News Although the recently released India State of Forests report, 2021 has shown an expansion in the forest cover but there are some apprehensions regarding these estimates. Why there are apprehensions regarding findings of the report? Majority of this increase in vegetation has occurred in the “open forests” category where a tree canopy of just above 10… Continue reading Increase the green cover
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“Broken houses-MP, MLAs suspensions have become cross party blunt instrument of maximalist power politics ”
News Supreme Court has raised concern over frequent suspension of MPs/MLAs and also stated that if this trend is a “danger to democracy”. Why have been some recent instances of suspension of MP/MLAs have come under criticism? 12 Rajya Sabha members were suspended in the winter session-Since the allegation of misbehaviour were from the time of monsoon session, the opposition complained… Continue reading “Broken houses-MP, MLAs suspensions have become cross party blunt instrument of maximalist power politics ”
Grow the pie-Rising Inequality per se isn’t a problem if economic growth raises income over all
News Oxfam International and its India unit have recently brought out reports on inequality. However, the are some apprehensions regarding this report. What are the issues with the Oxfam report? Problem with measure of inequality-Oxfam has used wealth, not income, as the parameter. The problem with this approach is that it is heavily dependent on the… Continue reading Grow the pie-Rising Inequality per se isn’t a problem if economic growth raises income over all
The Silver Line project is anti-development
News Kerala government has recently announced a rail project named Silver Line. This has received some aversive reactions from ecologists, engineers, activists and citizens which include Madhav Gadgil, E. Sreedharan, Prashant Bhushan and Medha Patkar, etc. What are the concerns regarding Silverline project? Concern of flooding– Mr. Sreedharan, perhaps India’s most famous railway engineer has put forth the view that… Continue reading The Silver Line project is anti-development
[Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2022 – 2nd week
Hello, everyone. We are posting a Compilation of the 10 pm current affairs quiz – January 2022 – Second week Click on the following link to download Download The 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz is focused on the current affairs part of UPSC Prelims. The daily current affairs quiz consists of 10 questions based on the daily current… Continue reading [Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2022 – 2nd week
Think, give-and-take to expand trade relations
News India in 2020 declined to join the Chinese led RCEP. This fueled the concerns of trade isolation and to overcome this India has been trying to forge some bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). What are the initiatives taken by India in this direction? India has been generally following a ‘Look West’ approach and has initiated FTA… Continue reading Think, give-and-take to expand trade relations
“Just what the doctor ordered for the livestock farmers”
News According to the twentieth livestock census around 95.8% of livestock population in India is concentrated in rural areas. This makes access to veterinary services, a major challenge. To mitigate this problem, Government has introduced Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs) under the revised provisions of Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH&DC) programme. What are MVUs? MVU are vans which are equipped with veterinarian and… Continue reading “Just what the doctor ordered for the livestock farmers”
[Download] 7 PM Weekly Compilation -January 2022 – 1st and 2nd week
Hello everyone. We are posting the weekly Compilation of 7 PM Daily Current Affairs Analysis for the month of January 2022 – 1st and 2nd week Click on the following link to download Download About 7 PM:- The idea behind 7 PM Daily Editorial is to give aspirants in-depth analysis of news articles from different newspapers… Continue reading [Download] 7 PM Weekly Compilation -January 2022 – 1st and 2nd week
[Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – January, 2022 – 1st week
Hello everyone, We are posting a compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of January 2022 – First week. Click on the following link to download Download About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focused on UPSC Prelims 2022. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10 MCQs, based on the provided weekly schedule. For More… Continue reading [Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – January, 2022 – 1st week
Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally
News: Rooftop solar installation in India is lagging behind the target. As a part of nationwide revamped target in 2014 for renewable energy installations, at least 40 gigawatt was earmarked for rooftop solar by 2022. However, only 6.11 GW (15 per cent of the target) was achieved as of November 2021. Even the urbanized, high-income cities like Delhi could achieve only… Continue reading Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally
