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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 05 MARCH 2018 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 …
. Insights Daily Debates Issues that Matter – 16 ARCHIVES What’s this Initiative? Click Here India should Spend More on Defence even if it Means Spending Less on Health or Education The Times of India With China spending 3 times more than India on defence, why should India spend less? Don’t …
Be Wise. Revise Insights IAS Comprehensive REVISION PLAN for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2018 Long ago, on May 28, 2015 we started integrated self study revision plan for both prelims and mains (around 90 days before UPSC Prelims-2015 – kind of 90 days revision plan). It was a first of its kind …
Insights into Editorial: Planning for electric mobility Context: Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today. Last year, the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, attributed to air pollution an estimated 6.5 million premature deaths globally, with 1.1 million being from India. The World Health Organisation’s urban air …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 05 March 2018 Paper 1: Topic: Role of women and women’s organization. India’s falling sex ratio What is Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB)? The SRB is the number of girls born for every 1,000 boys. What’s the concern now? A recent report from the NITI Aayog said sex ratio at …
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All India Radio News Summary: 04 MARCH 2018 Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, seeking confiscation of assets of absconding fraudsters and loan defaulters slated for tabling. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill seeks confiscation of assets of absconding fraudsters and loan defaulters. It will be high on the government’s agenda. The bill was recently approved the Union …
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[Insights Secure – 2018] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 05 March 2018 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? LIST of TOPICS (Static) General Studies – 1 Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to …
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Topic: Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ; Quality of service delivery, challenges of corruption. 6) A building permitted for three floors, while being extended illegally to 6 floors by a builder, collapses. As a consequence, a number of innocent labourers including women and children died. These labourers are migrants of …
Topic: Environmental pollution; Transport 5) Does replacing existing bus transport, especially the CNG-based ones, with e-buses and encouraging citizens to move towards using e-vehicles address pollution in cities? Critically examine. (250 Words) Livemint Why this question? E-vehicles issue in gaining prominence across the world and also in India. Key demand of the question: Write merits …
Topic: Land reforms in India; Agriculture 4) Examine the significance of the Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act and reasons why it has become an issue nowadays. (250 Words) The Hindu Why this question? This issue is in news thanks SC hearing. This …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 3) What’s the difference between blue economy and blue-water economy with respect to maritime diplomacy? Examine why both blue economy and blue-water economy are important for India. (250 Words) IDSA Why this question? This issue is in news. It’s an …
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 2) BIMSTEC is a desirable alternative to SAARC and an extra feather to India’s Act East Policy. Analyse. (250 Words) IDSA Reference Why this question? There will be a question on regional agreements. With moribund SAARC, Bay of Bengal where Pakistan …
Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. 1) It is said that the Pala period witnessed the last great phase of Buddhism and of the Buddhist art in India. Examine the main features of Pala art and the reasons why it ended suddenly in the …
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 05 March 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 services …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 02 MARCH 2018 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 …
