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✅GS-1 : Demographic studies- Census- Caste census
🅾️1931 → Last official OBC caste data
🅾️2011 → SECC conducted; caste data not released
🅾️2023 → Bihar caste survey conducted and upheld
🅾️Census = Union subject, but caste data ≠ mandatory under law
🅾️Rohini Commission = OBC sub-categorisation
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🅾️1931 → Last official OBC caste data
🅾️2011 → SECC conducted; caste data not released
🅾️2023 → Bihar caste survey conducted and upheld
🅾️Census = Union subject, but caste data ≠ mandatory under law
🅾️Rohini Commission = OBC sub-categorisation
🅾️Counter arguments- Click here
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
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✅Gs-3 : Climate change- climate policy and climate transition.
🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040
🅾️National Hydrogen Energy Mission and all other related dimensions of the issue- Click here
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🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040
🅾️National Hydrogen Energy Mission and all other related dimensions of the issue- Click here
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✅Gs-3 : Climate change- climate policy and climate transition.
🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040
🅾️Natural Hydrogen- Click here
🅾️This article- India’s Natural Potential: What Does the Data Say?
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🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040
🅾️Natural Hydrogen- Click here
🅾️This article- India’s Natural Potential: What Does the Data Say?
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✅Gs-2 : Parliament - Private member Bills
🅾️In Parliament, any MP who is not a Minister is called a Private Member. A Bill introduced by such a member is a Private Member’s Bill (PMB). PMBs reinforce separation of powers by keeping legislative creativity from becoming Executive monopoly.
🅾️Why Are PMBs Declining?-Over-dominance of Government Business, MPs fear crossing party lines- legislative independence has shrunk after 52nd CAA(Anti-defection Law).Of ~80 PMBs introduced in Budget Session 2024, none were discussed — showing systemic apathy.
🅾️Why should we allow them?- PMBs act as “legislative laboratories” — testing new ideas before they become policy consensus Ex : PMB on Right to Disconnect → sparked national debate on digital burnout
🅾️International Best Practices- UK, New Zealand and Canada.
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🅾️In Parliament, any MP who is not a Minister is called a Private Member. A Bill introduced by such a member is a Private Member’s Bill (PMB). PMBs reinforce separation of powers by keeping legislative creativity from becoming Executive monopoly.
🅾️Why Are PMBs Declining?-Over-dominance of Government Business, MPs fear crossing party lines- legislative independence has shrunk after 52nd CAA(Anti-defection Law).Of ~80 PMBs introduced in Budget Session 2024, none were discussed — showing systemic apathy.
🅾️Why should we allow them?- PMBs act as “legislative laboratories” — testing new ideas before they become policy consensus Ex : PMB on Right to Disconnect → sparked national debate on digital burnout
🅾️International Best Practices- UK, New Zealand and Canada.
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✅GS-1 : Demographic studies- Census- Caste census
🅾️Background of caste census- Click here
🅾️Takeaway from Telangana model - This article
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🅾️Background of caste census- Click here
🅾️Takeaway from Telangana model - This article
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✅Gs-2 : Parliament - Parliamentary accountability
🅾️Context : Parliament is the sovereign forum where executive accountability is ensured. India was chosen to be a parliamentary democracy precisely to ensure continuous accountability, unlike the U.S. presidential model.
🅾️Issue : Parliamentary oversight suffers- Frequent adjournments and disruptions, Decline in scrutiny of legislation, DRSC reports rarely debated- Speaker and Chairman rarely enforce Rule 280 (Rajya Sabha) or Rule 331(D) (Lok Sabha) to compel committee referrals.
✅ So we have to :
⚜️1. we have to make Committee Reports Actionable- Click here
⚜️2. Institutionalise Parliamentary Research Support= Create Indian Parliamentary Research Service (IPRS) on lines of LAMP (Legislative Assistants to MPs)-
⚜️3. Use Technology and AI Tools
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🅾️Context : Parliament is the sovereign forum where executive accountability is ensured. India was chosen to be a parliamentary democracy precisely to ensure continuous accountability, unlike the U.S. presidential model.
🅾️Issue : Parliamentary oversight suffers- Frequent adjournments and disruptions, Decline in scrutiny of legislation, DRSC reports rarely debated- Speaker and Chairman rarely enforce Rule 280 (Rajya Sabha) or Rule 331(D) (Lok Sabha) to compel committee referrals.
