1. Emissions Trading READ MORE
2. Union Budget Lacks Focus on Climate Change Adaptation READ MORE

1. Suicide by unemployed: Centre, states not doing enough to curb joblessness READ MORE
2. Poverty report card READ MORE

1. Local job laws that raise constitutional questions: State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation READ MORE  
2. Protecting the right to voice one’s views READ MORE
3. MP Moves to Commissionerate System, but Will It Make Police More Accountable? READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court READ MORE
2. Clothing and the right to religious freedom READ MORE
3. RBI sticks to dovish policy path even as world turns hawkish to tackle inflation READ MORE
4. Water, Africa’s Gold: South Africa seeks to increase water through recycling, reuse READ MORE
5. Govt Bans Import of Foreign Drones to Promote Domestic Manufacturing READ MORE
6. Australia designates koalas as endangered species READ MORE
7. PM to address high-level segment of One Ocean Summit READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Suicide by unemployed: Centre, states not doing enough to curb joblessness READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Local job laws that raise constitutional questions: State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation READ MORE  
2. Protecting the right to voice one’s views READ MORE
3. MP Moves to Commissionerate System, but Will It Make Police More Accountable? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Poverty report card READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Saarc members must find way around roadblocks READ MORE  

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Frozen by uncertainty: RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy READ MORE
2. A growth-focussed monetary policy READ MORE
3. An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture: A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Emissions Trading READ MORE
2. Union Budget Lacks Focus on Climate Change Adaptation READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. It’s Tough to Slow Down READ MORE
2. Over 60 social media accounts blocked for anti-India fake news READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens raises several constitutional questions and go against the idea of India being one nation. Critically analyse.
2. Analyse India’s recently announced semiconductor policy. Do you think that the new policy is the right direction to make self-reliance in chip manufacturing?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation.
• RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy.
• A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers.
• RBI stays the course despite risks to inflation, changing global environment.
• Due to heightened uncertainty, the monetary policy will largely remain data-driven. The RBI will have to keep its eyes peeled for price trends, which have, so far, surprised on the upside in many economies.
• A serious intent to redefine the perceived goal value may offer the secret sauce to those who are in the rat race to slow down.
• Poverty numbers and trends have traditionally been reported on a country-by-country basis. But in the contemporary world, low-income countries have significant corridors of prosperity while middle-income countries can have large pockets of poverty.
• An effort to replicate such bilateral agreements between other member nations of Saarc could potentially result in a paradigm shift in its performance.
• Placing an adequate price on GHG emissions is of fundamental relevance to internalise the external cost of climate change in the broadest possible range of economic decision making and in setting economic incentives for clean development.
• Even decentralisation of powers within this very system through the creation of distinct allocations, for handling crime and law-and-order functions, still has the effect of concentration of powers within the system.
• The announcements on low-carbon development are encouraging but don’t stipulate a strategy for climate-responsive budgeting.

50-WORD TALK

• A job guarantee scheme for urban areas, on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), needs to be worked out. With joblessness increasingly fuelling despair, anger and unrest, as witnessed during the recent protests in Bihar, this burning issue can no longer be put on the back-burner.
• The Supreme Court verdict reinstating a former woman judge who resigned following her alleged sexual harassment shows the judiciary too is not free from the vices of arbitrariness in its administrative decisions. The judgement instils confidence in women to fight back when wronged, but does it call for a seven-year-struggle?

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 also 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. The classroom is important, not the uniform READ MORE
2. Why A Universal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Ethical Today READ MORE

1. Modi government is pursuing ‘ease of business’ at the cost of the environment READ MORE
2. Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse READ MORE

