Context: The Union government has ordered State-run oil companies to raise the prices of subsidized cooking gas(LPG) by Rs 4 a cylinder every month to eliminate all subsidies by March next year. Background: The government had previously asked Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum to raise rates of subsidized domestic LPG by Rs 2… Continue reading The government aims to end all subsidies by March 2018
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The menace of drug trafficking
Context: As observed by the intelligence agencies, in the recent times, drug runners have been using the vast seas off India and Pakistan for running their rackets. Routes across the seas: For the past many years there have been several confrontation, occasional seizures and significant suspicious boat movements to reaffirm the intelligence assessment about the… Continue reading The menace of drug trafficking
Looming threat in blowing the whistle
Context: The proposed amendments to the Whistle Blowers Act contradict the very purpose of the Act. Whistle Blowers Protection Act: Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011 is an Act in the Parliament of India which provides a mechanism to investigate alleged corruption and misuse of power by public servants and also protect anyone who exposes alleged… Continue reading Looming threat in blowing the whistle
Implications of the freeze on parliamentary seats
Context The lifting of the freeze imposed on increasing the number of parliamentary seats by the Constitution (forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, due in 2016 will require building of a new Parliament due to increase in number of seats in both houses. The new debate The debate revolves around the issues with constitutional dimensions of far-reaching… Continue reading Implications of the freeze on parliamentary seats
India towards a methanol economy
Context NITI Aayog to formulate a roadmap for transition to methanol made from coal, based on the alternative fuel’s use in China Introduction: The Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday held a high-level stakeholders meeting to deliberate upon a strategy to use methanol as an alternative fuel in automobiles. At a high… Continue reading India towards a methanol economy
Changing Contours of India – Thailand relations
Introduction India and Thailand have historical and cultural roots that reach back much beyond our 70 years of diplomatic relations. Both countries have been shaped and remain linked by the great forces of history and culture that span thousands of years. Thai academics have found that our close historical and cultural ties somehow seem to… Continue reading Changing Contours of India – Thailand relations
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon- August 1
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Geography Optional Test 2 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon
Archives Here is the 2nd Geography Mains Marathon Optional Test. Geography Mains Marathon : Test-2 Below are the questions: ‘The nature of source region largely determines the temperature and humidity characteristics of an air mass’- Explain What are agro-climatic zones? Discuss the characteristics and problems of Trans-ganga Plains region. Outline and account for the characteristics of… Continue reading Geography Optional Test 2 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon
Economics Optional Test 2 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon
Archives Here is the 2nd Economics Mains Marathon Optional Test. Click Here for Mains Marathon Economics Optional Plan Economics Mains Marathon : Test-2 Why is under-employment equilibrium possible in Keynesian economics, but not possible in Classical economics? Give reasons. Show that liquidity preference is neither necessary nor sufficient for the existence of involuntary unemployment in… Continue reading Economics Optional Test 2 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon
Answers: Mains Marathon History Optional Test 3 – UPSC Mains 2017 History Optional Initiative
Archives Friends, We are releasing the Answers of 3rd Mains Marathon History Optional Test/Question Bank for History Optional. Download History Optional Study Plan Here Following are the suggested answers of Test-3 Questions: Q1. Discuss socio-cultural life during post Gupta and early medieval age. Ans. The socio-cultural life during post Gupta period was characterized by predominance… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon History Optional Test 3 – UPSC Mains 2017 History Optional Initiative
