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Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Interference an investigating officer can do without
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Judicial interference in investigation
Addressing claims of backwardness by various politically powerful castes
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Social backwardness
Mains level: Paper 2- Claim of backwardness and challenges
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan
Explained: India’s Afghan investment
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Read the attached story
Mains level: India-Afghan relations
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
Sedition Law and its discontents
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Freedom of Speech
Mains level: Sedition law and Free speech
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
What is Adjournment Motion?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Adjournment motion
Mains level: Devices of parliamentary control
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Why the Amazon forests are no longer acting as a carbon sink
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Amazon forests
Mains level: Climate Change
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
What are Doppler Radars?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Doppler Radar
Mains level: Not Much
Issues with coercive Population Policy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Right to reproductive freedom
Mains level: Paper 2- Coercive policy measures to control population
e-Commerce: The New Boom
The proposed e-commerce rules shield vested interests
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Inventory model vs marketplace model
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with regulation of e-commerce
Amnesty Scheme for violators of Environment Norms
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: EIA
Mains level: Loopholes in EIA
Civil Services Reforms
Dismissal of govt employees: What the Constitution says
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 311
Mains level: Civil services reforms
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
[pib] Commission for Sub-categorization within OBCs gets another extension
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 340
Mains level: Subcategorization within OBCs
Judicial Pendency
[pib] Scheme for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gram Nyayalayas Scheme
Mains level: Not Much
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Growth matters but income levels matter more
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Purchasing Managers' Index
Mains level: Paper 3- Need for focus on supply side
The upcoming challenges to Indian federalism
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Federal structure
Mains level: Paper 2- Challenges to India's federalism
Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments
SEBI needs to adopt dual approval system for independent directors
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Independent director
Mains level: Paper 3- Dual approval system for independent directors
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Re-wilding of wild animals and the challenges involved
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Re-wilding of tigers
Mains level: Animal reintroduction
Digital India Initiatives
Bhutan becomes first neighbor to use BHIM UPI
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BHIM, UPI, IMPS
Mains level: Mobile banking facilities in India
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is UV-C technology?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UV technology for disinfection
Mains level: Not Much
