✅Gs-1 : 2024 Question sources
🅾️Cholas- Click here
🅾️Urbanization - Click here
🅾️Cloud burst- Click here
🅾️Sea surface temperature-global warming-Impact on ocean circulation and hurricanes/cyclones
🅾️Ganga river water-( please dont consider this as a news from 2021- this is a very old issue that keeps repeating over a period- click here
🅾️Demographic winter is nothing but falling fertility rates-Explained in case of china-Difficult to predict exactly but there is enough content to take a guess- Click here
🅾️Women's empowerment - Click here- Case stdy-CLick here
🅾️Intercaste marriage- CLick here
🅾️Auroras- CLick here and Click here
🅾️Regional disparities- Click here
🅾️Efficacy of Affirmative action- CLick here ( read the first point)- Also this is the logical demand behind caste census- Click here
🅾️Globalization- Impact on women- this is why i mark articles as MUST read- Click here
🅾️Socio economic marginalization and link with cultural diversity- This is subtly discussed in this article- Click here ( difficult unless you are familiar with the thought)
✅Remaining Questions are From static.
⚠️How is VK IAS Useful for your preparation since 2020- Click here
🅾️Cholas- Click here
🅾️Urbanization - Click here
🅾️Cloud burst- Click here
🅾️Sea surface temperature-global warming-Impact on ocean circulation and hurricanes/cyclones
🅾️Ganga river water-( please dont consider this as a news from 2021- this is a very old issue that keeps repeating over a period- click here
🅾️Demographic winter is nothing but falling fertility rates-Explained in case of china-Difficult to predict exactly but there is enough content to take a guess- Click here
🅾️Women's empowerment - Click here- Case stdy-CLick here
🅾️Intercaste marriage- CLick here
🅾️Auroras- CLick here and Click here
🅾️Regional disparities- Click here
🅾️Efficacy of Affirmative action- CLick here ( read the first point)- Also this is the logical demand behind caste census- Click here
🅾️Globalization- Impact on women- this is why i mark articles as MUST read- Click here
🅾️Socio economic marginalization and link with cultural diversity- This is subtly discussed in this article- Click here ( difficult unless you are familiar with the thought)
✅Remaining Questions are From static.
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✅UPSC Gs-2 : 2024
🅾️Paper might seem simple looking at the usually repeating themes, but it is not. It demands one to be VERY SPECIFIC.
🅾️The objective of this post is to just reassure that if you had an underwhelming paper-2, it is okay. Please move on to Gs-3 and 4.
🅾️Will refrain from posting any analysis or comments at this hour.
🅾️You did what you had to, it is time to keep calm- Good luck!
🅾️Paper might seem simple looking at the usually repeating themes, but it is not. It demands one to be VERY SPECIFIC.
🅾️The objective of this post is to just reassure that if you had an underwhelming paper-2, it is okay. Please move on to Gs-3 and 4.
🅾️Will refrain from posting any analysis or comments at this hour.
🅾️You did what you had to, it is time to keep calm- Good luck!
✅Gs-3 : Just like Gs-2 : On the face of it feels very easy and predictable for someone who has not given the exam- predicting the themes is not a problem for seniors but the paper has nuances and the students are Expected to be VERY VERY specific. IT IS NOT easy. There will surely be some OUTLIERS who will score extraordinary scores above average( mostly a few in thousands of students)- they cant be the barometer for your selection.
🅾️ Anyone who is having a low confidence , Please ignore any comments at this hour and focus on Gs-4 - Revise your examples and leave any paper discussions that you are tempted to look at. 🙂
🅾️ Anyone who is having a low confidence , Please ignore any comments at this hour and focus on Gs-4 - Revise your examples and leave any paper discussions that you are tempted to look at. 🙂
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✅Upsc 2024- Gs 4- Ethics Question paper
✅Gs-2 : UPSC 2024- Analysis.
⚜️1. One nation One election?
⚜️2. Cabinet system - parliamentary supremacy- the core idea is explained here but explained clearly here in this critique
⚜️3. CAG- static topic- context ( many articles- this , this and this)
⚜️4. Local governance- this and this
⚜️5. Public charitable trusts- explained in the philanthropy article
⚜️6. Poverty and malnutrition + Use this example
⚜️7. Doctrine of democratic governance- The concept and content covered here is good enough
⚜️8. Global supply chains- Directly from here
⚜️9. Importance of the Central Asia Region(CAR)
⚜️10. DNA bill+This
⚜️11. Centre state relations - Tough question- Need to collate points from multiple dimensions- Administrative + Legislative + Financial but overall philosophy can be found here
⚜️12. PIL- Basically a PYQ- Repeated again
⚜️13. Secularism - India vs US- Most students must have written a Gs-1 answer but since this is based on comparison of constitutions, I doubt many would have written a specific answer but it can be managed with basic understanding-
⚜️14. Citizen charter- Another question on theme- Trust based governance- Static topic and the current example can be found here
⚜️15. State role in Health- Very elaborately covered in this recent post also
⚜️16. E- governance- Interactive service model- Click this and this
⚜️17. Terrorism threats and UN Counter terrorism committee
⚜️18. India- maldives- CLick here
✅Gs-1 : Click here
⚠️Paper difficulty level : Tough- but it will be scaled appropriately.
