✅Gs-2 : RPA- RUPP = Registered Unrecognised Political Party
🅾️Background : RPA- Role of political parties on Indian politics- click here
⚜️ Dynamics of Indian politics- Useful in Essay and ethics also- Click here
🔰Procedure : Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951 – lays down the registration process- But 345 RUPPs haven’t contested elections since 2019 and have no traceable office- possibility of Ghost parties misusing tax benefits without actual electoral activity.
⚠️Does ECI Have Explicit Power to De-Register a Party?= Supreme Court in Indian National Congress vs Institute of Social Welfare (2002)- ECI cannot de-register a party unless: Registration was obtained fraudulently, or The party violates the Constitution or becomes unlawful- , ECI can only de-list for non-compliance, not cancel existence. Read Law Commission Reports quoted here in this article in this context.
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🅾️Background : RPA- Role of political parties on Indian politics- click here
⚜️ Dynamics of Indian politics- Useful in Essay and ethics also- Click here
🔰Procedure : Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951 – lays down the registration process- But 345 RUPPs haven’t contested elections since 2019 and have no traceable office- possibility of Ghost parties misusing tax benefits without actual electoral activity.
⚠️Does ECI Have Explicit Power to De-Register a Party?= Supreme Court in Indian National Congress vs Institute of Social Welfare (2002)- ECI cannot de-register a party unless: Registration was obtained fraudulently, or The party violates the Constitution or becomes unlawful- , ECI can only de-list for non-compliance, not cancel existence. Read Law Commission Reports quoted here in this article in this context.
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✅GS 3: PDS- public distribution system
⚜️Food subsidy as economic tool to fight poverty- India’s poverty measurement, particularly post the 2023–24 Household Consumption Survey, should consider the actual food consumption pattern of the population - using a metric like the Thali Index- subsidies must be rationalised, not eliminated, as access to a nutritious, affordable diet remains critical despite declining poverty numbers- Why?= Click here
🅾️Traditional poverty lines (e.g., Tendulkar, Rangarajan) used consumption expenditure.
But they: 1. Treat food as a residual expense 2. Do not account for nutritional quality 3. Overlook actual food inflation Thali Index fixes this by using food prices to reverse-engineer affordability → better poverty estimation. This works because Food inflation hits bottom 40% hardest, who also often live just above the poverty line.
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⚜️Food subsidy as economic tool to fight poverty- India’s poverty measurement, particularly post the 2023–24 Household Consumption Survey, should consider the actual food consumption pattern of the population - using a metric like the Thali Index- subsidies must be rationalised, not eliminated, as access to a nutritious, affordable diet remains critical despite declining poverty numbers- Why?= Click here
🅾️Traditional poverty lines (e.g., Tendulkar, Rangarajan) used consumption expenditure.
But they: 1. Treat food as a residual expense 2. Do not account for nutritional quality 3. Overlook actual food inflation Thali Index fixes this by using food prices to reverse-engineer affordability → better poverty estimation. This works because Food inflation hits bottom 40% hardest, who also often live just above the poverty line.
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✅Gs-2 : Fundamental rights- Secularism- Preamble
🅾️What is the reasoning Behind Including ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ in the Preamble?- click here
⚠️The Core Debate – Is Secularism Inherent Even Without the Word?- Critics argue: The word “secular” was imposed during a politically coercive period (Emergency) and was not part of the Constitution as adopted in 1950. This article is saying that it is not- and shows reasons why secularism is not derived from one word in the Preamble but from the Constitution’s structure and values.
🅾️Judicial Position- Sanjiv Khanna Bench (2024):ismissed challenge to the 42nd Amendment’s wording. Held: These additions do not violate fundamental rights, and no constitutional violation occurs.
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🅾️What is the reasoning Behind Including ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ in the Preamble?- click here
⚠️The Core Debate – Is Secularism Inherent Even Without the Word?- Critics argue: The word “secular” was imposed during a politically coercive period (Emergency) and was not part of the Constitution as adopted in 1950. This article is saying that it is not- and shows reasons why secularism is not derived from one word in the Preamble but from the Constitution’s structure and values.
🅾️Judicial Position- Sanjiv Khanna Bench (2024):ismissed challenge to the 42nd Amendment’s wording. Held: These additions do not violate fundamental rights, and no constitutional violation occurs.
