QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 27 April 2017

QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz –  27 April  2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 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 …

Insights into Editorial: Indian heritage’s economic potential

    Insights into Editorial: Indian heritage’s economic potential     Summary: Built heritage is a significant public good and is recognized as such in the Constitution’s Seventh Schedule. It nurtures our collective memories of places and is a significant constituent in the identity of cities. It has invaluable potential to contribute to our knowledge …

Fab50 – Fifty books on Contemporary India – Compiled by Umesh N.S.K. (IAS)

  Fab50 – Fifty books on Contemporary India Compiled by Umesh N S K (IAS) Dear reader, Since you  have reached till the first line, I assume that you are a “serious” civil services aspirant. In these times of information overload , every aspirant reads the same editorials in the same newspapers, practises the same …

The Big Picture – Niti Aayog’s vision for New India: Will it transform the economy?

  The Big Picture – Niti Aayog’s vision for New India: Will it transform the economy?     The third meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held in the National Capital recently. With an aim to transform India, the NITI Aayog has envisioned an ambitious agenda for the country to be achieved …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 27 April 2017

  Insights Daily Current Affairs, 27 April 2017   Paper 2 Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Over Rs.one lakh cr investment approved for housing of urban poor   Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 1,00,537 more houses …

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 27 April 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 27 April 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic: Art and culture; Resources 1) How can India’s cultural heritage be leveraged for economic gain? Discuss the various ways and their merits. (200 Words) Livemint Topic:  Urbanization – problems and …

3) What does the Indian constitution and amendments made to it talk about backward commissions? Also examine criticisms made against proposed new backward commission.

Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 3) What does the Indian constitution and amendments made to it talk about backward commissions? Also examine criticisms made against proposed new backward commission. (200 Words) The Hindu