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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 26 DECEMBER 2019 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 Current Affairs (30 December 2019) Revision Through MCQs
INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 31 DECEMBER 2019 Table of Contents: GS Paper 2: 1. Sustainable Development Goal Index. GS Paper 3: 1. Telangana Industrial Health Clinic. 2. National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC). 3. Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). 4. Chief of Defence Staff. Facts for Prelims: 1. Central Equipment […]
Topics covered: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. Chief of Defence Staff What to study? For prelims and mains: CDS- need, roles and functions, practice so far and significantly. Context: The outgoing Army chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, has been appointed as the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). As per the notification […]
Topics Covered: Security challenges and their management in border areas. Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) What to study? For Prelims and Mains: AFSPA- features, draconian provisions, misuses and need for review. Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared the entire State of Nagaland as a “disturbed area” for six more months, under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA). […]
Topics covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) What to study? For Prelims: About NCSC, NCSTC. For Mains: Significance of the platform. Context: The latest edition of National Children’s Science […]
Topics Covered: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Telangana Industrial Health Clinic What to study? For Prelims: About TIHCL. For Mains: Functions and significance. Context: The Telangana Industrial Health Clinic Ltd (TIHCL) is ready to extend services beyond the boundaries of Telangana on demand. Implications: Since its […]
Topics Covered: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Sustainable Development Goal Index What to study? For Prelims: About SDGs and key findings of the latest index. For Mains: Concerns present, challenges and ways to address them. Context: NITI Aayog has released the 2019 SDG India Index. […]
QUIZ – 2019: Insights Static Quiz, 31 December 2019 – History
RSTV: IN DEPTH- NPAs DECLINE Introduction: In some good news for the Indian financial sector, non-performing assets reported by banks are showing a decline after rising constantly for seven years. An RBI report on the trend and progress of the banking sector shows that gross non-performing loans of banks improved to 9.1 per cent […]
QUIZ – 2019: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 31 December 2019 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 preliminary exam 2018. It is not […]
[Insights Secure – 2020] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 31 December 2019 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2020: YEARLONG TIMETABLE General Studies – 1 Topic: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental […]
3. The slowdown in combating HIV calls for a renewal of political commitment, finances and engagement. Discuss.(250 words) The Hindu Why this question: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), adopted by member countries of the United Nations in 2015, set a target of ending the epidemics of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 2030. Key demand of […]
Topic: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. 2. Inclusive growth is expected to reduce poverty faster in the sense that it has to have a higher elasticity of poverty reduction. Do you agree? Analyse. (250 words) Indian economy by Dutta and Sundaram. Why this question: The question is based on the Inclusive growth and […]
Topic: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. 1. “It is important not only to know how to counter the economic stagnation but also how not to counter it”. Deliberate upon the statement in the context of rapidly increasing fiscal deficit of Centre and states in the country.(250 words) The Hindu Why this question: The […]
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3. The recent post-poll developments in Maharashtra and the hastily passed CAA have been in conflict with constitutional values. Elucidate.(250 words) The Hindu Why this question: On the occasion of Constitution Day, at a joint sitting […]
Topic: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. 2. Do you think that states’ operational freedom to perform within their specified jurisdictions is highly truncated in the country? Examine in the backdrop of cooperative and competitive federalism that India subscribes to.(250 words) Financial […]
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment 1. Atal Bhujal Yojana has been launched amid growing concerns over the country’s groundwater resources. Explain the scheme and how will it help solve the current water crisis […]
Topic: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. To drive gender balance for economic progress, it is important that our ‘engines of growth’; our cities, become safer, more secure and comfortable for women. Explain. (250 words) Indian Express Why this question: Thousands […]
Insights Current Affairs (28December 2019) Revision Through MCQs