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✅Gs-1 : Post Independent India
✅Gs-2 : Education - Very beautiful article- MUST READ
🎖Most important thought from the article- The role of education in fostering national identity and self-respect among citizens, as well as the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage through education.
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✅Gs-2 : Education - Very beautiful article- MUST READ
🎖Most important thought from the article- The role of education in fostering national identity and self-respect among citizens, as well as the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage through education.
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Forwarded from UPSC Economy by VK IAS (Vikas Kanukollu)
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✅Gs-3 : Economic growth
⚠️GDP formula G= C+I+G+(X-M)
🅾️This article is talking about investment (I) component
➡️Why is Investment important?- Because it is a growth multiplier.
🅾️In this regards, the article is talking about households' contribution- Why households cant invest much?- Click here for a brief explainer- read the analysis
🅾️👆Since households were unable to contribute, government went for a Corporate tax cut to attract investments- Click here to know the impact
🅾️But you can see tremendous growth in stock markets Consider this- Nifty - a metric for growth - went from 8000 odd to almost 22000 recently- almost 3x growth.
🅾️So conclusion= Inequality
🎖Then solution?- We disucssed this
⚜️1. Reduce subsidies- Click here
⚜️2. Read these in the same order( Series of articles by Arun Maira )
🎖@Economyhighlights for more economy related articles at one place
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⚠️GDP formula G= C+I+G+(X-M)
🅾️This article is talking about investment (I) component
➡️Why is Investment important?- Because it is a growth multiplier.
🅾️In this regards, the article is talking about households' contribution- Why households cant invest much?- Click here for a brief explainer- read the analysis
🅾️👆Since households were unable to contribute, government went for a Corporate tax cut to attract investments- Click here to know the impact
🅾️But you can see tremendous growth in stock markets Consider this- Nifty - a metric for growth - went from 8000 odd to almost 22000 recently- almost 3x growth.
🅾️So conclusion= Inequality
🎖Then solution?- We disucssed this
⚜️1. Reduce subsidies- Click here
⚜️2. Read these in the same order( Series of articles by Arun Maira )
🎖@Economyhighlights for more economy related articles at one place
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
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✅GS2- Fundamental Rights- Doctrine of essential religious practices- Full article- (TH)- I will further simplify the job here by posting the Gist to avoid further issues till our own platform is ready.
🅾️Context : Role of Judiciary in religious affairs of the state - click here
➡️What is Places of worship act?- Read this content for prelims
🔰Pros of the act :
1. It is promoting peace.
2. It helps avoid conflicts over historical religious sites, thus fostering unity.
3. It upholds the principle of non-retrogression, an essential part of preserving the secular fabric of the nation.
‼️Cons :
⚜️1. some parties argue that it freezes history and prevents correction of historical wrongs.
⚜️2. Recent surveys and court petitions against the Act have stirred controversy and debates about the retrospective cut-off date. Some argue that the Act is being used politically, leading to increased tensions and potentially disturbing communal harmony.
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🅾️Context : Role of Judiciary in religious affairs of the state - click here
➡️What is Places of worship act?- Read this content for prelims
🔰Pros of the act :
1. It is promoting peace.
2. It helps avoid conflicts over historical religious sites, thus fostering unity.
3. It upholds the principle of non-retrogression, an essential part of preserving the secular fabric of the nation.
‼️Cons :
⚜️1. some parties argue that it freezes history and prevents correction of historical wrongs.
⚜️2. Recent surveys and court petitions against the Act have stirred controversy and debates about the retrospective cut-off date. Some argue that the Act is being used politically, leading to increased tensions and potentially disturbing communal harmony.
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✅Gs3- Defence
✅Gs-2 : IR- Russia- Anti satellite weapon-Recent news about Russia testing a new ASAT weapon raises international concerns due to potential violation of OST and risks associated with space debris-can disrupt the strategic balance by introducing new threats
🛑Keywords to note : ASAT, OST, Space Debris, Kessler Syndrome, Strategic Stability, Space Governance, Russia's ASAT Test, Space Weaponization.
🅾️Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are designed to destroy or incapacitate satellites-signify a nation's ability to execute space warfare,
🅾️Outer Space Treaty (OST): The treaty prohibits the placement of weapons of mass destruction in Earth's orbit and mandates peaceful exploration of outer space
✴️Technological Aspects: Modern ASAT systems include direct-ascent missiles, co-orbital systems, and possibly cyber or electronic countermeasures against satellites.
🅾️For prelims- Read about - Anti-satellite (ASAT) System- Mission shakti- Click here
✅Gs-2 : IR- Russia- Anti satellite weapon-Recent news about Russia testing a new ASAT weapon raises international concerns due to potential violation of OST and risks associated with space debris-can disrupt the strategic balance by introducing new threats
🛑Keywords to note : ASAT, OST, Space Debris, Kessler Syndrome, Strategic Stability, Space Governance, Russia's ASAT Test, Space Weaponization.
