GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Inclusive growth and issues arising out of it. Context: The Reserve Bank of India has launched a new Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments solution for feature phone users dubbed ‘UPI123Pay’. What is UPI123Pay? UPI ‘123PAY’ is a three-step method to initiate and execute services for users which will …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effects of policies of developed nations. Context: Over 1.5 million people fled Ukraine in the first 10 days of fighting, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has described the displacement as the “fastest growing refugee crisis since the Second World War”. Responding to the crisis, …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Government Policies. Context: The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Second Schedule of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for specifying the rate of royalty in respect of Glauconite, Potash, Emerald, Platinum Group of Metals (PGM), Andalusite, Sillimanite and Molybdenum. Significance: The …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important organizations and statutory bodies. Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC). The NLMC will be a wholly owned Government of India company with an initial authorized share capital of Rs 5000 crore and paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore. NLMC …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and associated issues. Context: The Philippines has raised its age of sexual consent from 12 years to 16 years. The law is gender-neutral and applies to both male and female children and offenders. Until now, it had one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, …
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GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Important Geophysical phenomenon. Context: In the name of development, Kashmir’s highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called ‘karewas’ are being destroyed. Despite its agricultural and archaeological importance, karewas are now being excavated to be used in construction. What are Karewas? In the Kashmiri dialect, the term Karewa …
