AIR spotlight summary on “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan”.

    AIR spotlight summary on “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan”. Introduction The union cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural household digitally literate. According to Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) survey, if mobile penetration increases by 10% then the GDP would …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 14 February 2017

  Insights Daily Current Affairs, 14 February 2017   Paper 2 Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   New IMF Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC)   New IMF Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) was recently inaugurated in Delhi for Economic Capacity Building in South Asia. Less than a year …

UPDATE: Breakup – Additional Syllabus (Economic Survey and India-2017)– Test 19-23

Breakup – Additional Syllabus – Test 19-23   Test Number Economic Survey India Year Book 2017 Test 19 Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Chapter 1 (Land and People) to Chapter 10 (Education) Test 20 Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 Chapter 11 (Energy) to Chapter 20 (Law and Justice) Test 21 Chapters 8, 9 and …

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 14 February 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 14 February 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic: Political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society. 1) What do you understand by liberal capitalism? Do we need liberal capitalism today? Justify. …

8) In India the eminent socialist thinker Rammanohar Lohia, identified five kinds of inequalities that need to be fought against simultaneously. What are these inequalities? Are these still relevant today? How Lohia wanted to fight these inequalities? Examine.

Topic: Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world, 8) In India the eminent socialist thinker Rammanohar Lohia, identified five kinds of inequalities that need to be fought against simultaneously. What are these inequalities? Are these still relevant today? How Lohia wanted to fight these inequalities? Examine. (200 Words) Class XI NCERT Political …

6) What do you understand by Harm Principle? Discuss relevance of this Principle in contemporary India. Also examine John Stuart Mill’s opinion on Harm Principle

Topic: Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world, 6) What do you understand by Harm Principle? Discuss relevance of this Principle in contemporary India. Also examine John Stuart Mill’s opinion on Harm Principle. (200 Words) Class XI NCERT Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter – 2

5) It is argued that India must strengthen its intellectual property rights infrastructure without giving in to US pressure to do away with the flexibility granted by WTO regulations. Examine in what context this argument is made and why it’s made.

Topic: Issues relating to intellectual property rights. 5) It is argued that India must strengthen its intellectual property rights infrastructure without giving in to US pressure to do away with the flexibility granted by WTO regulations. Examine in what context this argument is made and why it’s made. (200 Words) Livemint

3) Neither sanctions nor warnings issued by other powers have had any impact on North Korea’s bellicose behaviour which again recently launched a medium-range ballistic missile. In your opinion, how should the US, the UN and other powers respond and restrain North Korea? Critically comment.

Topic:Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 3) Neither sanctions nor warnings issued by other powers have had any impact on North Korea’s bellicose behaviour which again recently launched a medium-range ballistic missile. In your opinion, how should the US, the UN and other powers respond and restrain North Korea? Critically comment. (200 Words) …