE
2. Divestment not for shutting CPSEs, but for efficiency: FM READ MORE
3. How would India fare on a ‘modified’ misery index? Better than US & UK, worse than most others READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Chelonoidis phantasticus, a giant tortoise species discovered after a century READ MORE
2. If Plastic Comes from Fossil Fuels, Why Isn’t It Biodegradable? READ MORE
3. On the Environment Index, best to act READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. For lasting happiness READ MORE
2. Dive into an inner sea of relaxation anytime READ MORE

50 WORD TALK

• European Parliament decision making one common charger mandatory for all devices is a great idea whose time has come. India – world’s second largest mobile phone market and also the fastest growing – should emulate this. It will not only untangle our gadget-dependent digital existence a bit but also help reduce e-waste.

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. To what extent has Forest Rights Act (FRA) fulfilled the twin objectives of social welfare and conservation of natural resources?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• “We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race” – KOFI ANNAN
• The Jal Jeevan Mission is catalysing change at the grass roots level by reserving 50 per cent seats for women in village and water sanitation committees. They are encouraged to get involved in every aspect of planning, implementation, management and operation of village drinking-water supply schemes. In every village, at least five women have been entrusted with water quality surveillance and many of them have been trained as plumbers, mechanics and pump operators. These pioneering women are sure to influence others who could take over jobs generally monopolised by men.
• India is ranked 180th among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 that was released on June 6. The index is a composite of 40 data-driven performance indicators by Yale and Columbia University researchers that ranks countries on their national efforts to protect environmental health, enhance ecosystem vitality and mitigate climate change. GoI has responded, stating that some indicators are extrapolated and based on surmises and unscientific methods.
• Happiness depends to some extent upon external conditions, but chiefly upon conditions of the inner mind. From today onward, make up your mind that when you meet your trying relatives, when you come in contact with your overbearing boss, and when you experience the trials of life, you will try to retain your internal calmness and happiness.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Nirmala Sitharaman launches EASE 5.0 ‘Common reforms agenda’ for PSBs READ MORE
2. Fast radio burst READ MORE
3. How the President is elected READ MORE
4. The Weird Case of What Could’ve Been Our First Public-Sector Bt Cotton Variety READ MORE
5. India’s FDI rank rises to 7th position despite falling inflows: UNCTAD  READ MORE

GS 1

1. Diversify crops, shift rice to places that can support it: Central panel READ MORE
2. In India’s Unequal Research System, Frugal Labs Are Bittersweet Gems READ MORE
3. Warmer subsurface waters in Bay of Bengal likely fuelled Amphan super cyclone: Study READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Messy battle: On the ongoing tug of war over Delhi’s status READ MORE
2. Is the ban on wheat exports good policy? READ MORE
3. Is marrying victim or member of victim’s family the way out of jail time? READ MORE
4. When can a Rajya Sabha vote be rejected? READ MORE
5. The Inefficiencies of India’s Justice System READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Hasdeo Aranya: Chhattisgarh government puts three mining projects on hold ‘indefinitely’ READ MORE
2. Invest more in India’s extremely young READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. An enduring agreement bridging India-Pakistan ties READ MORE
2. Ties reset: On India-Iran relations READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Avoiding the coal scarcity trap READ MORE
2. GoI, support growth: Monetary policy will tighten even more. Investment, consumption need fiscal help READ MORE
3. The road map for India to sustain decent growth in a slowing world READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Coal use to be banned in NCR, what impact could this have? READ MORE
2. How cheetahs went extinct in India, and the plan to reintroduce them into the wild READ MORE
3. 50 Years of UN Environmental Diplomacy: Remembering the Stockholm Conference READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. The Big Bang Theory READ MORE
2. Wealthy Nations Are Carving up Space and Its Riches, Leaving Others Behind READ MORE
3. Why likely €1 bn French deal is a reminder of India’s failure to build indigenous jet engine READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. End misunderstandings through sound arguments READ MORE
2. Own the Best Umbrella READ MORE

50 WORD TALK

• India’s search for international collaboration to produce engines for next-generation fighter aircraft, as reported is a painful reminder of failure to develop an indigenous one. Technology deficits, personnel shortages, underfunding have undermined efforts to develop cutting-edge technologies. There’s no quick-fix: India must invest more in scientific research ecosystem.

