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Insights MINDMAPS on Current Issues, 04 March 2016 Archives Union Budget – 2016: Agriculture (High Resolution) Textile Industry in India (High Resolution)
Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 62 05 March 2016 Archives The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2016. It is not a test […]
Insights into Editorial: Fiddling while Rome is built 05 March 2016 Article Link Budget 2017 contained the announcement that use of the biometric identity card, Aadhar, will be provided statutory backing. Following this announcement, the government also introduced the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill as a money bill […]
Insights Daily Current Events, 05 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: resource mobilization. Governemnt announces third round of Gold Bond Scheme After two rounds of issuance in November 2015 and January this year, the government is preparing to launch the third tranche of the gold bond scheme. Background: The government had raised around […]
[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 05 March 2016 Archives – Secure 2016 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic:Urbanization – problems and remedies 1) It is found that aside from poor quality public transport systems, inadequate city planning and a flawed design framework have further compounded […]
Topic: Laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance;; 9) “The best safeguard against fascism is to establish social justice to the maximum extent possible.” Critically comment. (150 Words) General
Topic: Awareness in biotechnology; Agriculture in India 8) It is argued that Biotechnologies can improve yields, nutrition quality and provide security to farmers. Illustrate with examples. (200 Words) Down to Earth
Topic: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; 7) Recently, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) – India project was approved by the union Cabinet. Briefly discuss about the significance of the project and its likely impact on India. (200 Words) Frontline
Topic: Government budgeting; Infrastructure – transport; Environmental pollution 6) In India personal transport has now reached saturation limit in the cities, resulting in gridlock, rising air pollution, lost productivity and ill-health. To address this problem, encouraging public transport has become vital aspect of policy making. In this regard, critically comment how the recent budget strives to improve […]
Topic: Issues relating to poverty and hunger; Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections 5) The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) annual report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2015 explores the potential of social protection programmes in developing countries to tackle hunger and poverty. What […]
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections 4) The latest Budget has made a pensioned society one of the nine new pillars for growth. Critically evaluate how recent budgets have tried to provide social security to senior citizens. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues 3) During the early years of national movement, both Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhiji were charged under the Section 124A of IPC for committing sedition. What was their crime? How did they react? Do you think […]
Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. 2) Discuss the features of ancient Indian universities vis a vis their autonomy and education culture, and compare them with features of modern state funded universities in India. (200 Words) Frontline
Topic:Urbanization – problems and remedies 1) It is found that aside from poor quality public transport systems, inadequate city planning and a flawed design framework have further compounded Delhi’s congestion problem. Around the world there are examples of successful models to address these issues. Examine these models which can be applied to Indian cities, especially to […]
SYNOPSIS: Insights Secure Q&A March 04, 2016 Archives This is an experimental feature. As feedback from our side on your answers is missing, we thought of providing detailed synopsis of important Secure questions on daily basis so that you could revise our synopsis and compare it with your answers. We intend to post synopsis of […]