Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Mains level: Steps towards National Rural Employment Guarantee Act reforms Context: • The plight of migrant workers in recent weeks has invaded television screens and stirred nation’s conscience. Alas,…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana Mains level: Highlights of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana Context: • The Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana launched by Chhattisgarh last week aims to supplement the income of…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: REPO rate Mains level: Impact of repo rate cut to reduce financial burden Context: • The RBI has once again stepped in at the right time with measures that will reduce the cost of…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: National Food Security Act Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes Context: • The novel coronavirus is a global threat,…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: APMC Act Mains level: Issues with APMC Act Context: • The announcement of reforms in agricultural marketing by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in May, has been hailed by some as the “1991” moment for…
Mains Paper 1: Geography Prelims level: Cyclone Amphan Mains level: Impact and characteristics of the Cyclone Amphan Context: • The trail of death and devastation that Cyclone Amphan has left in West Bengal and Odisha demonstrates, once again, the fragile…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Line of Actual Control Mains level: Steps towards resolving the border disputes between India and China Context: • With four incidents along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in recent weeks, the India-China…
Mains Paper 2: International Prelims level: UN General Assembly Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests Context: • Several weeks before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s Minister for External Affairs,…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Highlighted the health sector woes Context: • The lockdown, as it was conceived originally, was meant to be, at best, a stopgap arrangement that would help nations tide over the…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Aarogya Setu app Mains level: Highlights the new guidelines for workplaces issued by the Health Ministry Context: • Opening up economic production from a lockdown, even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not peaked…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: APMC reforms Mains level: Process to abolish the monopoly of agricultural produce market committee Context: • Agriculture is a state subject under the Constitution, but the Green Revolution wouldn’t have happened without the political…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Fake news Mains level: Issues and challenges towards solving the fake news problem Context: • The frequency with which journalists have been arrested since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is quite disturbing. •…