⚜️1. One nation One election?
⚜️2. Cabinet system - parliamentary supremacy- the core idea is explained here but explained clearly here in this critique
⚜️3. CAG- static topic- context ( many articles- this , this and this)
⚜️4. Local governance- this and this
⚜️5. Public charitable trusts- explained in the philanthropy article
⚜️6. Poverty and malnutrition + Use this example
⚜️7. Doctrine of democratic governance- The concept and content covered here is good enough
⚜️8. Global supply chains- Directly from here
⚜️9. Importance of the Central Asia Region(CAR)
⚜️10. DNA bill+This
⚜️11. Centre state relations - Tough question- Need to collate points from multiple dimensions- Administrative + Legislative + Financial but overall philosophy can be found here
⚜️12. PIL- Basically a PYQ- Repeated again
⚜️13. Secularism - India vs US- Most students must have written a Gs-1 answer but since this is based on comparison of constitutions, I doubt many would have written a specific answer but it can be managed with basic understanding-
⚜️14. Citizen charter- Another question on theme- Trust based governance- Static topic and the current example can be found here
⚜️15. State role in Health- Very elaborately covered in this recent post also
⚜️16. E- governance- Interactive service model- Click this and this
⚜️17. Terrorism threats and UN Counter terrorism committee
⚜️18. India- maldives- CLick here
✅Gs-1 : Click here
⚠️Paper difficulty level : Tough- but it will be scaled appropriately.
✅Gs-3 : Economics
1. Public Expenditure on Social Services in Post-Reform India + This + This + This
2. Food inflation is explained multiple times- This + This + This ( food inflation in India is largely driven by supply-side constraints (poor agricultural infrastructure, input costs, global volatility-Depends on supply side constraints) + Policies - RBI Effectiveness- Inflation control
3. Land reforms- Very basic- any standard material like this NCERT will work
4. Millets- CLick here
5. IPR- Life science-i.e biological inventions, genes, seeds, etc- TRIPS+ This
6. Toll collection on highways + this+ this
7. pollution of river water+ Measure- casestudy
8. environmental NGOs role- Click here+ Indian EIA examples
9. Narco-terrorism- Click here
10. Digital Personal Data Protection Act- you can understand the Context here
11. Labour Codes- Click here + This video series
12. air connectivity in India- UDAN- straight from this one
13. Indian irrigation system
14. Buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices
15. clean and safe freshwater- Technologies
16. asteroids- static topic + How to stop catastrophe- this article
17. Sendai Framework- Click here
18. Urban floods- This article and this ->Examples : Flood event 1( Delhi) + Flood event 2(mumbai)- you can have more ( Chennai) - Also PYQ-> Policies to handle- covered here
19. Border areas issues- Pakistan + China+ Border management
20. Internal Security- Role of social Media- the concept+ Measures taken
🔰Other GS papers pf 2024- Click here
🛑Final point : Current awareness is more important than current affairs- Read here
1. Public Expenditure on Social Services in Post-Reform India + This + This + This
2. Food inflation is explained multiple times- This + This + This ( food inflation in India is largely driven by supply-side constraints (poor agricultural infrastructure, input costs, global volatility-Depends on supply side constraints) + Policies - RBI Effectiveness- Inflation control
3. Land reforms- Very basic- any standard material like this NCERT will work
4. Millets- CLick here
5. IPR- Life science-i.e biological inventions, genes, seeds, etc- TRIPS+ This
6. Toll collection on highways + this+ this
7. pollution of river water+ Measure- casestudy
8. environmental NGOs role- Click here+ Indian EIA examples
9. Narco-terrorism- Click here
10. Digital Personal Data Protection Act- you can understand the Context here
11. Labour Codes- Click here + This video series
12. air connectivity in India- UDAN- straight from this one
13. Indian irrigation system
14. Buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices
15. clean and safe freshwater- Technologies
16. asteroids- static topic + How to stop catastrophe- this article
17. Sendai Framework- Click here
18. Urban floods- This article and this ->Examples : Flood event 1( Delhi) + Flood event 2(mumbai)- you can have more ( Chennai) - Also PYQ-> Policies to handle- covered here
19. Border areas issues- Pakistan + China+ Border management
20. Internal Security- Role of social Media- the concept+ Measures taken
🔰Other GS papers pf 2024- Click here
🛑Final point : Current awareness is more important than current affairs- Read here
✅GS-2 : Education/ Govt policies and their implementation
🅾️Context : About National Credit Framework (NCrF), which is part of India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020- We discussed it here
🅾️New dimension of this article?- need for continuous adaptation in education to meet the evolving economic and technological demands
🅾️Final stance : flexibility in curriculum through the NCrF can help bridge skill gaps and democratize education
⚠️Note: Credit-based framework is already there in technical and higher education, through NCrF, for the first time, school and vocational education will be included in it
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🅾️Context : About National Credit Framework (NCrF), which is part of India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020- We discussed it here
🅾️New dimension of this article?- need for continuous adaptation in education to meet the evolving economic and technological demands
🅾️Final stance : flexibility in curriculum through the NCrF can help bridge skill gaps and democratize education
⚠️Note: Credit-based framework is already there in technical and higher education, through NCrF, for the first time, school and vocational education will be included in it
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✅Gs-2 : IR- International Relations -Bilateral and Global Groupings
✅Gs-3 :Mobilization of resources - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code- watch this for background- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wotnejGVTy0
🅾️Cross-border insolvency happens when a company or individual who has assets or owes money in more than one country faces financial trouble and can't pay their debts. In these cases, legal action needs to be taken in several countries to figure out how to fairly manage and settle what they owe.