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. How is the President of India elected? Comment on the nature and role of political parties in election of the President in India.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Under EASE 5.0, PSBs will continue to invest in new-age capabilities and deepen the ongoing reforms to respond to evolving customer needs, changing competition and the technology environment. EASE 5.0 will focus on digital customer experience, and integrated & inclusive banking, with emphasis on supporting small businesses and agriculture.
• India must continue to invest in reducing IMR. Improving healthcare delivery, ensuring support for pregnant women through regular check-ups and better diet, and improving neonatal care will go a long way to bring down the numbers.
• A justice system manipulated by the powerful for their personal ends is bound to lead to high costs and inefficiency. First, there is the direct cost of putting in place the broken justice system and administering it. And then there is the cost of manipulating it while trying to carry on the pretense of justice. The system of justice delivery has to function contrary to its stated purpose resulting in additional costs.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Imagination creates reality.
• Literacy is a vital skill that enhances dignity, improves health outcomes, empowers people to access their rights and bolsters opportunities.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023 READ MORE
2. Government announces hike in MSP for Kharif season READ MORE
3. Independent central banks READ MORE
4. The future of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
5. Inflation’s long shadow: On RBI’s actions READ MORE

GS 1

1. Climate change new research shows alps mountains turning green, white READ MORE
2. Archeology Sensation: An Ancient City Reemerges in Iraq Reservoir READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. The future of a Uniform Civil Code READ MORE
2. Safe foods: On the need to develop lab infrastructure in States READ MORE
3. Pandering to pressure groups READ MORE
4. The future of Indian secularism READ MORE
5. Ambiguity of legislation means over-reliance on judicial interpretation READ MORE
6. Media must be held accountable for mainstreaming hate speech, divisive nationalism READ MORE
7. Why Russia’s Ukraine invasion has put Nal Se Jal’s 2024 deadline in jeopardy READ MORE
8. EC’s pilot on remote voting for migrants is a big plus for democracy. Aim for 2024 full rollout READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. The post-Covid learning challenge READ MORE
2. Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking READ MORE
3. Bihar, Delhi fared worst in Mid – Day meal scheme coverage in 2021-2022 Read More

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Dealing with the Indo-Pacific is not easy READ MORE
2. The Ukraine war and the global food crisis READ MORE
3. India and Vietnam sign mutual logistics agreement READ MORE
4. How tension with Russia & China is pushing Europe to do more business with India READ MORE
5. India, UAE to cooperate in the field of industries, advanced technologies READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Inflation’s long shadow: On RBI’s actions READ MORE
2. GST, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code reforms to push growth after ‘clouds recede’, says Chief Economic Advisor READ MORE
3. Need for Fertiliser Policy and Self-reliance with CPSEs READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. This World Oceans Day let’s talk about marine litter READ MORE
2. Three things scientists don’t know about women farmers and climate change but really should READ MORE
3. An 8% national growth agenda: India’s guiding light should be becoming a $10 trillion economy by 2035, with states also setting high goals READ MORE
4. Environment reports don’t do justice to better measure of India’s carbon footprint READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Next-generation Corvettes, and the combat edge Navy seeks through them READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Self-Marriage as a means to self-actualisation READ MORE
2. What is Intuition? READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The independence of central banks from the control of governments has been seen as extremely crucial to achieve economic growth and stability. In the light of above statement analyse the role of Reserve bank of india as an independent decision making body?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Two crucial moves to kick-start the discourse and practice of secularism. First, a shift of focus from a politically led project to a socially-driven movement for justice. Second, a shift of emphasis from inter-religious to intra-religious issues. I invoke the name of two great leaders, B.R. Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru, to make my point. B.R. Ambedkar dispassionately observed that when two roughly equal communities view each other as enemies, they get trapped in a majority-minority syndrome, a vicious cycle of spiralling political conflict and social alienation. This was true in the 1930s and the 1940s. Today, feeling extremely vulnerable, Indian Muslims appear to have opted out of this syndrome. When this happens, the syndrome implodes. The result is neither open conflict nor harmony, simply an exiled existence for Muslims in their own homeland.
• The Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden – provide free higher education to their people, and overseas students were able to study for free until recently. In Denmark, however, tuition fees were introduced for international students from outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, in 2006. Sweden followed suit in 2011. Only Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany do not charge international students tuition fees. This ensures that students receive quality education in the streams that they desire rather than pursuing streams that allow them to earn highly so as to repay their student debt.
• There is a strong case for reviving philanthropy and community support for higher education in India. Corporates, generous alumni, and people at large can join in to create strong philanthropic support for higher education and make quality education tuition-free. The government, for its part, should be generous enough to declare such philanthropic donations to the cause of higher education and research tax-free, now that the treasury is full of funds from the ever-growing list of income tax and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) payers.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The future of a Uniform Civil Code in India.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Assam celebrates annual festival for good rain and harvest READ MORE
2. Blue Duke declared state butterfly READ MORE
3. Resolve GST disputes quickly and smartly READ MORE
4. India ranks lowest among 180 countries in environmental performance index READ MORE
5. Here’s how RBI’s Repo rate hike of 50 bps impacts you READ MORE
6. Of what good is a bad bank? READ MORE
7. Maharashtra gets 12 new conservation reserves and three wildlife sanctuaries READ MORE

