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If you are waiting for an interview call next year after a temporary setback in mains, please have a look at this checklist. Issued in the interest of aspirants looking for honest introspection- build habits and systems- luck and will power are overrated mechanisms to cope with this exam’s rigour. Its the mind numbing monotony while execution that changes everything for the toppers🙂
If you are waiting for an interview call next year after a temporary setback in mains, please have a look at this checklist. Issued in the interest of aspirants looking for honest introspection- build habits and systems- luck and will power are overrated mechanisms to cope with this exam’s rigour. Its the mind numbing monotony while execution that changes everything for the toppers🙂
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For interview candidates- know your cadres.
✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- India's macroeconomic performance since 2014 - click here
🅾️In the context of the above article we discussed wage growth rate as a minus- this article is a delightful read for the in-your-face kind of portrayal of Indian economy. MUST READ😅
⚠️To solve India's wage problem:
⚜️Reduce regulatory hurdles.
⚜️Encourage private sector growth.
⚜️Invest in skill development and infrastructure.
⚜️Simplify policies to enable businesses and workers to thrive together.
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🅾️In the context of the above article we discussed wage growth rate as a minus- this article is a delightful read for the in-your-face kind of portrayal of Indian economy. MUST READ😅
⚠️To solve India's wage problem:
⚜️Reduce regulatory hurdles.
⚜️Encourage private sector growth.
⚜️Invest in skill development and infrastructure.
⚜️Simplify policies to enable businesses and workers to thrive together.
⚡️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
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✅Gs-1 : Indian society- Impact of globalisation on Indian society
🅾️What are the challenges posed by tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in the digital age?
⚜️ 1. Fear and trauma caused by online abuse.
⚜️ 2. Restricts women's freedom and ability to express themselves online.
⚜️ 3. Reduces professional opportunities due to digital withdrawal.
🅾️Conclusion that can be used in answers : There is a need to make digital spaces safer and inclusive for women as a critical step toward achieving gender equality. Ensuring women’s safety online is not just a moral obligation but also vital for India's social and economic progress in the digital era.
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🅾️What are the challenges posed by tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in the digital age?
⚜️ 1. Fear and trauma caused by online abuse.
⚜️ 2. Restricts women's freedom and ability to express themselves online.
⚜️ 3. Reduces professional opportunities due to digital withdrawal.
🅾️Conclusion that can be used in answers : There is a need to make digital spaces safer and inclusive for women as a critical step toward achieving gender equality. Ensuring women’s safety online is not just a moral obligation but also vital for India's social and economic progress in the digital era.
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✅Gs2- Fundamental rights- What do you mean by affirmative action?
🅾️Religious minorities and reservation- arguments
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🅾️Religious minorities and reservation- arguments
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✅Gs-2 : Fundamental Rights- debate on minority rights
🅾️Recently we saw the debates in the case of :
⚜️1. AMU's status and supreme court stance- Click here
⚜️2. U.P. Madrasa Act's provision- Click here
⚜️3. Recent debate on religious minorities getting reservation- Click here
⚠️In this backdrop read about constitutional provisions and the background from this article- Imp. topics to focus on=
⚜️1. UN Declaration on Minority Rights (1992).
⚜️2. Judicial Interpretations= Kerala Education Bill (1958), T.M.A. Pai Foundation Case (2002),Azeez Basha Case (1968), AMU
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🅾️Recently we saw the debates in the case of :
⚜️1. AMU's status and supreme court stance- Click here
⚜️2. U.P. Madrasa Act's provision- Click here
⚜️3. Recent debate on religious minorities getting reservation- Click here
⚠️In this backdrop read about constitutional provisions and the background from this article- Imp. topics to focus on=
⚜️1. UN Declaration on Minority Rights (1992).
⚜️2. Judicial Interpretations= Kerala Education Bill (1958), T.M.A. Pai Foundation Case (2002),Azeez Basha Case (1968), AMU
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List of important issues for UPSC Interviews-
1. Fiscal federalism - Financial accountability and impact on states
2. State funding of elections and electoral bonds-Political funding
3. transformative constitutionalism-i.e. Social Revolution and Transformation
4. Rat hole mining and rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel
5. Multiple issues around governor- Click here
6. Issue of climate finance- OECD report on climate finance and COP 29- Click here
7. What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
8. 🅾️Four dimensions of IR- MUST READ article
9. The India Justice Report 2022 ( Issues did not change much even now)
10. ⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector
1. Fiscal federalism - Financial accountability and impact on states
2. State funding of elections and electoral bonds-Political funding
3. transformative constitutionalism-i.e. Social Revolution and Transformation
4. Rat hole mining and rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel
5. Multiple issues around governor- Click here
6. Issue of climate finance- OECD report on climate finance and COP 29- Click here
7. What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
8. 🅾️Four dimensions of IR- MUST READ article
9. The India Justice Report 2022 ( Issues did not change much even now)
10. ⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector
✅Gs3- Climate change- Carbon markets- in Agriculture- Agri-carbon market
🅾️What are carbon markets and mechanisms under Kyoto protocol?- Read them from environment basic textbooks - also read this - Click here
☝️This topic comes under the broader umbrella term of Climate finance- Click here
⚠️Articles like these are rare because they are backed by field studies and are written by experts!
