Synopsis: The issue of flash floods seen in Kerala, reasons associated and the remedies needed. Contents1 Introduction2 What are the reasons attributed to the recent floods?3 What are the recent trends wrt Kerala floods?4 What are the reasons for Kerala floods?5 What needs to be done now? Introduction The recent Kerala floods took life of… Continue reading Has Kerala learnt anything from extreme weather? Apparently not, say experts
Improving livestock breeding
Synopsis: The facts and schemes relating to different livestock sector and the expected benefit out of it. Introduction Livestock breeding in India has been largely unorganised because of which there have been gaps in forward and backward integration across the value chain. Government has revised “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” and “National Livestock Mission” (NLM) to adress… Continue reading Improving livestock breeding
LIVE Orientation Session | Mains Guidance Program (MGP) 2021 – Cohort 10
Dear Friends, This is to announce that we are holding a LIVE Orientation session on Youtube for Mains Guidance Program today (19th Oct.) at 6 PM. This session will help you get initiated on how to plan and strategize your preparation for maximizing score in GS Papers Click Here to join the session. @team ForumIAS
[Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – October, 2021 – 1st week
Hello everyone, We are posting a Compilation of the 9 PM current affairs brief for the 1st week of the Month of October. Click on the following link to download Download About 9 PM Current Affairs Brief: The idea behind the 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief is to make aspirants aware of the important news from… Continue reading [Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – October, 2021 – 1st week
History Quiz: History- Freedom Struggle under Extremist Phase – 19th October 2021
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 – Oct 19th 2021
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 – Oct 19th 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | October 18th 2021
Hello friends,
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 – October 18th, 2021
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 – October 18th, 2021
Digitisation of farm data needs awareness
Synopsis: Digitisation of data relating to farmers, and how private participation can strengthen agriculture. Contents1 Introduction2 What it aims to achieve?3 What are its benefit to farmers?4 What is the current status of agri-digitization?5 Way forward: Introduction Government recently roped in corporate houses on a pro-bono (free of charge) basis in select areas for one… Continue reading Digitisation of farm data needs awareness
Our farm income and nutrition challenge amid climate change
Synopsis: Need and ways to scale up sustainable agriculture’ practices (SAP’s). Contents1 Introduction2 What are the vulnerabilities of Indian farmers due to climate change?3 What model of agriculture is prevalent in India?4 What are the shortfalls seen in “Green Revolution”?5 What are the consequences seen in the model?6 What model of agriculture is the need… Continue reading Our farm income and nutrition challenge amid climate change