🅾️Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are designed to destroy or incapacitate satellites-signify a nation's ability to execute space warfare,
🅾️Outer Space Treaty (OST): The treaty prohibits the placement of weapons of mass destruction in Earth's orbit and mandates peaceful exploration of outer space
✴️Technological Aspects: Modern ASAT systems include direct-ascent missiles, co-orbital systems, and possibly cyber or electronic countermeasures against satellites.
🅾️For prelims- Read about - Anti-satellite (ASAT) System- Mission shakti- Click here
✅Gs-3 : Inclusive growth- Financial inclusion.
🅾️Context : Parliamentary Committee's Concerns on Digital Payments-dominance of foreign entities in the Indian digital payment space
🅾️The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) commanded a 73.5% share of the total digital payments in terms of volume in FY 2022-23. However, its share in terms of value was only 6.67% in the same period.It means that UPI's volume is more but the value is less when compared to other methods like credit or debit cards
🅾️NPCI- cap rule- UPI is software skeleton over which different payment apps do some modifications and put their branding stickers - So NPCI- creator of UPI has now capped the transactions to 30% of all transactions for any single player. This is like saying no single vendor in a market should be so big that they take more than 30% of all sales, ensuring that smaller vendors also get a chance to sell their goods.
✅UPI as Public good- click here
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🅾️Context : Parliamentary Committee's Concerns on Digital Payments-dominance of foreign entities in the Indian digital payment space
🅾️The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) commanded a 73.5% share of the total digital payments in terms of volume in FY 2022-23. However, its share in terms of value was only 6.67% in the same period.It means that UPI's volume is more but the value is less when compared to other methods like credit or debit cards
🅾️NPCI- cap rule- UPI is software skeleton over which different payment apps do some modifications and put their branding stickers - So NPCI- creator of UPI has now capped the transactions to 30% of all transactions for any single player. This is like saying no single vendor in a market should be so big that they take more than 30% of all sales, ensuring that smaller vendors also get a chance to sell their goods.
✅UPI as Public good- click here
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✅Gs-2 : Federalism- centre - state relations- Decentralized governance- Local governments
🛑 A lot of freshers ask how to link static and dynamic- This is how it is done- If you notice, the themes and the problems are often repeated year after year- What changes is the nature of manifestation of these problems - Did not understand?- Let me explain with PYQ- Click here
🅾️Study through the case study- Suicide of Up-sarpanch in Telangana- Issues of Panchayat Raj system?-Lack of financial autonomy
🅾️How to make Panchayats effective?- Read this article.
✴️Need : Enhancing Efficiency: Capacity Building: Training programs to manage financial resources and implement developmental projects and for Transparency we need: Regular meetings, publishing information, and conducting social audits.
🛑Keywords for prelims : Click here
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🛑 A lot of freshers ask how to link static and dynamic- This is how it is done- If you notice, the themes and the problems are often repeated year after year- What changes is the nature of manifestation of these problems - Did not understand?- Let me explain with PYQ- Click here
🅾️Study through the case study- Suicide of Up-sarpanch in Telangana- Issues of Panchayat Raj system?-Lack of financial autonomy
🅾️How to make Panchayats effective?- Read this article.
✴️Need : Enhancing Efficiency: Capacity Building: Training programs to manage financial resources and implement developmental projects and for Transparency we need: Regular meetings, publishing information, and conducting social audits.
🛑Keywords for prelims : Click here
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Update: The platform that VK IAS is trying to come up with is in testing phase and hence all the news articles are not being posted and only a select few articles are used for now: However the backlogs of February month will be covered with new rigour on the upcoming platform that was announced- This break was not intentional but it was necessary keeping the larger interests of the entire Aspirant community- hope you understand and stay tuned- until then you have some homework to do: you can use the above quote for your essay brainstorming 🙂
✅Gs2- Poverty and Hunger
🅾️Context : NITI ayog is saying that poverty in India has reduced to five percent, and prosperity is increasing in both rural and urban areas.
🅾️Reason Given and Method: The NSSO's household consumption expenditure data for the year 2022-23, which is compared to the data from 2011-12, shows a more than doubling in per capita monthly household expenditure.The survey also noted a 2.5 times increase in consumption for both rural and urban households and a decrease in the urban-rural consumption gap.
⚠️IMPLICATION : The study shows that the wealth gap is shrinking, and city and countryside living standards could become similar soon. People are buying less food like cereals and spending more on other goods, showing they're wealthier. Due to these new spending habits, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) might need updates. This could change how we see inflation and impact the calculation of the country's GDP.
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🅾️Context : NITI ayog is saying that poverty in India has reduced to five percent, and prosperity is increasing in both rural and urban areas.
🅾️Reason Given and Method: The NSSO's household consumption expenditure data for the year 2022-23, which is compared to the data from 2011-12, shows a more than doubling in per capita monthly household expenditure.The survey also noted a 2.5 times increase in consumption for both rural and urban households and a decrease in the urban-rural consumption gap.
