Year End Review 2021-Department of Higher Education

What is the news? The Department of Higher Education has taken several steps in the Year 2021. Initiatives by Deptt of Higher Education in 2021 National Education Policy 2020 SWAYAM AICTE Translation Automation Al Tool: It has been developed by AICTE with a vision to translate English language online courses into eleven different Indian languages… Continue reading Year End Review 2021-Department of Higher Education

Amar Jawan Jyoti now merged with National War Memorial flame, says Government

Contents1 What is the news?2 What is Amar Jawan Jyoti (AJJ)?3 What has been done now with Amar Jawan Jyoti?4 What is India Gate? What is the news? The Government of India has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merged it with the one instituted at the… Continue reading Amar Jawan Jyoti now merged with National War Memorial flame, says Government

Urbanisation and the Need for Sustainable Cities – Explained, pointwise

For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 Why is the present model of Urbanisation not sustainable?3 Why are poor countries or poor section of people more vulnerable to the impacts of urbanisation?4 What is a sustainable city? And what are the factors that facilitate a completely sustainable city?5 Why does the world need sustainable cities?6 What… Continue reading Urbanisation and the Need for Sustainable Cities – Explained, pointwise

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Schemes Quiz: – Schemes & Miscellaneous – 22nd January 2022

Hello friends,

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 22nd, 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 22nd, 2022

9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – January 21st, 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 21st, 2022

New tax regime disincentivizes charity donations, says study

Contents1 What is the news? 2 What was this optional tax regime? 3 What are the issues highlighted by the study? 4 What needs to be done?  What is the news?  Budget of 2020 option introduced an optional tax regime for personal income tax.  What was this optional tax regime?  Under this a taxpayer can choose between two structures.… Continue reading New tax regime disincentivizes charity donations, says study

Environment Ministry’s plan to rank states draws ire

News  Union Environment Ministry has recently brought out a proposal of ranking States on how quickly they could give environmental clearances to proposed infrastructure projects.  Many environmentalists have objected to this step and also stated that it contravenes the basic principles of environmental regulation.   What are State Environmental Impact Assessment Agencies (SEIAA) and What do they do?  SEIAA consists of State officers… Continue reading Environment Ministry’s plan to rank states draws ire

Drop the IAS cadre rules amendments

News: Recently, the Union Government proposed to amend Rule 6 (Deputation of cadre officers) of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules 1954. To know about the existing rules, proposed amendments, reasons for amendment, challenges and way forward Read here: Deputation of Cadre Officers and the Proposed Amendments – Explained, pointwise Source: This post is based… Continue reading Drop the IAS cadre rules amendments

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