GS 1

1. History and significance of Mela Kheerbhawani for Kashmiri Pandits, being held today READ MORE
2. Reservoir storage declined 7% every month between March, June; can kharif sowing proceed READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Sabhas we listen to READ MORE
2. Tamil Nadu tops food safety index READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. advisory board on disability not re-constituted since Nov. 2020 READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Decoding China’s occupation READ MORE
2. India looks forward to joining the NSG, says External Affairs Minister Jaishankar READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The weight of the GST Council ruling READ MORE
2. The shadows over global growth recovery are long READ MORE
3. World Bank cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7.5% for FY23 READ MORE
4. It is potentially ‘stagflation’ READ MORE
5. Will the WTO wake up to the food crisis? READ MORE
6. RBI likely to hike policy interest rates; raise inflation forecast today READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. What are ‘green jobs’, mentioned by PM in his Environment Day speech? READ MORE
2. What are ‘carbon bombs’, why environmentalists want them defused? READ MORE
3. SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts READ MORE
4. Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022) READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. What are the draft amendments to IT Rules, 2021? READ MORE
2. India successfully tests intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-4 READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The ‘Physician’s Pledge’ in new draft code of ethics for doctors, and how it differs from Charak, Hippocratic oaths READ MORE
2. Listen to the meaning, not to the words READ MORE
3. The world of progress READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.How has the covid 19 pandemic brought out the over centralized model of globalization?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Many critics have pointed to several problems with the idea of a bad bank. Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has been one of the fiercest critics of the idea, arguing that a bad bank by the government will merely shift bad assets from the hands of public sector banks, which are owned by the government, to the hands of a bad bank, which is again owned by the government.
• Look deeper into things. People may use the same words, but they don’t use them with the same meaning. Listen to the meaning rather than only listening to the words. If all you listen to is the words you will never understand people.
• Success we cannot depend on, because somebody will always come along and make our success pale into insignificance. When we live in the success-world, sooner than at once, we are doomed to frustration. But when we live in the progress-world, there is always tremendous joy. This joy comes not only from transcending one’s capacities but from the effort itself.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Scope of “green jobs” in India.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. A ‘silver’ moment to propel a Bay of Bengal dream READ MORE
2. Chilika lake has 176 fishing cats, survey reveals READ MORE
3. What are the precision guided rocket systems being supplied to Ukraine? READ MORE
4. The judiciary should have annual performance reports, too READ MORE
5. Who was Sant Kabir, the extraordinary poet-saint of the Bhakti movement? READ MORE

GS 1

1. Who was Sant Kabir, the extraordinary poet-saint of the Bhakti movement? READ MORE
2. Tamil Nadu sculptures recovered from Australia, US READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Govt’s policy change in public interest outweighs prior commitments to private entities: SC READ MORE
2. The judiciary should have annual performance reports, too READ MORE
3. An anomaly that goes by the name populism READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Taking steps to ensure sex workers’ rights READ MORE
2. Covid raised inequalities — by how much? READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. A ‘silver’ moment to propel a Bay of Bengal dream READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India has become more strategic about trade: USTR Tai READ MORE
2. Global economy in grip of headwinds READ MORE
3. India aims to double marine products export to Rs 1 lakh crore in next 5 years READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Power shortages may persist as thermal capacity lags power demand: Report READ MORE
2. Carbon dioxide levels are now comparable to 4 mn years ago READ MORE
3. Bonn Climate Conference begins with tense stand-off on ‘Loss and Damage’ READ MORE
4. Climate change victim: How high temperatures, drought have endangered this Kalahari bird READ MORE
5. Chilika lake has 176 fishing cats, survey reveals READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. The need for digital collaboration READ MORE
2. What are the precision guided rocket systems being supplied to Ukraine? READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Mahanaam: Insurance policy for self-realisation READ MORE
2. Unrockable, unshockable READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. A major weakness in the Indian economy is that the growth is not perceived as being sufficiently inclusive for many groups. Critically analyse.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Be calm and move on. Let us be filled with spirituality, with God, with love and with piety, so that there is no room for us to be affected by little, little things.
• Well, there is no denying that global inequality was widened by the pandemic — the rich became richer while millions lost jobs. In fact, a few months ago, the World Inequality Report 2022, prepared by the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics, also portrayed a grim picture of widened global inequality.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The dark disparity gap between rich and poor

