Insights Daily Debates: Day – 188 22 April 2016 Archives Today’s Topic “In the Light of Reports of RCEP Ultimatum to India, Should India Leave the Talks?” NOTE: Unlike past we will not be giving you topic in question format. We observed that it turned out to be another Q & A session. We will …
Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 95 22 April 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 …
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Insights into Editorial: FDI in e-commerce: Who are we protecting? 22 April 2016 Article Link Every time there is talk of fully opening up the retail sector in India to foreign companies, concerns are raised about how this will hurt the family-owned, mom-and-pop stores and the brick-and-mortar retailers. The argument most often heard is that …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 22 April 2016 Paper 2 Topic: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. President’s Rule set aside by the HCHC The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed the order of the Central government that had put the State under President’s Rule on March 27. What the court said? …
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[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 22 April 2016 Archives – Secure 2016 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Population and associated issues; Urbanization – problems and remedies; 1) Recent violent protests in Bangalore over a Provident Fund rule is said to be a warning that growing disparities …
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Topic: Work culture 7) According to the World Happiness Report which ranked 156 countries, India was at the 118th spot – one below last year’s ranking. How can government ensure that public servants stay happy in their workplace? If you are posted as District Collector, what measures will you take to ensure workers are happy? (200 …
Topic: Resource mobilization; 6) What are the objectives of Priority Sector Lending (PSL)? Recently, RBI permitted the issue and trading of PSL certificates. Discuss the significance of this initiative for PSL. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices 5) Should government introduce Direct benefit transfer (DBT) in the Minimum Support Prices operations? Discuss. (200 Words) The Indian Express The Indian Express
Topic: Economic growth & development 4) Recently, the Union government released an action plan to transform India. Analyse the objectives and the means it strives to adopt to transform India. (200 Words) Business Standard
Topic:Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3) Countries that have had the most success in reducing the number of road crash deaths have achieved this by improving legislation, enforcement, and making roads and vehicles safer. Critically examine why has India failed in this …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 2) Is Delhi government’s decision to stop surge pricing by app-based taxi companies a good decision? Justify. (200 Words) The Hindu Business Standard
Topic: Population and associated issues; Urbanization – problems and remedies; 1) Recent violent protests in Bangalore over a Provident Fund rule is said to be a warning that growing disparities must be addressed urgently in major industrial centres. Do you agree? Critically comment. (200 Words) The Hindu
