Nupi Keithel: The Mothers’ Movement of Manipur In Manipur, Nupi Keithel is popularly known as Ima Market. 500-Year-Old Market with over 5000 Traders, all women. An unique symbol of Manipur’s history, Ima Keithel (which translates to ‘mother’s market’) is believed to be the largest all-women market in Asia, and possibly the world. The use of ima (mother) instead of …
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GS Paper 4: Syllabus: Ethics in Public and personal life Context: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) notified guidelines for ‘Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’. The guidelines, brought in with immediate effect, are applicable to all forms of advertisements. According to data released by AdEx India, a division of TAM (Television …
GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Financial Inclusion Context: World Bank’s Global Findex database surveyed how people in 123 economies use formal and informal financial services e.g., cards, ATMs, mobile phones, and the internet. Global specific findings: Account ownership: Globally, in 2021, 76 per cent of adults had an account at a bank or regulated institution …
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GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Effects of liberalisation on the economy (post-1991 changes), changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Context: Recently, EU Parliament agreed upon a new law Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) to regulate cryptocurrencies. Recent issues: Stablecoins came in question after the crash of Terraform Labs’ Luna token. About MiCA: …
GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Important aspects of governance, issues related to the development of the social sector etc Context: Several parties have been pushing for a nationwide ‘caste census’ to enumerate the Socially Economically Backward Classes and OBCs. The caste-based parties argue that although the Mandal Commission estimated the OBC population at 52%, in …
GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Issues related to poverty and hunger, schemes for the vulnerable sections of society etc Context: Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister released the ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA’ 2022 during a conference of State Food Ministers on ‘Food and Nutrition Security of India’. Findings: Odisha is in the first …
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GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Issues related to the development of the social sector, healthcare, education, human resources etc Context: Seven years since the launch of Digital India (2015), Digital India Week is being celebrated for emphasizing the ‘digital-first’ economy. The ‘ ‘Digital India” programme was launched to transform the country into a “digitally empowered …
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GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Context: Twitter initiated legal action against some of the government missives ordering it to take down certain content Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act: Section 69 (A) of the IT Act, 2000 allows the Centre to …
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