⚜️It usually involves global businesses that operate in many countries, and it requires coordination between legal systems in different nations to handle the bankruptcy efficiently and ensure fair treatment of all creditors.
🅾️UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on cross-border insolvency, which aims to harmonize insolvency processes across countries- India has NOT YET adopted this.
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✅Gs-3 :Mobilization of resources - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code- watch this for background- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wotnejGVTy0
🅾️Cross-border insolvency happens when a company or individual who has assets or owes money in more than one country faces financial trouble and can't pay their debts. In these cases, legal action needs to be taken in several countries to figure out how to fairly manage and settle what they owe.
⚜️It usually involves global businesses that operate in many countries, and it requires coordination between legal systems in different nations to handle the bankruptcy efficiently and ensure fair treatment of all creditors.
🅾️UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on cross-border insolvency, which aims to harmonize insolvency processes across countries- India has NOT YET adopted this.
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✅Gs-3 : Economic Growth- "Viksit Bharat" goal- Role of Manufacturing
🅾️Status of manufacturing : The Modi government aimed to increase manufacturing's share of GDP from 15% to 25% by 2025. However, current data shows manufacturing only makes up 13% of GDP in 2022.Comparatively, countries like Vietnam (25%), Bangladesh (22%), Malaysia (23%), and China (28%) have higher manufacturing contributions to their GDPs.
🅾️Q) Analyze the evolving nature of India's workforce. Highlight the challenges and prospects of this transition in light of the global trend of capital-intensive manufacturing. Suggest appropriate policy measures that can effectively harness the potential of India's demographic dividend in this changing landscape. (250 words)- Click here
🅾️Problems of Indian economy : Criticism of Raghuram Rajan's work- Click here
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🅾️Status of manufacturing : The Modi government aimed to increase manufacturing's share of GDP from 15% to 25% by 2025. However, current data shows manufacturing only makes up 13% of GDP in 2022.Comparatively, countries like Vietnam (25%), Bangladesh (22%), Malaysia (23%), and China (28%) have higher manufacturing contributions to their GDPs.
🅾️Q) Analyze the evolving nature of India's workforce. Highlight the challenges and prospects of this transition in light of the global trend of capital-intensive manufacturing. Suggest appropriate policy measures that can effectively harness the potential of India's demographic dividend in this changing landscape. (250 words)- Click here
🅾️Problems of Indian economy : Criticism of Raghuram Rajan's work- Click here
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✅Gs2- Poverty and Hunger
✅Gs3- Agriculture- Food wastage
🅾️ What is this article about ? Issue of food loss and waste (FLW) between harvest and retail, which accounts for up to 13.2% of global food production- There is Post-harvest loss-implies wasted energy, water, and other resources used in its production
📍Relate this to SDG-2 : related to Hunger : We discussed that here
🅾️Reasons : Poor technology access( Mechanization) + No Storage Infrastructure:
🅾️Solutions : Mechanization of Farms+ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs)+ increase grain storage capacity
⚜️New technology access : use of biodegradable and sustainable packaging+ Integrating modern technology in agriculture, such as monitoring systems, early warning systems, and AI-driven processes
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✅Gs3- Agriculture- Food wastage
🅾️ What is this article about ? Issue of food loss and waste (FLW) between harvest and retail, which accounts for up to 13.2% of global food production- There is Post-harvest loss-implies wasted energy, water, and other resources used in its production
📍Relate this to SDG-2 : related to Hunger : We discussed that here
🅾️Reasons : Poor technology access( Mechanization) + No Storage Infrastructure:
🅾️Solutions : Mechanization of Farms+ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs)+ increase grain storage capacity
⚜️New technology access : use of biodegradable and sustainable packaging+ Integrating modern technology in agriculture, such as monitoring systems, early warning systems, and AI-driven processes
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After a brief gap, want to bring to your notice that the mentorship batch-3 will be replaced with mains answer writing skill training program.
