Cycle IAS Affectionately known as ‘Cycle IAS’ Sandeep GR, the current collector of Chhatarpur is transforming districts of Madhya Pradesh with his pro-people initiatives. The idea is to look at what the citizens go through in terms of the services that are provided for that he prefers riding a bicycle everywhere. Sustainable solutions/ Pro-people Initiatives: …
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GS Paper-3 Syllabus: Indian Economy Context: RBI easing norms may arrest outflows from NRE accounts Steps taken in Recent times to arrest the rupee slide against dollars India has eased rules for foreign investors to invest in Indian debt instruments Temporarily removed CRR, SLR and Interest rate cap on the interest rate on …
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GS Paper-2 Syllabus: Issues relating to poverty and hunger Context: FAO, International Fund for Agriculture Development, UNICEF, UN world food Programme and WHO have jointly released SOFI 2022. What does the report say? On Global Level: Global hunger has increased: The world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger (SDG …
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GS Paper-2 Syllabus: Government policies and interventions aimed at development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Development, Monitoring and evaluation office (DMEO) (an attached office of Niti Aayog) has pitched in for the Gender Budgeting Act to the mainstream of gender-based budgeting across all ministries. According to …
GS Paper-2 Syllabus: laws to protect vulnerable sections of society, issues related to minorities, POCSO Act etc. Context: The Delhi High Court has rejected the assertion that a minor Muslim girl who has attained the age of puberty would fall out of the ambit of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. …
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GS Paper-2 Syllabus: India and its neighbours, bilateral, regional and global grouping etc Context: External Affairs Minister and Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor held talks on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali. The two sides discussed resolving the border standoff that began in April 2020. India and China crossed …
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GS Paper-1 Syllabus: Geography: Atmosphere Context: Scientists revealed a large, all-season ozone hole in the lower stratosphere over the tropics comparable in-depth to that of the Antarctic hole, but roughly seven times greater in area It is an all-season ozone hole — defined as an area of ozone loss larger than 25% compared with the undisturbed …
