Significance for Prelims: Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner(CEC), Election Commissioners(EC) Significance for Mains: Issues associated with the appointment of the Election Commission. News: Supreme Court questions the' lightning speed' of appointments of new Election Commissioner Shri Arun Goel. Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner(CEC), Election Commissioners(EC): President of India...
Significance for Prelims: Not much Significance for Mains: India as a pole in International politics. News: The ongoing war in Ukraine, and the confrontation between Russia and the United States and the West increased the frequency/regularity of the question “Whose side is India on?”. Reasons behind India's reluctance...
Significance for Prelims: Inflation trajectory Significance for Mains: Recent issues associated with emerging inflation. News: Over the past several months there is concern over the trajectory of inflation. Recent data indicates that retail inflation has peaked and is now likely to trend downwards. The RBI anticipates that...
Relevance in Prelims: History of India Relevance in Mains: Indian Culture will cover the salient aspects of art forms, literature and architecture from ancient to modern times Key facts for UPSC Exam Who are Lingayats? Origin: From 12th-century social reformer Basava ‘s sect. Word Lingayats is derived from...
Significance for Prelims: Concept Purchasing Power Parity Significance for Mains: Factors responsible for the depreciation of the rupee; Impact of depreciation and appreciation of the rupee; Method to stabilise the rupee’s exchange rate News: In this article veteran policy maker C Rangarajan gives reasons why containment of...
Significance for Prelims: Global Hunger Index 2022 Significance for Mains: Global Hunger Index and associated issues and how to improve the index. News: India’s ranking in the recently released Global Hunger Index 2022 was 107 out of 121 countries. About Global Hunger Index(GHI): GHI report is jointly published...
Significance for Prelims: 103rd Constitutional Amendment; Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17. Significance for Mains: Constitutional analysis of 103rd Constitutional Amendment. News: The majority judgment in the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) case, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for...
Significance for Prelims: Not Much Significance for Mains: Issues associated with the electoral bond. News: Since the inception of electoral bonds, electoral bonds worth Rs 10, 246 crores have been sold by the State Bank of India. In 2016 and 2018, the government amended the FCRA through...
Significance for Prelims: Hybrid Militant; Over Ground Workers (OGWs) Significance for Mains: Rise in terror incidents and methods to tackle terrorism. News: Explosions in Coimbatore and Mangaluru is a sign of radicalisation among some section of Muslims and point to India’s Islamist challenge. Case of Mengaluru Blasts: Karnataka...
Significance for Prelims: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence; Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW; ‘Nari Shakti for New India’ campaign Significance for Mains: India’s contribution in ensuring gender-sensitive norms. News: Myanmar coup, Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and Ukrainian invasion of Russia forced...