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. India achieved 10% ethanol blending target in petrol months ahead of schedule: PM READ MORE
2. World’s first fishing cat census done in Chilika READ MORE
3. Mughal-era finials – their grandeur, architectural traditions READ MORE
4. What is norovirus, the stomach bug that infected two students in Kerala? READ MORE
5. Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong Space Station module after successful launch READ MORE
6. The status of eVTOL: a soon to be reality? READ MORE

GS 1

1. 75% of river monitoring stations report heavy metal pollution: Centre for Science and Environment READ MORE
2. Mughal-era finials – their grandeur, architectural traditions READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Hate speech hurts the nation and the national interest READ MORE
2. India’s SDG preparedness ranking continues to decline: Report READ MORE
3. People, not courts, shape norms READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Married single: Sologamy can be self-contained rebellion READ MORE
2. Pension system: The old versus the new READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1.India should keep a watch on Russia changing from equal partner to China to its client state READ MORE

2.Has Military Rule in Myanmar Affected India’s ‘Act East’ Policy? READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. 7% growth is India’s best foreign policy strategy: An averagely-performing economy won’t give New Delhi freedom of policy action READ MORE
2. Eat’s not right: The restaurant service charge issue is about an important consumer rights principle READ MORE
3. Entire agri value chain needs credit support READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Greening India through cooperatives READ MORE
2. Not Just Flora and Fauna, Global Conservation Goals Need To Include Fungi READ MORE
3. World Environment Day: Has the Plastic Waste Crisis Gone Too Far? READ MORE
4. At Current Warming Rates, Hornbills Won’t Be Able to Breed in Kalahari By 2027 READ MORE
5. Explained: What Are Carbon Taxes? READ MORE
6. A city of forests: Is it a distant dream? READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Mixed & matched: With first heterologous booster approved, vaccination drive needs a big push READ MORE
2. Injection of Digitisation READ MORE
3. Now, drones can be used to deliver medical supplies, vaccines in India: ICMR guidelines READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The illusion of time we all live with READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.What are electric aircrafts? Explain what new regulations and policy changes does India need to better integrate electric vertical aircraft?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• At present, there are three credit guarantee schemes in India’s agricultural sector. The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture has a guarantee scheme called Nabsanrakshan, for bank loans to Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs), while NABARD had recently introduced a guarantee scheme for loans to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
• Carbon pricing is an economic tool used to push industries, households and governments to bring down emissions and invest in cleaner options. It helps in shifting the burden of damage caused by pollution onto those responsible for the pollution but does not dictate how or where emissions can be reduced. Instead, it puts an economic value on pollution and allows polluters to decide whether to reduce emissions or continue polluting but pay the price for it.

ESSAY TOPIC

• India’s Act East Policy

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The Digital India transformation READ MORE
2. How barcodes differ from radio-frequency identification tags READ MORE
3. What is the PM CARES scheme for children who lost parents to Covid? READ MORE
4. Reimagine disinvestment READ MORE
5. Control and delete: On government appellate panels for social media READ MORE

