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 – Feb 12th, 2022
[Answered] To what extent has the MSP Policy achieved its intended purpose. Analyzing the limitations of the MSP policy, suggest remedial measures
Introduction: Write about MSP policy in India explaining the context. Body: Write major objectives of MSP policy. Write the achievements of MSP policy. Write the challenges of MSP policy. Write remedial measure to address the challenges. Conclusion: Conclude contextually, giving a way forward. Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a market intervention by the Government to… Continue reading [Answered] To what extent has the MSP Policy achieved its intended purpose. Analyzing the limitations of the MSP policy, suggest remedial measures
[Answered] State Laws that limit the rights of out-of-state citizens are antithetical to the idea of India as one nation. How do these laws impact the fundamental rights of the citizens? Explain.
Introduction: Mention recent state laws on reservation for locals. Body: Write the impact of these laws on the fundamental rights in detail. Conclusion: Give a way forward. The Constitution has established India as one nation with all citizens having equal fundamental rights to live, travel and work anywhere in the country. In the last three… Continue reading [Answered] State Laws that limit the rights of out-of-state citizens are antithetical to the idea of India as one nation. How do these laws impact the fundamental rights of the citizens? Explain.
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |February 11th, 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 – February 11th, 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… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – February 11th, 2022
Why does the capital gains tax regime need a relook?
What is the news? The Revenue Secretary has said that the capital gains tax structure in India is complicated, and it is time for a relook. What is Capital Gains Tax? Capital Gains Tax is levied on the profits made on investments.It covers real estate, gold, stocks, mutual funds and various other financial and non-financial… Continue reading Why does the capital gains tax regime need a relook?
2 years on, all railway cadre services merged into one
What is the news? All Railway services have been merged under one category called the Indian Railways Management Services (IRMS) under Group A central services. What is the significance of the move? The move will help to fasten decision-making and also bring an end to departmentalism and culture of silos. It will also wave… Continue reading 2 years on, all railway cadre services merged into one
India, Australia set to finalise mini FTA
What is the News? India and Australia will be finalising a mini Free Trade Agreement(FTA) called the Early Harvest Agreement. Note: An Early Harvest deal is a precursor to an FTA in which the trading partners reduce tariff barriers on limited goods to promote trade. What will be covered in the Early Harvest Agreement? The… Continue reading India, Australia set to finalise mini FTA
Explained: What RBI’s status quo means for stock investors and borrowers
What is the News? The six-member Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept key policy rates – Repo rate, Reverse repo rate and the Bank rate – unchanged for the 10th time in a row and retained the accommodative policy stance. Why has RBI kept the interest rates unchanged? RBI… Continue reading Explained: What RBI’s status quo means for stock investors and borrowers
New artificial Intelligence-based tools can help finding habitable planets
What is the News? Using Artificial Intelligence, Indian Astronomers have devised a new method to identify potentially habitable planets with a high probability. What is the method adopted by Indian Astronomers to identify potentially habitable planets? The method is named as Anomaly Detection Method. This method is based on the postulate that Earth is an… Continue reading New artificial Intelligence-based tools can help finding habitable planets