✅ So we have to :
⚜️1. we have to make Committee Reports Actionable- Click here
⚜️2. Institutionalise Parliamentary Research Support= Create Indian Parliamentary Research Service (IPRS) on lines of LAMP (Legislative Assistants to MPs)-
⚜️3. Use Technology and AI Tools
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🅾️Cost of the program is 55k+18% GST
🅾️What is UPSC expecting from…
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✅Gs-3 : Science and Technology- Importance of R&D
🅾️Context : Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations
📌 Released By: Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER)
🅾️This report reveals that India’s public R&D units are rich in input but poor in innovation outcomes — unless they reorient around national missions, critical tech, and startup ecosystems, they will remain underutilized assets in our development story.
🔰The report recommends:
⚜️1. Labs must align to Viksit Bharat 2047
⚜️2. Refocus on critical technologies: quantum, deep tech, AI
⚜️3. Shift to a “war-footing” innovation mindset
⚜️4. Adopt a mission-driven, startup-supportive model
⚜️5. Leverage Section 8 companies for commercialization
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🅾️Context : Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations
📌 Released By: Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER)
🅾️This report reveals that India’s public R&D units are rich in input but poor in innovation outcomes — unless they reorient around national missions, critical tech, and startup ecosystems, they will remain underutilized assets in our development story.
🔰The report recommends:
⚜️1. Labs must align to Viksit Bharat 2047
⚜️2. Refocus on critical technologies: quantum, deep tech, AI
⚜️3. Shift to a “war-footing” innovation mindset
⚜️4. Adopt a mission-driven, startup-supportive model
⚜️5. Leverage Section 8 companies for commercialization
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✅Gs-2 : Health/ IR- Vaccine diplomacy
🅾️The recent surge in preventable diseases warns us that even silent revolutions like immunisation can unravel if we ignore systems, science, and social trust.
🅾️The WHO warns:
1. “Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are rising”
2. Risk of global reversal in child survival gains
3. Breakdowns in immunisation today = outbreaks, economic losses, and public distrust tomorrow
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🅾️The recent surge in preventable diseases warns us that even silent revolutions like immunisation can unravel if we ignore systems, science, and social trust.
🅾️The WHO warns:
1. “Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are rising”
2. Risk of global reversal in child survival gains
3. Breakdowns in immunisation today = outbreaks, economic losses, and public distrust tomorrow
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Natural Hydrogen vs Green Hydrogen- UPSC Perspective || Energy Transition- VK IAS
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✅Gs-3 : Agriculture- Need for Agri food systems
✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- Energy security- Clean fuels
➡️National Biofuel policy and Ethanol blending program- Click here
🅾️Issue here : India’s maize is being diverted from its traditional use as animal feed (especially poultry and dairy) to ethanol production (biofuel), due to the government's push for EBP (Ethanol Blended Petrol) programme.India, which was once a net exporter of maize, is now considering importing even genetically modified maize to meet ethanol demand
🌟So- this is a “food vs energy” trade-off - agriculture becomes a site of competing national priorities.
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✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- Energy security- Clean fuels
➡️National Biofuel policy and Ethanol blending program- Click here
🅾️Issue here : India’s maize is being diverted from its traditional use as animal feed (especially poultry and dairy) to ethanol production (biofuel), due to the government's push for EBP (Ethanol Blended Petrol) programme.India, which was once a net exporter of maize, is now considering importing even genetically modified maize to meet ethanol demand
🌟So- this is a “food vs energy” trade-off - agriculture becomes a site of competing national priorities.
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Forwarded from UPSC - International relations by Vikas Kanukollu
✅Gs-2 : IR- India's National Security Strategy- India-Pakistan Relations
🅾️Strategic Architecture need :
⚜️Counter-terror strategy (operational targeting of terror camps)
⚜️Strategy for retaliation (credible deterrence with room for escalation control)
⚜️Strategy to manage Pakistan’s counter-retaliation response (especially via proxies)
🔰 India’s response should be based on predictable long-term deterrence, not unpredictable short-term anger.
📌 The proposal: Treat the LoC as an international boundary in practical terms — ending the fiction that fuels “proxy war denial.” It calls for a Kautilyan strategy — combining saama (negotiation), daana (incentives), danda (punishment), and bheda (division) — not just danda.
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🅾️Strategic Architecture need :
⚜️Counter-terror strategy (operational targeting of terror camps)
⚜️Strategy for retaliation (credible deterrence with room for escalation control)
⚜️Strategy to manage Pakistan’s counter-retaliation response (especially via proxies)
🔰 India’s response should be based on predictable long-term deterrence, not unpredictable short-term anger.
📌 The proposal: Treat the LoC as an international boundary in practical terms — ending the fiction that fuels “proxy war denial.” It calls for a Kautilyan strategy — combining saama (negotiation), daana (incentives), danda (punishment), and bheda (division) — not just danda.
⚠️Gs2-IR/PSIR channel link : https://www.tg-me.com/UPSC_PSIR_IR
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