GS 1

1. Urgent Need to Develop Adaptation Options for Water and Agriculture Sectors READ MORE
2. Water security under threat READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Control and delete: On government appellate panels for social media READ MORE
2. The Digital India transformation READ MORE
3. 7 Years Later, and Still No Clarity on Green Clearance for Ganga Waterway. Why? READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. What is the PM CARES scheme for children who lost parents to Covid? READ MORE
2. Academic Distress’ and Student Suicides in India: A Crisis That Needs to be Acknowledged READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Gradual engagement: On India-Taliban ties READ MORE
2. Ukraine expects India to participate actively in post-war construction READ MORE
3. What’s Combined Military Forces-Bahrain? US-backed coalition India joined on Quad sidelines READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Level playing field READ MORE
2. Combating inflation while retaining growth momentum READ MORE
3. Reimagine disinvestment READ MORE
4. A job at hand READ MORE
5. Restaurants cannot add service charge in food bills READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. New rules spur opportunities for e-waste recyclers READ MORE
2. Keep eco-sensitive zone of 1 km around forests: Supreme Court READ MORE
3. By laminating our oceans, we are choking life READ MORE
4. Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts READ MORE
5. Extreme weather events in India may be transporting more plastic litter into oceans, warn experts READ MORE
6. Stockholm+50: We need decentralisation of ‘power’ READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. As India gets world’s first liquid-mirror telescope for astronomy, what is it and how will it be used? READ MORE
2. How barcodes differ from radio-frequency identification tags READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Don’t act under anger READ MORE
2. Why not bring God into our schools & colleges? READ MORE
3. Align with intentions READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.    Examine the causes behind India’s problem of e-waste. Also, find out the reasons due to which rules have been ineffective.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The universe will align other resources for us to taste success. Any resource we require to do anything in life is already there in the universe in some way. It is the purity of intentions that brings those resources together. If we are not confused about what we want and our actions align with our intention, we are on our way to success.
• Increasing the efficiency of water use especially in the agriculture sector is of utmost importance.
• Given the increased demand for water and declining water potential, it is necessary to make constructive efforts to increase its efficiency. Water has long been considered a free good and, therefore, water use efficiency is very low in all sectors. Although the pricing of water alone will not completely solve all water-related woes, its efficiency can be increased to a greater extent by fixing its prices on a volumetric basis.
• Of India’s total irrigated area of 98 million hectares, groundwater accounts for about 65 per cent. The reports published by the Central Groundwater Board warn that the uncontrolled overexploitation of groundwater is not only depleting water rapidly but also causes various environmental problems. Appropriate pricing of electricity with judicious rationing of electricity supply may help save water for future use.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
• Inclusive governance begets inclusive growth.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Questioning the safety of Aadhaar READ MORE
2. India’s EV ambition rides on three wheels READ MORE
3. PM releases 11th installment of PM-Kisan; 10 crore farmers to get ₹ 2000 READ MORE
4. Health Ministry issues norms to tackle monkeypox READ MORE
5. Astra Mk1: Govt places order for first indigenous BVR missile READ MORE
6. What is masked Aadhaar and how can it prevent misuse READ MORE

GS 1

1. Construction at Puri temple: no hearing held in SC on Tuesday READ MORE
2. Operation of Fourth Nuclear Power Unit in Gujarat’s Kakrapar Delayed READ MORE
3. Urgent Need to Develop Adaptation Options for Water and Agriculture Sectors READ MORE
4. A Newfound Neutron Star Might Light the Way for a New Class of Stellar Object READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Questioning the safety of Aadhaar READ MORE
2. UIDAI’s Advice to Exercise ‘Normal Prudence’ With Aadhaar Is Confusing and Dangerous READ MORE
3. What is masked Aadhaar and how can it prevent misuse READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Kerala HC Reunites Lesbian Couple Separated by Their Parents READ MORE
2. How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty READ MORE
3. Post-Pandemic Schooling Has Revived a Terrible Idea: Rushed Classrooms READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Indus water talks held on ‘cordial’ terms, says MEA READ MORE
2. Ladakh face-off: India, China talk, review situation along LAC READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Q4 GDP growth decelerates to 4.1% READ MORE
2. What is liquid nano urea, produced by IFFCO, which can potentially revolutionise the use of nitrogen fertilisers in India? READ MORE
3. Covid not as bad for Indian economy as 2008 global financial crisis, says former CEA Subramanian READ MORE
4. Fast growth still on, but inflation…READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. India’s EV ambition rides on three wheels READ MORE
2. Can’t rely on hydropower in long run, says NDMA in report examining Chamoli disaster READ MORE
3. Bihar adds elephant centre to Valmiki Tiger Reserve, experts see challenges READ MORE
4. Looking back at Stockholm 1972: What Indira Gandhi said half a century ago on man & environment READ MORE
5. India’s forests, soil can store additional 7 billion tonnes of carbon: Study READ MORE
6. 50 years since Stockholm conference: The summer lingers READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Words are not enough READ MORE
2. Finding meaning in our insignificance READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.   What is liquid nano urea? Explain how it can potentially revolutionise the use of nitrogen fertilisers in India?
2. Elucidate how Agroforestry can help in achieving sustainable development goals?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The power of the big stick prevails, and it is used not in favour of fair play or beauty, but to chase imaginary windmills — to assume the right to interfere in the affairs of others, and to arrogate authority for action which would not normally be allowed. Many of the advanced countries of today have reached their present affluence by their domination over other races and countries, the exploitation of their own natural resources. They got a head start through sheer ruthlessness, undisturbed by feelings of compassion or by abstract theories of freedom, equality or justice.
• The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialization but reflect the inadequacy of development. The rich countries may look upon development as the cause of environmental destruction, but to us it is one of the primary means of improving the environment for living, or providing food, water, sanitation and shelter; of making the deserts green and the mountains habitable. The research and perseverance of dedicated people have given us an insight which is likely to play an important part in the shaping of our future plans. We see that however much man hankers after material goods; they can never give him full satisfaction. Thus the higher standard of living must be achieved without alienating people from their heritage and without despoiling nature of its beauty, freshness and purity so essential to our lives.
• It is clear that the environmental crisis which is confronting the world, will profoundly alter the future destiny or our planet. No one among us, whatever our status, strength or circumstance can remain unaffected. The process of change challenges present international policies. Will the growing awareness of “one earth” and “one environment’ guide us to the concept of “one humanity”? Will there be a more equitable sharing of environmental costs and greater international interest in the accelerated progress of the less developed world? Or, will it remain confined to a narrow concern, based on exclusive self-sufficiency?

