GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Context: Jayant Varma, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), who has been opposing the RBI’s accommodative policy stance, has said the “stance carries with it the risk …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Context: The Competition Commission of India has dismissed allegations of predatory pricing against e-commerce platform Shopee. What were the allegations of violation of competition norms against Shopee? Shopee sells various products …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International Institutions. Context: They are demilitarized zones, in a specific area and for a specific time — and both sides of an armed conflict agree to them. The United Nations considers humanitarian corridors to be one of several possible forms of a temporary pause of armed conflict. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Haryana govt’s anti-conversion Bill: Context: Dr. Raghuvir Singh Kadian, a six-time MLA, was suspended in Haryana Assembly after he tore a copy of the Bill on the floor of the House. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. What is ‘general consent’ for the CBI, now withdrawn by Meghalaya? Context: Meghalaya has withdrawn consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state to have taken this step. Eight other states which had withdrawn consent to the …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International Institutions. Context: The latest edition of Democracy Report was released recently by the V-Dem Institute at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg. The study was titled ‘Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature?’ About the report: The report classifies countries into four regime types based on their score in …
