GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation and pollution related issues. Context: The smog towers are being installed in Delhi on the lines of China, which has experimented with this technology in its capital Beijing and other cities. The Delhi government will study the impact of smog towers on pollution and could add more such structures …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Infrastructure related issues. Context: The Centre launched the National Monetisation pipeline (NMP) in an effort to list out the government’s infrastructure assets to be sold over the next four-years. Key features: The four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) will unlock value in brownfield projects by engaging the private sector, transferring …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Finance minister has launched Rs 250 crore worth Alternative Investment Fund for export-oriented micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Objective of the fund: To Identify Indian enterprises with potential advantages …
GS Paper 1 Topics Covered: The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. Context: A three-member committee was appointed by the Indian Council of Historic Research (ICHR) to review the entries in the fifth volume of the ‘Dictionary of Martyrs: India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)’. The committee …
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GS Paper 1 Topics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. Context: Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti.(167th birth anniversary of Sree Narayan Guru) Who was he? Sree Narayana Guru was a catalyst and leader who reformed the oppressive caste system that prevailed in society …