50 WORD TALK

India should thank a low base for the impressive 8.7% GDP growth in 2021-22. Omicron and the Russian invasion will, however, prevent a repeat in fiscal 2023. Growth has already slowed again, and inflation has become endemic. Government and RBI should focus on ensuring India doesn’t end up with stagflation.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. QUAD leaders’ summit Outcomes for future READ MORE
2. NITI Aayog needs a new plan READ MORE
3. PM releases benefits for COVID-19 orphans under PM-CARES READ MORE
4. World No Tobacco Day, and the role of role models READ MORE
5. Declining trend: Public spend on Indian agriculture has shrunk in a decade READ MORE
6. Fuelling federal fights: Bitter Centre-state disputes over tax cuts, GST role show huge trust deficit READ MORE

GS 1

1. How Maharashtra overtook UP to re-emerge as top sugar producer READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Warning that wasn’t: UIDAI was right to flag indiscriminate collection of Aadhaar data. It should mandate stronger measures READ MORE
2. PM-KISAN scheme: PM transfers ₹21,000 crore for 10 crore farmer families READ MORE
3. Why is NGT entertaining letters from lawmakers, asks SC READMORE
4. NITI Aayog needs a new plan READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. PM releases benefits for COVID-19 orphans under PM-CARES READ MORE
2. Why climate change hits women harder than men READ MORE
3. World No Tobacco Day, and the role of role models READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Doses of statecraft to meet India’s challenges READ MORE
2. The status of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine READ MORE
3. China, Pacific islands unable to reach consensus on security pact READ MORE
4. QUAD leaders’ summit Outcomes for future READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India’s changing goal posts over coal READ MORE
2. Declining trend: Public spend on Indian agriculture has shrunk in a decade READ MORE
3. Coal India to Import for the First Time Since 2015 Amid Looming Power Crisis READ MORE
4. Prescribe generic drugs to cut costs READ MORE
5. The policy flip-flop on wheat exports READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. 1 in 4 deaths among children could be averted by improving environmental factors: UNICEF READ MORE
2. World no tobacco day: Tobacco impacts environment, not just health READ MORE
3. Etalin hydel: Experts warn of biodiversity loss in Dibang Valley in letter to forest advisory panel READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Oneness is essential for society to thrive READ MORE
2. Eastern consciousness READ MORE
3. High-rise and shine READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.“Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and the feminist movement has been patriarchal.” Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions can help change this milieu?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• India has a long and a chequered history of planning, with some success but many failures. It has tried three distinct types of planning: directed planning, indicative planning, and now ‘a strategy, but no planning’. It needed to replace the Planning Commission, but not give up on planning altogether. In doing so in August 2014, India may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater.
• The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that GST Council decisions are not binding on states can at one level be seen as a reiteration of the constitutional provision – there is nothing in constitutional amendments relating to GST to force compliance with GST Council decisions. It’s just a healthy convention that has developed that the Centre and states have decided to fall in line with the Council’s collective decisions.
• For decades policymakers have ignored warnings that rigid gender roles make people more vulnerable to extreme weather. Now — with the effects of climate change hammering at their doors — they are being forced to consider how to adapt in ways that reduce those inequalities rather than increasing them.
• People who are marginalized by society because of their gender are less able to adapt to climate change or recover from its effects, scientists concluded in a mega-review of the academic literature on climate impacts and adaptation. Women generally have less money, fewer opportunities and are not prioritized by policymakers, who are disproportionately men.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Why climate change hits women harder than men.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Reservation in public employment READMORE
2. Place of worship ( special provision) act,1991: A shield for Indian secularism READ MORE
3. The battle over mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo forest READ MORE
4. What is the West Nile Virus, how does it spread? READ MORE
5. Deepening strategic commitment READ MORE
6. Economy facing stagflation READ MORE

