GS Paper 3 Topics covered: Indian economy- issues related to growth and planning Context: Output from India’s eight core sectors grew by 9.4% in July. More on this news: Crude oil was the sole sector to register a decline, with output shrinking 3.2% Cement production expanded the fastest in July, surging 21.8%, while fertilizers’ …
GS Paper 3 Topics covered: Indian economy- issues related to growth and planning Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to enable international settlement of transactions in government securities (G-secs) through International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) More on the news This proposal would expand the investor base for the G-secs market Once …
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GS Paper 3 Topics covered: Indian economy- issues related to growth and planning Context: An integrated apparel park and a future mobility park was announced to be setup in Tamil Nadu recently More on the news: Both the initiatives would boost economic development in the state The future mobility park, first of its kind …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation; Context: Sand and dust storms impact over 500 million in India, according to Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) report Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific. APDIM is a regional institution of the United …
GS Paper 3 Context: NITI Ayog recommendations to achieve monetisation goal. NITI Ayog recommendations: to improve retail participation To make the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) a success, the government should give Income tax breaks to attract retail investors into instruments like Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). Though this will entail a cost in the form …
GS Paper 2 Topics covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: The first shipments on a newly-launched railway line from the Myanmar border to the key commercial hub of Chengdu in western China was made recently More on the news: This project provides China …
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GS Paper 2 Topics covered: Regional and multilateral institutions Context: Uncertainty over the present administration in Afghanistan brought about by the Taliban takeover of power has given rise to the membership of the country in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) More on the news SAARC is scheduled to meet in the …
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GS Paper 2 Topics covered: International relations Context: Official meeting between representatives of India and Taliban leaders in Qatar recently More on the news Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met with the head of the Taliban’s political office, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai This is the first public engagement between India and the regime …
GS Paper 2 Topics covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Denial of benefits emanating from Aadhar to people who were eventually included in the draft NRC list after being initially excluded from the draft list published in 2018 More on …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Context: Swearing-in of the nine new judges of Supreme Court Nine new Supreme Court judges were administered their oaths of office by Chief Justice NV Ramana. It is for the first time in the history of …
