Day: December 15, 2018

Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.   Socially Oriented Insurance Schemes   The socially oriented insurance schemes are currently being operated or partially sponsored by the Central …

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Topics Covered: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.   India Post ventures into new arena of e-market place.   The Ministry of State for …

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Topics Covered: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.   ECO Niwas Samhita 2018   Ministry of Power has launched the ECO Niwas Samhita 2018, an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC-R). The code was launched on National Energy Conservation Day 2018.   Aim of …

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Topics Covered: Awareness in space.   GSAT-7A   What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Features, objectives, scientific goals and significance of the mission.   Context: ISRO is gearing up for the launch of its latest communication satellite, GSAT-7A aboard Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11) on December 19, 2018 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at …

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Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Issues related to farm subsidies.   Farm loan waiver   What to study? For Prelims: Which states announced farm loan waivers in last one year. For Mains: Advantages and Disadvantages of farm loan waivers, the …

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Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.   Oxytocin   What to study? For Prelims: Oxytocin- uses, features and significance. For Mains: Why Centre had banned its …

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Topics Covered: Women related issues. 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.   Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018   What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features and significance …

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Topics Covered: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.   National Medical Devices Promotion Council   What to study? For Prelims: About NMDPC- Composition, objectives and functions. For Mains: Significance and the need for the council.   Context: The government is …

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Topic – Part of static series under the heading – “citizen charter” 8) Though Citizen’s charters have been formulated by many public service delivery organizations, there is no corresponding improvement in the level of citizens’ satisfaction and quality of services being provided. Analyse.(250 words)   Key demand of the question The question expects us to …

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Topic– Part of  the series of Ethics Case Studies 7) An international soft drink company has a signature soft drink that it sells all over the world. In India, the version of the soft drink complies with Indian food and health regulations, but is less healthy than the drink sold in the European market where …

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Topic-Indian economy : Issues 6) Discuss why have conditions for workers in most parts of the world not improved commensurately given the global output recovery of recent years?(250 words) Livemint Why this question The article discusses the fact that despite global growth seeing an upturn in recent years, wage growth for workers has not increased …

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Topic: Indian economy – issues 5) “The progress made in Ease of Doing Business (EODB) rankings is real, but it’s time for another exercise that takes a ground-up look at our current regulatory frameworks.” Analyze in the context of regulatory architecture for MSMEs?(250 words) Livemint Why this question The article highlights the problem of regulatory …

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Topic– Part of static series under the heading – “Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability” 4) In recent years, a lot of effort has been put into technological initiatives like digitalization. Analyze how it can help in improving transparency and governance with examples?(250 words)  Key demand of the question The question expects us to …

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