This is meant ONLY for Mains answer writing - details will be posted soon and newspaper article backlogs will be updated from tomorrow
- thank you, VK.
This is meant ONLY for Mains answer writing - details will be posted soon and newspaper article backlogs will be updated from tomorrow
- thank you, VK.
✅Gs-2 : Centre-state relations- Ladakh 6th schedule
🅾️The Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1997-This was not created during the reorganisation act in 2019- This fact can be used in MCQs to confuse aspirants- Please note that.
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🅾️The Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1997-This was not created during the reorganisation act in 2019- This fact can be used in MCQs to confuse aspirants- Please note that.
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✅Gs-4 - Ethics /Essay
🅾️Digital consumption and its regulation
🅾️The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis- Read this
🔰Ethical issues
⚜️1. Balancing Individual Autonomy vs. Public Health Concerns
⚜️2. Balancing Corporate Responsibility and Platform Transparency
⚜️3. Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation
⚜️4. Consumer Education
⚜️5. Influencer Marketing and Exploitation of Vulnerability
⚜️6. Innovation vs. Harm Prevention
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🅾️Digital consumption and its regulation
🅾️The philosophy of stoicism is useful in the present digital age where people are very vulnerable to negative news and fear psychosis- Read this
🔰Ethical issues
⚜️1. Balancing Individual Autonomy vs. Public Health Concerns
⚜️2. Balancing Corporate Responsibility and Platform Transparency
⚜️3. Self-Regulation vs. Government Regulation
⚜️4. Consumer Education
⚜️5. Influencer Marketing and Exploitation of Vulnerability
⚜️6. Innovation vs. Harm Prevention
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✅Gs-1 : Indian Society- Impact of globalization
🔰This article is important for both GS and sociology optional students
🅾️Context : How social media acts as a "double-edged sword"
🚫Issue 1 : carefully curated images and posts on social media= pushing them towards unrealistic expectations-constant exposure to such idealized realities can result in dissatisfaction
🚫Issue 2 : Symbolic Interactionism( for socio students ONLY)- others?- posts, images, and likes= feelings of inadequacy-can harm self-esteem, disrupt trust in relationships
🚫Issue 3 : Social media is a tool for building social capital (connections and networks)-loss of trust and real-life social interaction reflects a decline in bonding social capital
🚫Issue 4 : Following Marx’s concept of alienation, individuals on social media might feel disconnected because they have to maintain an image
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🔰This article is important for both GS and sociology optional students
🅾️Context : How social media acts as a "double-edged sword"
🚫Issue 1 : carefully curated images and posts on social media= pushing them towards unrealistic expectations-constant exposure to such idealized realities can result in dissatisfaction
🚫Issue 2 : Symbolic Interactionism( for socio students ONLY)- others?- posts, images, and likes= feelings of inadequacy-can harm self-esteem, disrupt trust in relationships
🚫Issue 3 : Social media is a tool for building social capital (connections and networks)-loss of trust and real-life social interaction reflects a decline in bonding social capital
🚫Issue 4 : Following Marx’s concept of alienation, individuals on social media might feel disconnected because they have to maintain an image
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✅Gs-3 : Conservation
🅾️Criticism of the implementation of Project Tiger : Project Tiger, launched in 1973, aimed at conserving tiger numbers, but neglected the holistic ecosystem. The focus remains on increasing tiger numbers, not preserving the complex habitats they represent.
🅾️Why is this happening?- Policies that prioritize specific numbers result in habitat manipulation, favoring tigers but ignoring other species. Evictions of indigenous communities from reserves led to hostility and reduced the local support for conservation.
🅾️What should we do it avoid this situation?- Tiger conservation must consider holistic support from local communities, with emphasis on shared benefits and inclusivity.
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🅾️Criticism of the implementation of Project Tiger : Project Tiger, launched in 1973, aimed at conserving tiger numbers, but neglected the holistic ecosystem. The focus remains on increasing tiger numbers, not preserving the complex habitats they represent.
🅾️Why is this happening?- Policies that prioritize specific numbers result in habitat manipulation, favoring tigers but ignoring other species. Evictions of indigenous communities from reserves led to hostility and reduced the local support for conservation.
🅾️What should we do it avoid this situation?- Tiger conservation must consider holistic support from local communities, with emphasis on shared benefits and inclusivity.
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
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