1. Hijab Ban & Indian Concept Of Positive Secularism READ MORE
2. Work sans safety or dignity READ MORE

1. Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often READ MORE
2. Deluge of freebies: Parties vie with each other to woo voters at any cost READ MORE
3. To strengthen federalism, revisit the Constitution READ MORE
4. Cooperative federalism READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Number of beneficiaries enrolled for maternity benefit plan exceeded target: Government READ MORE
2. Scientists set new record in creating energy from nuclear fusion READ MORE
3. ISRO to launch earth observation satellite on February 14 READ MORE
4. RBI Monetary Policy: Repo rate unchanged at 4% for tenth consecutive time READ MORE
5. EU joins chips race with €43-billion bid to rival Asia READ MORE
6. India received USD 339.55 billion FDI in last 5 years READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Hijab Ban & Indian Concept Of Positive Secularism READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often READ MORE
2. Deluge of freebies: Parties vie with each other to woo voters at any cost READ MORE
3. To strengthen federalism, revisit the Constitution READ MORE
4. Cooperative federalism READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Work sans safety or dignity READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Anger in diplomacy: On Indian reaction to MNC Kashmir tweets READ MORE  
2. The significance of S Jaishankar’s Australia visit READ MORE
3. Pak’s security policy is a flawed exercise READ MORE
4. A new headache for Indian foreign policy — Russia-China growing ties on Ukraine and Taiwan READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Post-pandemic Railways at an interesting crossroad READ MORE
2. Opinion: Budget should put money in the hands of poor, not call for capital expenditure READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Modi government is pursuing ‘ease of business’ at the cost of the environment READ MORE
2. Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Digital drive READ MORE
2. Binging on Bhabha, Sarabhai and Bhai READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. INCOIS prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The classroom is important, not the uniform READ MORE
2. Why A Universal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Is Ethical Today READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is determined to be right, and wrong, for a community or society at large’. Analyse.
2. ‘Homogeneity must not be imposed on students in garb of dress code’ educational institutions must remain spaces of diversity and inclusivity’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth.
• The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is determined to be right, and wrong, for a community or society at large.
• With unprecedented levels of unemployment, low output and aggregate demand, the Indian economy is already in the ICU. And the FY 22-23 Budget had nothing to propel growth in the short term.
• The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others emanate.
• A quiet word with the MNCs might have worked better than a public display of diplomatic opposition.
• S Jaishankar’s Australia visit provides opportunity to strengthen both the Quad and bilateral ties with Canberra.
• Homogeneity must not be imposed on students in garb of dress code. Educational institutions must remain spaces of diversity and inclusivity.
• A digital push without these safeguards will make citizens wary of adopting technology even if it promises better governance.
• Under these circumstances, it is reasonable to expect that these bonds will be issued only within the country. The overseas option would not be on until we are at ease with the idea at a policy and ideological level.
• The pandemic presented a unique business opportunity to Indian Railways to concentrate on its two most profitable business segments.
• The problem with political discourse in India, particularly in recent years, is that it never relies on logic or research. It takes the easy way out and brands the opponent as anti-national.
• Consultation and consensus, and not unilateralism, must inform decision making, being the bedrock of our cooperative federalism.
• The environment ministry has introduced a series of changes in the regulations through office orders that pave way for the diversion of forest land.

50-WORD TALK

• Stories of scientists and scientific development need to be told and retold as and when new material becomes available. Such retelling helps us examine the historical characters in a new light. Rocket Boys is not a biopic but a peek into the turning points in the lives of Vikram Sarabhai and his mentor Homi Bhabha. It attempts to bring out the intertwining of India’s most successful scientific programmes.

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 also 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. Why opinion polls need regulation READ MORE
2. Democracy should bridge economic chasm READ MORE

1. Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful: A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered READ MORE  
2. Human to Human Conduct READ MORE

1. The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger READ MORE
2. Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe READ MORE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE
2. Addressing India’s education crisis READ MORE
3. What arguments in marital rape case reveal about the insecurity of patriarchy READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA READ MORE
2. The Governor’s role in approving a Bill READ MORE
3. Meet India’s newest mammal: White Cheeked Macaque READ MORE
4. India to help Sri Lanka launch its version of Aadhaar READ MORE
5. Centre issues new media accreditation guidelines, journalists can lose it over defamation and other clauses READ MORE
6. 50 Cheetahs to be introduced in India in next 5 years: Environment Minister READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. What arguments in marital rape case reveal about the insecurity of patriarchy READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why opinion polls need regulation READ MORE
2. Democracy should bridge economic chasm READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE
2. Addressing India’s education crisis READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained: The China-Russia relationship READ MORE
2. Russia, China closing ranks: Deepening ties complicate India’s foreign policy challenges READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Step up agri-spending, boost farm incomes READ MORE
2. Moving to an era of better regulation READ MORE
3. How to build a new innovation structure READ MORE
4. Reducing edible oil imports READ MORE
5. Opinion: Without lowering unemployment rates, India cannot effectively address inequality READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger READ MORE
2. Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful: A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered READ MORE  
2. Human to Human Conduct READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Rights and duties are conceptually linked to one another. There are no rights without duties.’ Argue.
2. ‘Despite Election Commission’s efforts opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections’. In the light of the statement discuss whether the opinion polls need to be regulated?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The heart of manipulation is to empathise without being touched.
• India’s poor AOI is a stark reminder of the need to attain a key sustainable development goal of higher agri-growth.
• The intensification in government spending towards the agricultural sector is the key to attain the sustainable development goals of higher agricultural growth and farm income.
• These duties are not antagonistic to rights; they are moral, non-justiciable.
• Powerful men have explicitly laid out their view that sex against the wishes of their wives is not a crime, legal or moral, while others are in the mood for a marriage strike against what they perceive as a men’s rights issue.
• Despite EC’s efforts, broad consensus from political parties, opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections.
• Carrying out regulatory impact assessment not only improves the quality of regulation but is also cost effective for the regulated and the ecosystem.
• One of the most moving and defining images of the current times is that of a girl bursting into tears after she returned to the classroom as schools reopened earlier this month in India.
• High rates of unemployment point to an economy whose circulatory system is malfunctioning. Because it is through wages, or in other words wages resulting from employment, that the working population can partake in the value that they help generate in the economy, popularly measured through GDP.
• The violent protests in Bihar and UP are telling us something grave and urgent: the economy is ailing from clogged arteries. And we’ll be wise to take the message seriously, not just for the health of ‘the economy’ but for that of our society.

