What is the news? Indonesian parliament has approved a bill to relocate the Nation’s capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan area on Borneo Island. The new centre will be called “Nusantara”. It is a Javanese name for the Indonesian archipelago chosen by the president. What is the reason for this relocation? Jakarta suffers from issues like Chronic congestion, floods… Continue reading “Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to remote Borneo”
Reforms in the multilateral institutions: A gathering storm over multilateral institutions
News: Indian Prime Minister, while addressing the World Economic Forum annual conference, talked about required reforms in the multilateral institutions to deal with the new world order. Chinese President also talked about the need for reforms to uphold true multilateralism, fairness and justice. Why are the reforms in the multilateral institutions necessary? 1) Dysfunctional system of… Continue reading Reforms in the multilateral institutions: A gathering storm over multilateral institutions
Urban governance: Democratise and empower city governments
News: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India released a report titled “state finances, study of budgets of 2021-22 “. Contents1 What does the report talk about?2 What steps have been taken for urban governance empowerment in the past?3 What are the challenges in urban governance?4 What measures should be adopted to address urban governance? What… Continue reading Urban governance: Democratise and empower city governments
Data on sanitation: NFHS data offers a reality check for claims of Swachh Bharat success
News: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation released the National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) Round-3 (2019-20). But NARSS data shows some discrepancies with the NFHS 5 data. What are the findings of NARSS data on sanitation? NARSS is aligned with the SBM and is implemented through private agencies. It measures the performance of each… Continue reading Data on sanitation: NFHS data offers a reality check for claims of Swachh Bharat success
Increase the green cover
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
“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 ”
Deputation of Cadre Officers and the Proposed Amendments – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 What are the present rules for the deputation of cadre officers?3 What are the proposed amendments to Rule 6 (deputation of cadre officers)?4 Why did the centre propose the amendments to the deputation of cadre officers?5 Why did the state government oppose the move of deputation of cadre officers?6… Continue reading Deputation of Cadre Officers and the Proposed Amendments – Explained, pointwise
Mains Marathon for Mains 2022 Answer Writing Practice Starting from 28th JANUARY!!
Dear Friends, As we all know, UPSC Prelims 2022 is less than 5 months away from now and ideally, an aspirant should give at least one thorough reading of the mains syllabus before starting with prelims’ preparation. So, now is the ideal time to start with the preparation seriously, leaving past failures and successes behind.… Continue reading Mains Marathon for Mains 2022 Answer Writing Practice Starting from 28th JANUARY!!
Schemes Quiz: – Schemes – 20th 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 20th, 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 20th, 2022
