SECURE SYNOPSIS: 24 OCTOBER 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 21 OCTOBER 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 19 OCTOBER 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 18 OCTOBER 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 16 OCTOBER 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 30 January 2018 Paper 2: Topic: pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. “Res extra commercium” Context: To curb the $11 billion tobacco industry’s legal right to trade, the government, for the first time, has asked the top court to classify tobacco as …
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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 30 JANUARY 2018 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 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 …
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All India Radio News Summary : 29 JANUARY 2018 Territorial integrity of Assam and other northeastern states will not be compromised when the final Naga peace accord is inked Union Home Minister has assured Assam Chief Minister that the territorial integrity of Assam and other north-eastern states will not be compromised when the final Naga peace …
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[Insights Secure – 2018] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 30 January 2018 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1 Topic: Social empowerment; Population issues; Women 1) The Economic Survey presents the first ever estimate of the number of ‘unwanted’ girls in India at 21 million. Who are these ‘unwanted’ girls? …
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Topic: Values; Political attitude; Thinker and moral philosophers 8) What the comparative analysis of the Gandhian thought reveals to us is that unlike many contemporary liberal political thinkers, who put rights before duties, empathy and cross-cultural understanding are the ‘hallmarks of the Gandhian view of everyday politics. Discuss. (150 Words) The Hindu Reference
Topic: Conservation 7) Discuss the merits and demerits of the compensatory afforestation programme. (250 Words) The Wire
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 6) The new Economic Survey provides compelling evidence of how the Indian economy is becoming more formalised. Discuss the causes and significance of formalisation of the Indian economy. (250 Words) Livemint
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 5) What are the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Wassenaar Arrangement and Australia Group? How do these elite regimes control the export of weapons and transfer of weapons technologies? Why does membership in them matter to India? Examine. (250 Words) The …
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 4) India can be a ‘consensus builder’ in its neighbourhood before moving ahead with its role as ‘net security provider’. Comment. (250 Words) The Hindu The Indian Express
Topic: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. 3) Unless legislatures are truly strengthened and the disproportionate power of the executive in the legislature curtailed, the issue of ‘office of profit’ can not be fully addressed. Comment. (250 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education 2) Today there is much more data and evidence about the contours of the learning crisis in India than ever before. In the light of this data, time is ripe for India to move beyond universal schooling and focus on improving the quality of …
Topic: Social empowerment; Population issues; Women 1) The Economic Survey presents the first ever estimate of the number of ‘unwanted’ girls in India at 21 million. Who are these ‘unwanted’ girls? Discuss the significance of this estimation. (250 Words) The Indian Express
Insights into Editorial: Red alert on the green index Context: Reports on India are improved ranking in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Index (from 130 to 100) has been cause for much celebration. As a follow-up to this, the government announced additional reform measures to further improve the ranking. However, coinciding with …
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Insights into Editorial: A vote for state funding Context: Indian elections are the world’s biggest exercise in democracy but also among the most expensive. India’s campaign spend is only matched by the American presidential race, the world’s most expensive election. Unreported cash continues to make its way into the reserves of political parties and …
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