News: Finance minister has announced the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana scheme. Facts: Aim: To incentivize the creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid-19 economic recovery phase. Beneficiaries (new employees) under Scheme: Any new employee joining employment in EPF registered establishments on monthly wages less than Rs 15,000. EPF members drawing a monthly wage of less… Continue reading Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana
Year: 2020
Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0
Context- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the next set of stimulus package to boost the coronavirus-hit economy. What are the key highlights of 3rd stimulus package? Union Finance Minister on recently announced a third stimulus package to help pull the Covid-19-battered economy. The FM announced 12 measures under Atmanirbhar Bharat3.0 which includes- Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana. Emergency Credit Line… Continue reading Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0
Challenges to Atma Nirbhar Bharat
Context: Making India self-reliant India or Atmanirbhar Bharat What are the current economic challenges faced by India? The supply chain disruption due to national and localised lockdowns has led to supply side and demand side contraction. Slowdown of aggregate demand due to low, private final consumption expenditure (PFCE), investment and exports. Even, the consumption… Continue reading Challenges to Atma Nirbhar Bharat
Need for Right to work in India
Context: Need for Right to work in India. What is the legal status of the right to work internationally and in India? International: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes the right to work in the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. In India: Though the Right to work is not a constitutional… Continue reading Need for Right to work in India
OTT Media regulation
Context: The government is bringing online news and current affairs portals along with “films and audio-visual programmes made available by online content providers” under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Analyse the problems with this step. This is an attack on the free press: It is targeted at a section that has been bold and… Continue reading OTT Media regulation
Custodial Violence in India | 13th Nov. 2020
What is Custodial Violence? Custodial violence primarily refers to violence in police custody and judicial custody. It may be mental or physical in nature. Types of Custodial Violence: Physical: This includes methods of physical torture on the victim Physiological: It includes mental torture. For instance, depriving a person of food. It also includes threat and… Continue reading Custodial Violence in India | 13th Nov. 2020
[Downloads] Prelims Marathon Compilation November, 2020 ,1st week
Hello everyone, We are posting compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of November, 2020 – First week. Click on the following link to download Prelims Compilation for the month of November, 2020 (1st week) About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focussed on UPSC Prelims 2020. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10 MCQs,… Continue reading [Downloads] Prelims Marathon Compilation November, 2020 ,1st week
MAINS (Subject-Wise) QUESTION BANK
Mains Questions Bank and Answers For UPSC Under this initiative, we are providing the subject wise list of questions asked under the Mains Marathon initiative. We are in the process of further developing this initiative. Very soon, we will be adding many more questions to it. UPSC Mains GS-1 Previous years question bank – Click… Continue reading MAINS (Subject-Wise) QUESTION BANK
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon (Geography) | November 13,2020
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Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 13th November 2020
Good Morning dear reader. We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: \ GS Paper 1 India can become self-reliant, competitive if it cashes in on demographic dividend Indian Express Page – 14 Syllabus Topic – Population and associated issues GS Paper 2 Media regulation that is quite over the top The Hindu… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 13th November 2020