50-WORD TALK

• Israel’s police, it has been revealed, used Pegasus software to spy on elected politicians, businesspeople and activists — even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son. This shows how easily surveillance capabilities can be abused. Israel has ordered an investigation into what went wrong; the Indian government should stop stonewalling and follow suit.

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 also 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. Be self-aware and empathetic: These qualities are the markers of high emotional intelligence READ MORE
2. Being alive to the present is enlightenment READ MORE
3. Face Critics Gracefully READ MORE

1. Explained: What are Ramsar Sites, and what is the significance of this listing? READ MORE
2. Climate and Us | Budget shows great promise, but needs greater scrutiny READ MORE
3. Reimagining Indian federalism in the climate crisis READ MORE
4. Plastic Pollution Affects 88% of Marine Species: WWF READ MORE

1. In India, the dangers of a homogenous public culture READ MORE
2. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE

1. Upsetting the Centre-state balance READ MORE
2. Elections can’t ignore Constitution’s spirit READ MORE

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Parvatmala-An efficient and safe alternate transport network READ MORE
2. PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY) READ MORE
3. Explained | When will new Vande Bharat trains be launched? READ MORE
4. Better habitat management helps tigers flourish in Sariska READ MORE
5. RPF launches nationwide operation to curb human trafficking READ MORE
6. Earth’s shrinking glaciers contain less ice than scientists thought, study shows READ MORE
7. E-fasting can minimise e-waste READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. In India, the dangers of a homogenous public culture READ MORE
2. The history and legacy of Netaji READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Upsetting the Centre-state balance READ MORE
2. Elections can’t ignore Constitution’s spirit READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India and the Great Power rivalry READ MORE
2. Economic diplomacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. What the economy needed from this year’s budget READ MORE  
2. Is disruption ahead for the gig economy? READ MORE
3. India’s plan to launch a digital rupee needs more thought, less haste READ MORE

 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Explained: What are Ramsar Sites, and what is the significance of this listing? READ MORE
2. Climate and Us | Budget shows great promise, but needs greater scrutiny READ MORE
3. Reimagining Indian federalism in the climate crisis READ MORE
4. Plastic Pollution Affects 88% of Marine Species: WWF READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Be self-aware and empathetic: These qualities are the markers of high emotional intelligence READ MORE
2. Being alive to the present is enlightenment READ MORE
3. Face Critics Gracefully READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. What are the main components of emotional intelligence (EI)? Can they be learned? Discuss.
2. ‘The proposed amendment to the IAS cadre rules portends ill for Sardar Patel’s vision of the All-India Services as a unifying link between the Centre and the states’. Do you agree with this view? Justify your case.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• While high grades and skillsets are definitely important, the importance of someone with a high EI can in no way be overemphasised.
• Expenditure on social welfare, agriculture and rural infrastructure is the best strategy in an economy struggling with low demand and investment.
• Delhi has its own interests to keep in mind. It will struggle to tread the middle ground as Russia-China and US-led blocs consolidate their global coalitions.
• The proposed amendment to the IAS cadre rules portends ill for Sardar Patel’s vision of the All-India Services as a unifying link between the Centre and the states.
• Instead of taking on the larger challenge of delivering sustained growth and enough (and quality) jobs, states bringing such laws are trying to mislead restless, unemployed voters by suggesting that their employment woes are a result of people from other states.
• While the government has shown seriousness in its approach to the climate crisis, but scrutiny in implementation needs serious attention.
• The way in which you handle criticism is an important indicator of your maturity and poise as a human being.
• The Indian voter needs to take responsibility for all his constitutional duties, which include carefully electing representatives to legislatures.
• A digital rupee will be like banknotes, minus the ATMs. Users will be able to transfer purchasing power from their deposit accounts into their smartphone wallets in the form of online tokens.
• Expenditure should have increased to reduce the rural distress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trend prevailing in budgets of subsequent years does not support this expectation.

50-WORD TALK

• Imran Khan’s upcoming trip to Moscow—the first by a Pakistani Prime Minister in over two decades—shows the three-way partnership between China, Russia and Pakistan is deepening. Indian sentimentality about Russia, clearly, isn’t shared in Moscow. The rise of this Asian “Anti-Quad” will be a big challenge.

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 the 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. SCHEME FOR GOOD SAMARITAN READ MORE
2. Uncover the inner strength to overcome problems READ MORE
3. For today’s India, lessons from Gandhi READ MORE

1. Why India values wetland conservation READ MORE
2. Biodiversity Act: Do recent changes consider climate concerns, commitments? READ MORE

1. India needs to check population growth READ MORE
2. India’s compensatory afforestation push is cutting off Adivasi women from forests and livelihoods READ MORE

1. A disjointed response: Regulatory clarity on crypto assets should have accompanied the tax on traders’ profits READ MORE
2. How to step clear of the IAS quagmire READ MORE