⚠️IMPLICATION : The study shows that the wealth gap is shrinking, and city and countryside living standards could become similar soon. People are buying less food like cereals and spending more on other goods, showing they're wealthier. Due to these new spending habits, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) might need updates. This could change how we see inflation and impact the calculation of the country's GDP.
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✅GS2- Health-Reproductive Rights of Women
🅾️What are Reproductive technologies? What is their purpose?-
🅾️Issues with surrogacy, the need to regulate commercial surrogacy?
Read here 👆
⚡️GIST of the article from TH :
✅What are the recent modifications to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 in India?
Ans : to allow use of a donor gamete – ova or egg cells and sperm. . This is significant for those with health issues that prevent them from using their own gametes for conception. A previous amendment in March 2023, which prohibited donor gametes in surrogacy, was challenged, and the Supreme Court argued for changes, suggesting the rules were too restrictive.
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🅾️What are Reproductive technologies? What is their purpose?-
🅾️Issues with surrogacy, the need to regulate commercial surrogacy?
Read here 👆
⚡️GIST of the article from TH :
✅What are the recent modifications to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 in India?
Ans : to allow use of a donor gamete – ova or egg cells and sperm. . This is significant for those with health issues that prevent them from using their own gametes for conception. A previous amendment in March 2023, which prohibited donor gametes in surrogacy, was challenged, and the Supreme Court argued for changes, suggesting the rules were too restrictive.
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✅Gs-2 : Education- Full Article link
🅾️What is the question that you need to focus on ? - Interim budget slashes the allocation to higher education by 16.8% with the UGC taking a major cut of over 60%. At the same time, funds have been allocated to the HEFA which aims to enhance infrastructure through loans.
⚠️Is it a worrying trend for public education in India to increase dependence on loans?- I answered this previously on this blog : Lessons from US Student Debt : On Foreign universities entering India
✅Important point : Incheon declaration- on primary education- The NEP aimed for equitable and quality education with a targeted allocation of 6% of the nation's GDP to education. However, the actual allocation is around 2.8% of GDP, suggesting a retreat from these goals.However since this is an interim Budget- we should see the overall trend of allocation to education over last few years than just this budget alone- IMP article
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🅾️What is the question that you need to focus on ? - Interim budget slashes the allocation to higher education by 16.8% with the UGC taking a major cut of over 60%. At the same time, funds have been allocated to the HEFA which aims to enhance infrastructure through loans.
⚠️Is it a worrying trend for public education in India to increase dependence on loans?- I answered this previously on this blog : Lessons from US Student Debt : On Foreign universities entering India
✅Important point : Incheon declaration- on primary education- The NEP aimed for equitable and quality education with a targeted allocation of 6% of the nation's GDP to education. However, the actual allocation is around 2.8% of GDP, suggesting a retreat from these goals.However since this is an interim Budget- we should see the overall trend of allocation to education over last few years than just this budget alone- IMP article
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✅Gs-2 : Federalism- centre - state relations- Decentralized governance- Local governments
🅾️We spoke about the need for strengthening local bodies - Click here
🅾️Now let us see HOW that can be done- This article talks about the District Development Index: Central tool for tailored policy-making in Maharashtra as a case study.
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🅾️We spoke about the need for strengthening local bodies - Click here
🅾️Now let us see HOW that can be done- This article talks about the District Development Index: Central tool for tailored policy-making in Maharashtra as a case study.
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Forwarded from UPSC Ethics by VK IAS
✅Gs-2 : Governance
✅Gs-4 : Ethics in public life- Nexus of good- a modern touch to the concept of sarvodaya-I.e. Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics in public life- Nexus of good- a modern touch to the concept of sarvodaya-I.e. Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together
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✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- Change in labour force structure
📍Most imp changes- Click here
✴️Context : while automation brings many changes and potential benefits, it's crucial to ensure that these advancements don't harm vulnerable workers and that they actually contribute to fair and inclusive growth.
⚡️PROS : Because of new technology, more people can work from home or different locations, which creates new opportunities for jobs that weren't there before.
⚡️CONS : People who don't have much education or skills might find it harder to get good jobs because of automation. Women and less advantaged groups might be more affected and could lose their jobs more easily.
🅾️#GovtScheme-SAMARTH- Click here
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📍Most imp changes- Click here
✴️Context : while automation brings many changes and potential benefits, it's crucial to ensure that these advancements don't harm vulnerable workers and that they actually contribute to fair and inclusive growth.
⚡️PROS : Because of new technology, more people can work from home or different locations, which creates new opportunities for jobs that weren't there before.
⚡️CONS : People who don't have much education or skills might find it harder to get good jobs because of automation. Women and less advantaged groups might be more affected and could lose their jobs more easily.
🅾️#GovtScheme-SAMARTH- Click here
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
⚠️Subscribe to VK IAS's YouTube channel : Click here and join the VK IAS channel