GS 1

1. The battle over mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo forest READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Absolution: On need to compensate for unlawful arrests READ MORE
2. Centre retracts caution on Aadhaar photocopies READ MORE
3. National Facility for Gene Function in Health & Disease: what it will do, what it has READMORE
4. NHA launches online public dashboard for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission READ MORE
5. FBI report ranks India in top 5 countries with victims of cybercrimes READ MORE
6. Meghalaya HC directs State to implement SC, NGT orders on illegal rathole coal mining READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Rising Farmer Suicides Leaves Families Adrift as Vidarbha Grapples With Multiple Crises READ MORE
2. PM releases benefits under PM CARES for Children Scheme READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The return of the great power rivalries READ MORE
2. Deepening strategic commitment READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. US surpasses China as India’s biggest trading partner in FY22 at $119.42 bn READ MORE
2. India, China will soon be ‘economically sick’ after Covid subsides. Here’s how to avoid it READ MORE
3. RBI to adopt graded approach to introduction of digital currency READ MORE
4. Economy facing stagflation READ MORE
5. Ease of doing business has actually meant ease of violations – at the cost of workers’ lives READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. One step too far: Madras High Court ban on forest grazing may hurt on forest dwellers, biodiversity READ MORE
2. Least Developed Countries want major emitters, G20 to increase climate efforts READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Power of ethics READ MORE
2. Tech firms are using human cells to make computer chips. How ethical is it? READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Examine the factors for the high rate of inflation in the Indian economy in the recent months. Suggest measures to keep the inflation within the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s tolerance band.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The future of multilateralism: towards a responsible globalization

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The What, How and Why of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework READ MORE
2. India likely to get its first semi-high speed freight train by this December READMORE
3. New Arunachal monkey named after Sela pass READ MORE
4. What are community forest rights, why do they matter? READ MORE
5. Government sets target to achieve 100 MT coal gasification by 2030 READ MORE

GS 1

1. India Asks Power Producers to Seek Weekly Payments to Manage Pricey Coal Imports READ MORE
2. This paddy cultivation technique is Punjab govt’s answer to ‘save water, avoid crisis’ READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Digitisation will ensure speedy, efficient delivery of justice READ MORE
2. Does the CDS Appointment Delay Indicate Bigger Problems? READ MORE
3. How to solve crimes better READMORE
4. What are community forest rights, why do they matter? READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. Sex workers from Sonagachi call SC verdict ‘step towards life of dignity’ READ MORE
2. Drop in Learning Outcomes Across Grades, Subjects, Finds Education Ministry Survey READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The What, How and Why of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework READ MORE
2. Cuba seeks improved bilateral economic ties with India READ MORE
3. UAE, India discuss economic opportunities of energy transition READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Government sets target to achieve 100 MT coal gasification by 2030 READ MORE
2. RBI pitches for structural reforms; flags inflationary pressure READ MORE
3. Snapshot of industry in ‘normal’ year that preceded the Covid pandemic READ MORE
4. Government sets target to achieve 100 MT coal gasification by 2030 READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Green roofs can boost energy efficiency and benefit the environment READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Nurture your sattvic traits to shine brightly READ MORE
2. Ethical AI – a challenge for security applications? READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Write a note on coal gasification and liquefaction. Discuss their significance.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Use of technology in the agriculture sector
• How India will balance between Growth and the Environment

