Mains Paper 4: Ethics Prelims level: Companies Act 2013 Mains level: Role of independent directors as per companies act 2013 Context: • In the aftermath of several corporate frauds and mis-governance witnessed world over, various authorities introduced provisions giving statutory…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Extrajudicial killing Mains level: Impact of Extrajudicial killing in the system of governance Context: • The Uttar Pradesh Police’s account of the killing of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday, even if taken at…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Committee for the Reform of Criminal Laws Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Home Ministry has formed a ‘Committee for the Reform of Criminal Laws’. • An apparent short…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The government needs to borrow and spend more now in order…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Supreme Court judgment on criminalisation in politics Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • A February 2020 Supreme Court judgment on criminalisation in politics may have far-reaching consequences for Indian…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: 59 Chinese apps ban Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • The government’s decision to block 59 Chinese apps has once again spotlighted the vulnerability of Internet freedom at a…
Mains Paper 2: International Prelims level: WHO Mains level: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate Context: • On July 6, when the number of novel coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. reached over 2.8 million and…
Mains Paper 2: Social Justice Prelims level: MGNREGS Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes Context: • The finding that 8.4 lakh poor households have completed…
Mains Paper 2: Social Justice Prelims level: NFSA Mains level: Issues relating to poverty and hunger Context: • The contagion spreads rapidly and all those affected by the epidemic are quarantined in an asylum. • Lack of equitable delivery of…
Mains Paper 3: Environment Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Context: • Few countries are witnessing such severe direct and indirect devastation on account of the COVID-19 pandemic as India. • Yet,…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • The dust is slowly settling on the controversy surrounding the alleged torture of a father-son duo in police custody…
Mains Paper 2: Social Justice Prelims level: Periodic Labour Force Survey Mains level: Issues relating to poverty and hunger Context: • As the “unlocking” begins, it is becoming increasingly apparent how the Indian state had chosen its sides and revealed…