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🅾️What are carbon markets and mechanisms under Kyoto protocol?- Read them from environment basic textbooks - also read this - Click here
☝️This topic comes under the broader umbrella term of Climate finance- Click here
⚠️Articles like these are rare because they are backed by field studies and are written by experts!
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✅Gs-3 : Internal security
🅾️What are the challenges posed by telecommunication infra to internal security- example of starlink alleged use by manipur militants
🅾️Also read- New Interception Rules (Telecommunications Procedures and Safeguards, 2024- What are the legal routes for creating a surveillance state?- Read about it here
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🅾️What are the challenges posed by telecommunication infra to internal security- example of starlink alleged use by manipur militants
🅾️Also read- New Interception Rules (Telecommunications Procedures and Safeguards, 2024- What are the legal routes for creating a surveillance state?- Read about it here
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✅Gs-3 : Conservation- State of forest report- ISFR 2023- Biennial update by Forest survey of India
🅾️Important point raised here - While India's green cover is growing on paper, it is often at the cost of natural dense forests, which are irreplaceable for biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecological balance. This kind of growth is like replacing a healthy, diverse garden with a single crop field—it might look green, but it’s far less useful and sustainable in the long run.
⚠️Why is it said so?- Because Many of the new "forests" counted in the report are plantations, which are man-made areas with trees of the same age and species-Vulnerable to pests, fires, and diseases because of their lack of diversity.In fact, India has lost a large area of natural dense forests
🚫Natural forests store a lot more carbon in their trees and soil. Plantations store much less carbon and are often harvested quickly.
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🅾️Important point raised here - While India's green cover is growing on paper, it is often at the cost of natural dense forests, which are irreplaceable for biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecological balance. This kind of growth is like replacing a healthy, diverse garden with a single crop field—it might look green, but it’s far less useful and sustainable in the long run.
⚠️Why is it said so?- Because Many of the new "forests" counted in the report are plantations, which are man-made areas with trees of the same age and species-Vulnerable to pests, fires, and diseases because of their lack of diversity.In fact, India has lost a large area of natural dense forests
🚫Natural forests store a lot more carbon in their trees and soil. Plantations store much less carbon and are often harvested quickly.
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✅GS1 : Geography- river systems- Ken Betwa river linking
🅾️This is an old issue : A part of the- National Perspective Plan (NNP) for water resources development - Click here
⚠️Takeaway :
🅾️Role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in water resources management : Central Water Commission (CWC) came into existence as “Central Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission” (CWINC) in 1945 which was established on the advice of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Member (Labour) in the then Viceroy’s Executive Council. Supported river-based geographical development, which aligns with Ken-Betwa’s regional focus.
🅾️Prelims : Permissions required for clearance of River linking
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🅾️This is an old issue : A part of the- National Perspective Plan (NNP) for water resources development - Click here
⚠️Takeaway :
🅾️Role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in water resources management : Central Water Commission (CWC) came into existence as “Central Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission” (CWINC) in 1945 which was established on the advice of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Member (Labour) in the then Viceroy’s Executive Council. Supported river-based geographical development, which aligns with Ken-Betwa’s regional focus.
🅾️Prelims : Permissions required for clearance of River linking
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✅Gs-2 : Fundamental Rights- Right to life - Does it include Right to die?
✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Right to life debates- Should Assisted Dying Be Legalised?
🅾️The debate stems from the moral, ethical, and legal questions surrounding an individual's right to end their life in the case of terminal illnesses or unbearable suffering.
🔰India’s Legal Position: Supreme Court Rulings:
⚜️Passive Euthanasia legalized under strict conditions (2018, Common Cause vs. Union of India).Patients can refuse life-prolonging treatments, provided a Judicial Magistrate oversees the process.
