Date of Interview: 12/08/2021 Board: Smita Nagraj Ma’am Graduation: Engineering – CS&E Optional: PSIR Home State: Rajasthan Hobby: Swimming Chairperson You are from Udaipur? What are you doing there? Okay. Talking about tourism, we see that tourism in Rajasthan is generally limited to forts, palaces, natural beauty etc, But what else would you recommend new… Continue reading [UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #40 : Smita Nagraj Board, Rajasthan Home State, PSIR Optional, Swimming Hobby
Miscellaneous Quiz: Schemes & Miscellaneous | 27 August, 2021
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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.
[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #39 : TCA Anant Board, Bihar Home State, Mathematics Optional, sci-fi movies, coding Hobby
Date of Interview: 20 August, forenoon Board: TCA Anant sir, Qualifications: Computer Engg. Hobby: sci-fi movies, coding Optional: Mathematics Home State: Bihar Work- ex: at adobe Chairperson Is nsit and dce same? You have worked in adobe,interned in Samsung what was your work there. What did you do during last 5 years, other than preparation?… Continue reading [UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #39 : TCA Anant Board, Bihar Home State, Mathematics Optional, sci-fi movies, coding Hobby
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Aug 27th 2021
Good Morning dear reader We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: 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… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Aug 27th 2021
[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #38 : Bharat Bhushan Vyas Board, Bihar Home State, Economics Optional
Date of Interview: 23/08/21 Board: B.B Vyas Sir Optional: Economics Home State: Bihar Chairman Liquor ban in Bihar India China issue 5G technology Climate change, carbon trading, COP 21 Types of taxes, amount of taxes Member 1 Carbon credits, carbon trading, Global warming potential Role model Member 2 Extrajudicial killing Tax exemption for women Women… Continue reading [UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #38 : Bharat Bhushan Vyas Board, Bihar Home State, Economics Optional
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | August 26 2021
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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 – August 26th, 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 – August 26th, 2021
Auto firms want policy shift to make vehicles affordable
Source: Livemint What is the news? India’s automobile industry recently asked the government to frame policies that would make vehicle purchases more affordable for customers to revive sales. India’s two-wheeler makers have also been urging the Union government to reduce goods and services tax (GST) imposed on entry-level two-wheelers to 18% from the existing 28%.… Continue reading Auto firms want policy shift to make vehicles affordable
Inside the RBI’s digital currency dream (On CBDC)
Source: Live Mint Relevance: Future of Central bank digital currency Synopsis: CBDC is likely to be in the arsenal of every central bank going forward. Factors behind sudden global interest of CBDC, its need and associated challenges. Contents1 Context2 Why a sudden global interest in CBDC’s?3 Need for CBDC 4 CBDCs role in welfare schemes Context RBI may… Continue reading Inside the RBI’s digital currency dream (On CBDC)
A way of diluting credit discipline (On RBI’s current account circular)
Source: The Hindu Relevance: Credit Discipline, Regulations by RBI Synopsis: Recent RBI circular on opening current accounts will have the counter-intuitive effect of diluting credit discipline rather than strengthening it. Contents1 Context2 Why such move by RBI?3 What are the regulations?4 Issues with the regulations:5 Other regulatory issues Context Recently, some bank borrowers have gone… Continue reading A way of diluting credit discipline (On RBI’s current account circular)
