Miscellaneous Quiz: – Organisations and Bodies – 27th January 2022

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we are posting today’s prelims marathon. Under Prelims marathon initiative, we on a daily basis are posting 10 MCQs. MCQs are framed based on the predefined syllabus topic.

The idea is to keep the number of MCQ questions to a practicable level so that you do not spend an extra minute than required, and have a maximum output for the UPSC Prelims Exam 2021.

Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 27th, 2022

About Must Read News Articles: Must Read News Articles is an initiative by Team ForumIAS to provide links to the most important news articles of the day. It covers several newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Livemint, etc. This saves the time and effort of students in identifying useful and important articles. With newspaper websites… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 27th, 2022

Miscellaneous Quiz: – Miscellaneous – 26th January 2022

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we are posting today’s prelims marathon. Under Prelims marathon initiative, we on a daily basis are posting 10 MCQs. MCQs are framed based on the predefined syllabus topic.

The idea is to keep the number of MCQ questions to a practicable level so that you do not spend an extra minute than required, and have a maximum output for the UPSC Prelims Exam 2021.

10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | January 25th 2022

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We are posting the 10 PM current affairs quiz for today. Under our 10 PM current affairs quiz initiative, we are posting 10 MCQs sources from news articles, on a daily basis. MCQs in this initiative are sourced from PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.

9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – January 25th, 2022

Dear Friends We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough and… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – January 25th, 2022

Engineering Goods exports register a growth of 54% and jump to USD 81.8 Billion during April-December 2021 as compared to USD 52.9 Billion during same period in the previous year (2020)

Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Engineering Goods?3 Why has there been tremendous growth in Engineering Goods Exports?4 What is the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme? What is the News? The Engineering Goods exports have registered a growth of 54% during April-December 2021 as compared to the same period in the previous year… Continue reading Engineering Goods exports register a growth of 54% and jump to USD 81.8 Billion during April-December 2021 as compared to USD 52.9 Billion during same period in the previous year (2020)

Key Initiatives and Achievements of Ministry of Rural Development during the year 2021

What is the News? The Ministry of Rural Development has taken several initiatives in the year 2021. Several of them are Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) Shyama Prasad… Continue reading Key Initiatives and Achievements of Ministry of Rural Development during the year 2021

Year-End Review-2021- Department of Biotechnology

Contents1 What is the News?2 Several of them are3 Developments in Medical Biotechnology4 Developments in Agriculture Biotechnology5 Crop varieties Developed5.1 Other developments What is the News? The Department of Biotechnology has taken several initiatives in the year 2021. Several of them are Developments in Medical Biotechnology Autologous hair follicle grafting is a recent therapy to… Continue reading Year-End Review-2021- Department of Biotechnology

Covid-19 pandemic has widened economic inequities. Government interventions must be mindful of this challenge

News  Since the onset of the pandemic, there has been growing concern that income and wealth disparities have widened in the country during this period.   What are the factors that support this view?  Pandemic has led to rise in unemployment rate, increase in casualisation of the workforce, rising dependence on MGNREGA and financial distress among MSMEs, along with rising profits of large firms and a soaring stock market.  This all point out… Continue reading Covid-19 pandemic has widened economic inequities. Government interventions must be mindful of this challenge

Price we pay for privatisation delays”

Contents1 News 2 What has been government’s progress on its disinvestment target? 3 How is the delay in disinvestment hurting the PSU sector? 4 What is the way forward?  News  Government has been missing its disinvestment targets by huge margin and this delay has been hurting its revenues and PSUs both.  What has been government’s progress on its… Continue reading Price we pay for privatisation delays”

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