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• It is imperative to understand the main reasons behind Ambedkar’s active interest in economic and labour rights. First, he strongly argued for simultaneously addressing substantive questions of political, social, and economic democracy because they are intertwined with each other in a way that leaving out one will jeopardise the progress made in another. Second, he was as much a believer in economic justice as in social justice.
• Coal gasification is the future. It is considered a cleaner option compared to the burning of coal. Gasification facilitates utilization of the chemical properties of coal.
• India’s hydrogen demand is likely to increase to 11.7 million tonnes by 2030 from 6.7 million tonnes per year as of now. “Refineries and fertiliser plants are the largest consumers of hydrogen now, which is being produced from natural gas. It can be produced through coal in the processes during coal gasification
• The Indian judiciary has increasingly started using technology and the change is reflected in the legal profession in general as well. Some significant developments had taken place before the Covid –19 crisis in 2020, with the digitisation of judicial records and establishing of e-courts. Hence, it is imperative that the use of digital technology be discussed to better utilise its potential, particularly in terms of digitisation of court records, e-filing of cases and their virtual hearing, live streaming of court proceedings.

50-WORD TALK

Like thousands of innocents implicated in specious police cases every year, Aryan Khan has suffered punishment for a crime he didn’t commit. The Narcotics Control Bureau’s decision to drop charges doesn’t excuse its egregious misconduct in pursuing a case unsupported by evidence. Those responsible must be punished, and victims compensated.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Police Reform via New Legislation Should Not Dilute State Role READ MORE
2. Green hydrogen: Fuel of the future? READMORE
3. Over 90 million excluded from PDS entitlement: Report READ MORE
4. Cost of ‘service’ READ MORE
5. Why Sustainable Land Use Is Key To Achieve Our Carbon Neutrality Targets READ MORE

GS 1

1. How SRI method of sowing paddy saves 15-20% water, gives better yield READ MORE
2. Icebergs and fog: These unconventional sources can help beat global water scarcity  READ MORE

3. How India’s power crisis is self-made & why we could face another crunch during the monsoon READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. DTE Investigation: CPCB failed to recover fines from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Reliance, and Adani in the last 30 years READ MORE
2. Police Reform via New Legislation Should Not Dilute State Role READ MORE
3. App-based attendance hits rural jobs scheme workers READMORE
4. Sighting the finishing line in measles-rubella elimination Read More
5. Countries agree to sustainably finance WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. National Assessment Survey lays out post-Covid challenges. Teacher- and student-centred approaches are needed READ MORE
2. Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Persons Has Economic Cost, Says ILO Report READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Security in friendship: On Tokyo Quad summit READ MORE
2. Turmoil in the world, yet India retains its sweet spot READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India’s GDP to take a big hit due to pandemic-linked learning losses for students: ADB study READ MORE
2. Cost of ‘service’ READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Polluting coal power plants may get blanket 20-year extension of compliance deadlines READ MORE
2. Share of non-CO2 pollutants contributing to global warming almost as much as carbon dioxide: Study READ MORE
3. A Sunscreen Ingredient Becomes Toxic in the Sea. Maybe the Anemones Know Why. READ MORE
4. Why Sustainable Land Use Is Key To Achieve Our Carbon Neutrality Targets READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Break the mould of narrow perceptions READ MORE
2. Cause of this universe Read More

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.COVID-19 is an opportunity to bridge the digital gap and reform the education system in India. Discuss

ESSAY TOPIC

• Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Persons And its impact
• Education In Post-Covid Era

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Economies with a significant population of schoolchildren and college-going youth in rural areas and in the poorest and second wealth quintile — have been worst-hit as they lack access to stable Internet connection needed to study online.
• It is important to identify the learning gap and specific learning needs of individuals. Effective learning programs should be devised to offer appropriate support such as tutoring or special classes and help them to bridge the learning gap.
• Governments need to direct adequate funding and resources to young populations most affected by closures, such as those from the poor, rural and socially disadvantaged groups. It is important to keep school-age children in education as much as possible by providing financial support and incentives, while giving additional support for skills training to youth already out of school.
• At a time when the liberal consensus on globalisation has anyway run its course and across the Indo-Pacific, there is, post-pandemic, a strong appetite for deepening regional cooperation for trade and investment. In this context, the Quad is in pole position to shape

50-WORD TALK

NAS 2021 findings of a progressive decline in learning levels of school students confirm our worst fears about what closures during the pandemic did to children. Governments have talked about addressing this. They need to make haste with remedial programmes and also get students who dropped out back to school.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas on maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.