Dear students,

We understand that the UPSC exam is a generalist exam. It’s more important to cover more issues than to cover one issue in more depth. Hence, through Samachar Manthan, we are trying to maintain a fine balance of covering many important news items and having a detailed discussion on selected topics which require the same. On daily basis a news gets repeated multiple times. Scattered knowledge is not adequately useful when you have to write a 200 words answer within 6-7 minutes. To handle this, Samachar manthan covers such issues in a comprehensive and consolidated manner which is the smart strategy.

Benefits of Samachar Manthan

• Packed 3 – 3.5 hours Weekly videos will focus on news and its importance from both prelims and mains perspective.
• This program will also help you understand how to utilize current affairs in all your prelims and mains papers.
• This ideology makes this course the best utilization of your time.
• Detailed coverage would mean analysis from all the angles like background or history, features, significance, challenges and way forward. Also, multiple sources like epw, diplomat magazine etc will be referred to in the video lectures.
• Such an approach will help in writing multidimensional answers.
• Also which part of the topic is important from mains and prelims perspective will also be discussed.
• Audio Visual Learning is more impactful than simply glancing through the material. So that you are able to retain information for long also interlink with any new information you get.
• 4 stage structure of Video->Notes->testing->review to perfect your preparation
• The sequence of video->Notes->testing->review is the best way to ensure maximum retention and a rock solid preparation. Each component of the program has been meticulously crafted.

For example this week, we will be covering the following issues;

Economics
Utkarsh 2022
[op-ed snap] Diluting the code
Basel Norms
[op-ed snap] Caution on spectrum
[pib] Indian Nuclear Insurance Pool
Merchant Discount Rate

Enviro & Biodiversity
Zero based natural farming
Explained: Where to plant a trillion trees to save planet Earth?
Plan Bee
[op-ed snap] Turning down the heat
Desert Locusts incursion in India
Bengal port records country’s highest sea level rise in 50 years
[op-ed snap] picking out plastic

Governance 
Coffee Table Book for partnership between India and the UN World Food Programme
Generic Drugs
Feminization of Agriculture
Automated facial recognition: what NCRB proposes, what are the concerns
[op-ed snap] One more quota
Witness Protection Scheme
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Death Penalty provisions for Sexual offences against Children
Single Tribunal for hear water disputes
Explained: How PIB accreditation helps journalists
[op-ed of the day] The Malaise of malnutrition
[op-ed of the day] A demographic window of opportunity
Study in India’ programme
Model Tenancy Act
Lifting 271 mn out of poverty in 10 yrs, India fastest, Jharkhand No. 1 area: UN
[op-ed of the day] A welcome debate on electoral reforms
LaQshya Initiative
Private member’s Bill calls for two-child norm
[op-ed snap] Law and beyond

International Relations 
[op-ed of the day] A shot at economic logic
[op-ed of the day] Game of chicken that can end in disaster

Polity 
Human Rights Courts in India
Explained: Anti-Defection Law

Science Tech 
Black Gold 50

Internal security
Automated facial recognition: what NCRB proposes, what are the concerns

And these issues will be covered in detail

• Human Rights Courts in India
•  Anti-Defection Law
• Feminization of Agriculture
• Merchant Discount Rate
• Electoral reforms

So to be thorough in your preparation and to have an integrated approach, join Samachar Manthan here.