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AIR spotlight: Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) Introduction Prime minister laid the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The state where medical care is very poor. AIIMS will provide tertiary care for the people. Gorakhpur is a significant area, but always […]
SYNOPSIS: Insights Secure Q&A August 09, 2016 Archives As we are not giving feedback on your answers, we thought of providing detailed synopsis of important Secure questions on daily basis so that you could revise them and compare with your answers. You must write answers on your own and compare them with these synopses. If you depend […]
[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 27 August 2016 Archives – Secure 2016 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: World geography; 1) “Pollution can cause fundamental changes in cloud behaviour and precipitation patterns.” Examine these changes and their effects. (200 Words) Down to Earth General Studies […]
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 27 August 2016 Paper 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Indians spend 8 times more on private hospitals than on govt. ones The National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates data for the financial year 2013-14 […]
Insights into Issues: Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act Constitutional Provisions Relating to Child Labour: Article 24 prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in hazardous industries. Allows their employment in non hazardous industries . Subsequently , government passed Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 which […]
QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz August 27, 2016 Archives Clarifications: August 23rd, 2016 (Click Here): Question 4 on Khel Ratna Award and Rio Olympics – The question is basically asking for who the medal winners at the Olympics were. Answer will remain the same, option ‘c’ that is. August 25th, 2016 […]
QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz August 26, 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 […]
[Insights Secure – 2016] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 27 August 2016 Archives – Secure 2016 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: World geography; 1) “Pollution can cause fundamental changes in cloud behaviour and precipitation patterns.” Examine these changes and their effects. (200 Words) Down to Earth General Studies […]
Topic: Ethics in human actions 7) What are the ethical issues involved in banning commercial surrogacy? Examine. (150 Words) The Hindu The Indian Express
Topic: Challenges of corruption 6) Discuss why the Section 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in its present form is important to ensure probity in civil services. Do you think there is a need to amend this section to help bureaucrats to function fearlessly? Comment. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Infrastructure; Energy 5) How does electrification transform hitherto un-electrified villages? What are the challenges that government is facing in providing electricity to thousands of villages which are yet to see electricity? Discuss critically. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 4) In your opinion, why did China block India’s NSG membership bid? Critically comment. (200 Words) IDSA
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 3) Critically evaluate the implementation of maternity entitlements scheme under the National Food Security Act, 2013 via a conditional cash transfer and suggest if any amendments to the act are necessary to ensure that the most vulnerable women get necessary […]
Topic: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein 2) “The structure of the recently approved Goods and Services Tax Council, far from promoting cooperative federalism, also seems to create the institutional basis for further […]
Topic: World geography; 1) “Pollution can cause fundamental changes in cloud behaviour and precipitation patterns.” Examine these changes and their effects. (200 Words) Down to Earth