⚜️Key Safeguards- Living wills, medical board approvals, and protection against misuse are mandated.
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✅Gs-4 : Ethics- Right to life debates- Should Assisted Dying Be Legalised?
🅾️The debate stems from the moral, ethical, and legal questions surrounding an individual's right to end their life in the case of terminal illnesses or unbearable suffering.
🔰India’s Legal Position: Supreme Court Rulings:
⚜️Passive Euthanasia legalized under strict conditions (2018, Common Cause vs. Union of India).Patients can refuse life-prolonging treatments, provided a Judicial Magistrate oversees the process.
⚜️Key Safeguards- Living wills, medical board approvals, and protection against misuse are mandated.
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✅Gs-3: Economics of animal rearing- Fisheries
🅾️Need of the hour?= More professionalism and organised activity in Animal Husbandry sector
🅾️Read about these- PMMSY- Important for interviews(for students from coastal states)- Click here
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🅾️Need of the hour?= More professionalism and organised activity in Animal Husbandry sector
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✅GS-2: social issues- Health- Trends for 2025
🅾️Immunotherapy and personalized cancer treatment- How does NexCAR19 work?- CLick here
🅾️Weight-loss drugs: Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for weight management.
🅾️HPV Shot in India: Launch of vaccines to reduce cervical cancer prevalence among women in India
🅾️Alzheimer’s treatments: Progress in understanding the disease and potential drugs targeting brain health and memory retention.
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🅾️Immunotherapy and personalized cancer treatment- How does NexCAR19 work?- CLick here
🅾️Weight-loss drugs: Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for weight management.
🅾️HPV Shot in India: Launch of vaccines to reduce cervical cancer prevalence among women in India
🅾️Alzheimer’s treatments: Progress in understanding the disease and potential drugs targeting brain health and memory retention.
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✅Gs-1 : Indian society- Caste as a salient feature of Indian society
✅Gs-2 : Education- Caste discrimination in Education-Equal access is a fundamental right (Article 21A). However, recent studies highlights how rising tuition fees and insufficient financial aid disproportionately affect Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
🔰The principles we should abide by while dealing with caste in the education sphere are :
⚜️Economic Justice: Ensuring affordability of education is vital for realizing Article 46 (promotion of educational and economic interests of SC/ST and weaker sections).
⚜️Meritocracy vs. Equity: Rising costs reinforce exclusion, undermining the constitutional promise of equality of opportunity.
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✅Gs-2 : Education- Caste discrimination in Education-Equal access is a fundamental right (Article 21A). However, recent studies highlights how rising tuition fees and insufficient financial aid disproportionately affect Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
🔰The principles we should abide by while dealing with caste in the education sphere are :
⚜️Economic Justice: Ensuring affordability of education is vital for realizing Article 46 (promotion of educational and economic interests of SC/ST and weaker sections).
⚜️Meritocracy vs. Equity: Rising costs reinforce exclusion, undermining the constitutional promise of equality of opportunity.
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Forwarded from UPSC - International relations by Vikas Kanukollu
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✅Gs-2 : IR-Foreign policy challenges for India
🅾️What are the foreign policy challenges that India might face in 2025.
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🅾️What are the foreign policy challenges that India might face in 2025.
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✅Gs-3 : Environment- COP summits - the problems that we have to deal with in the future- 2nd part of IPCC report- India's transition to a net-zero economy
🔰Imp aspects :
⚜️1. Transitioning to a low-carbon economy through sustainable infrastructure and policies.
⚜️2. The role of taxes, subsidies, and externalities in driving this transition.
⚜️3. Challenges like resource security, fiscal constraints, and governance.
⚜️4. Advocating for differentiated climate action based on historical responsibility and promoting climate justice.
⚜️5. Encouraging reforms in public finance, renewable energy, and green infrastructure to ensure inclusive and sustainable growth.
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🔰Imp aspects :
⚜️1. Transitioning to a low-carbon economy through sustainable infrastructure and policies.
⚜️2. The role of taxes, subsidies, and externalities in driving this transition.
⚜️3. Challenges like resource security, fiscal constraints, and governance.
⚜️4. Advocating for differentiated climate action based on historical responsibility and promoting climate justice.
⚜️5. Encouraging reforms in public finance, renewable energy, and green infrastructure to ensure inclusive and sustainable growth.
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✅Gs-3 : Science and technology- AI
🅾️Practical use cases of AI - predictions for 2025- This article is important for interview candidates.
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🅾️Practical use cases of AI - predictions for 2025- This article is important for interview candidates.
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