GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clarified that there is no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with sedition. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions. Context: The UN General Assembly has conferred Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA), a historic decision which India said would help provide for a well-defined cooperation between the Alliance and the United Nations that would benefit global energy growth and development. Significance of …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: India and neighbourhood relations. Context: Since the second week of November, there have been continuous protests in Gwadar, Balochistan against mega development plans of the port city as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). What’s the issue? Locals have sought to draw attention to marginalisation of the …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: The government has listed the following steps, taken during the lockdown, for supplementary child nutrition: To ensure continuous nutritional support to beneficiaries, anganwadi workers and helpers distributed supplementary nutrition at the doorstep of beneficiaries once in 15 days during COVID-19 as all anganwadi centres …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Context: Various civil society groups in Ladakh have been demanding inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The demand for Sixth Schedule started after they felt that the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Issues related to women. Context: The Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women has noted in its report that the Government spent 80% of the funds under the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme on media campaigns. What needs to be done now? Over the last six years, through …
