• Rating agency Moody’s recently predicted that India’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by nearly 17% in fiscal 2021. The US-based rating agency further predicted that India’s fiscal deficit forecast will be higher than expected. It believes that…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Amitava Roy panel on prison reforms Mains level: Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Context: • It has been in prison for almost 30…
Mains Paper 3: Security Prelims level: Law of sedition Mains level: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges Context: • A young freelance journalist was arrested and charged with…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: APMC Mains level: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation Context: • India was once a leading economic power whose textile and manufactured…
• It Is a proposal by NITI Aayog to build a new greenfield coastal city at Little Andaman Island, that will be developed as a free trade zone and will compete with likes of Singapore, Hong Kong. • The proposal…
• Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district of United Province, when a large group of protesters participating in Non-Cooperation Movement (NCM) clashed with police who opened fire. • In retaliation, demonstrators…
• The scheme Atmanirbhar Bharat package for setting up manufacturing zones for critical power and renewable energy (RE) equipment with a total outlay of Rs. 1500 cr is proposed. • Zones are divided into three categories — coastal, land-locked and…