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✅Gs-3 : Mobilization of resources- Fiscal deficit- World economy backdrop- Click here
✅Gs-3 : Government Budgeting- Constraints and Resource Optimization-Fiscal prudence in foreign assistance”
🔰Prelims Pointers:
⚜️IDEAS Scheme: Framework for Indian LoCs via EXIM Bank.
⚜️GDC: Global Development Compact – India’s 5-modality approach.
⚜️TrC (Triangular Cooperation): Emerging new norm; India + OECD + LDC.
⚜️Trend =Shrinking ODA: Aid from OECD nations reducing due to domestic pressures
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✅Gs-3 : Government Budgeting- Constraints and Resource Optimization-Fiscal prudence in foreign assistance”
🔰Prelims Pointers:
⚜️IDEAS Scheme: Framework for Indian LoCs via EXIM Bank.
⚜️GDC: Global Development Compact – India’s 5-modality approach.
⚜️TrC (Triangular Cooperation): Emerging new norm; India + OECD + LDC.
⚜️Trend =Shrinking ODA: Aid from OECD nations reducing due to domestic pressures
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✅Gs-2 : Vulnerable sections - Social security of Gig economy workers-
🅾️case study of china- how public facilitated changes in china. - Click here
⚠️Issue = The PLFS continues to subsume such workers under misleading categories like “self-employed,” missing nuances critical for social security and wage policy.
🅾️Conclusion that you can use for Mains answers= “recognition without representation” risks tokenism unless India updates its labour survey architecture to reflect the hybrid and precarious nature of modern work.
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🅾️case study of china- how public facilitated changes in china. - Click here
⚠️Issue = The PLFS continues to subsume such workers under misleading categories like “self-employed,” missing nuances critical for social security and wage policy.
🅾️Conclusion that you can use for Mains answers= “recognition without representation” risks tokenism unless India updates its labour survey architecture to reflect the hybrid and precarious nature of modern work.
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Forwarded from UPSC Ethics by VK IAS
A letter from a student… Made me put this out..
I didn’t always know how to say this.
But somewhere between chasing ranks and routines, I realised—what’s really holding most students back isn’t lack of discipline or notes…It’s the quiet stories they keep telling themselves.
“I’m behind.”
“Others are built for this, not me.”
“If I don’t succeed fast enough, I’ll be left behind.”
At VK IAS, mentorship for me is not about fixing your productivity.
It’s about sitting with those stories. Looking them in the eye.
Because true learning begins not with a timetable,
but with the courage to ask:
“Whose expectations am I carrying?”
You don’t need to fight the syllabus - first you need to stop fighting yourself.
This is where the whole idea of mentorship gets its meaning from-for me it is a return. A remembering.
Success? It’s not the prize.
It’s the quiet side-effect of someone who has finally come home to their own clarity.
Thank you for giving me a purpose for existence 🙂
-vk
I didn’t always know how to say this.
But somewhere between chasing ranks and routines, I realised—what’s really holding most students back isn’t lack of discipline or notes…It’s the quiet stories they keep telling themselves.
“I’m behind.”
“Others are built for this, not me.”
“If I don’t succeed fast enough, I’ll be left behind.”
At VK IAS, mentorship for me is not about fixing your productivity.
It’s about sitting with those stories. Looking them in the eye.
Because true learning begins not with a timetable,
but with the courage to ask:
“Whose expectations am I carrying?”
You don’t need to fight the syllabus - first you need to stop fighting yourself.
This is where the whole idea of mentorship gets its meaning from-for me it is a return. A remembering.
Success? It’s not the prize.
It’s the quiet side-effect of someone who has finally come home to their own clarity.
Thank you for giving me a purpose for existence 🙂
-vk
How to generate content for Mains in Ethics: AI & Copyright law
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Ethical Issues to Discuss
• Moral agency: Can AI be a “creator” in the ethical sense?
• Plagiarism vs inspiration: AI models are trained on human data—where is the line?
• Consent and data rights: Was copyrighted…
Ethical Issues to Discuss
• Moral agency: Can AI be a “creator” in the ethical sense?
• Plagiarism vs inspiration: AI models are trained on human data—where is the line?
• Consent and data rights: Was copyrighted…