Social Issues Current Affairs Updates For UPSC IAS Mains 2024 Examination
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Centralised procurement as a powerful health idea
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Centralised procurement as a powerful health idea” published in The Hindu on 18th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. News: This article discusses the advantages of centralized or pooled procurement… Continue reading Centralised procurement as a powerful health idea
Palliative care, a way to reduce financial distress for people with life limiting diseases
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Palliative care, a way to reduce financial distress for people with life limiting diseases” published in The Hindu on 17th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. News: This article discusses… Continue reading Palliative care, a way to reduce financial distress for people with life limiting diseases
Generic drugs are everywhere – and that’s a problem
Source: This post has been created based on the article “” published in The Indian Express on 12th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. News: This article discusses the issue of unbranded generic drugs and the related problem of substandard… Continue reading Generic drugs are everywhere – and that’s a problem
Women want change, society needs change
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Women want change, society needs change” published in The Hindu on 11th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes. News: This article discusses… Continue reading Women want change, society needs change
Mass ageing poses a challenge we’ve never faced before
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Mass ageing poses a challenge we’ve never faced before” published in the Live Mint on 11th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these… Continue reading Mass ageing poses a challenge we’ve never faced before
We need evidence-based traditional medicine
Source: This post has been created based on the article “We need evidence-based traditional medicine” published in The Hindu on 11th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. News: This article discusses the difference between modern and traditional medicine. It… Continue reading We need evidence-based traditional medicine
Use of draconian laws against media outfits shows process can be punishment
Source: The post is based on the article “Vivek Katju writes: Use of draconian laws against media outfits shows process can be punishment” published in Indian Express on 11th October 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Security – role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges. News: The article discusses the importance of legal fairness… Continue reading Use of draconian laws against media outfits shows process can be punishment
Law Commission age of consent recommendations threaten to criminalise the young
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Law Commission age of consent recommendations threaten to criminalise the young” published in The Indian Express on 10th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance… Continue reading Law Commission age of consent recommendations threaten to criminalise the young
The state of India’s Scheduled Areas
Source: This post has been created based on the article “The state of India’s Scheduled Areas” published in The Hindu on 10th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes News: This article discusses… Continue reading The state of India’s Scheduled Areas
Mental health and the floundering informal worker
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Mental health and the floundering informal worker” published in The Hindu on 10th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. News: This article discusses the prevailing issue of informal workers suffering from… Continue reading Mental health and the floundering informal worker
Economics Nobel: Let’s talk gender inefficiency
Source: The post is based on the article “Economics Nobel: Let’s talk gender inefficiency” published in Mint on 10th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Issues – Issues associated with Women Relevance: reasons behind low female workforce. News: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions about the potential of flexible work to address India’s low female workforce… Continue reading Economics Nobel: Let’s talk gender inefficiency
Why there are so few women in banking
Source: The post is based on the article “Why there are so few women in banking” published in Business Standard on 9th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues associated with Women Contents1 Relevance: Issues with women’s representation in banking sector in India2 What are some of the facts related to women representation?3 How have women… Continue reading Why there are so few women in banking
Focus on female voter is reassuring. But sensitive politics is needed
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Focus on female voter is reassuring. But sensitive politics is needed” published in the Indian Express on 7th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections. News: The article… Continue reading Focus on female voter is reassuring. But sensitive politics is needed
Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs” published in The Hindu on 7th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education. News: The article discusses the importance of higher education… Continue reading Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs
Educating our security chieftains
Source: The post is based on the article “Educating our security chieftains” published in Business Standard on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns with Professional Military Education (PME) in India News: In May 2013, the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, laid the foundation stone of the Indian… Continue reading Educating our security chieftains
Nanded Horror – on the deaths of children in Maharashtra
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Nanded Horror” published in the Times of India on 5th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: Social Justice – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health News: Recent deaths in a Nanded hospital point to the prevailing issues with the health… Continue reading Nanded Horror – on the deaths of children in Maharashtra
Counting deaths in India’s prisons
Source: This post is created based on the article ‘Counting deaths in India’s prisons, published in The Hindu on 3rd October, 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2, Social Issues, Criminal Justice System, prison reforms News: The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has highlighted that suicides are the main cause of ‘unnatural’ deaths among Indian… Continue reading Counting deaths in India’s prisons
Push for more women, this time in the police
Source: This post is created based on the article ‘Push for more women, this time in the police’ published in The Hindu on 30th Sep, 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 – Social Issues – News: Recently, One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment Bill, 2023 has been passed. The bill reserves one-third of total seats in… Continue reading Push for more women, this time in the police
Parliament to workplace
Source– The post is based on the article “Parliament to workplace” published in “The Indian Express” on 29th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2 – Social empowerment. Relevance – Issues related to women empowerment News– The recent landmark legislation mandating the reservation of a third of parliamentary and assembly seats for women is a game changer for… Continue reading Parliament to workplace
Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis
Source: The post is based on articles “Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis” published in Business Standard on 29th September 2023 and “Lancet report on cancer in women is a wake-up call” published in The Indian Express on 29th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Issues – Issues… Continue reading Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis
Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease
Source– The post is based on the article “Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease” published in “The Hindu” on 27th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Social Issues – Issues related to development and management of health Relevance- Cancer among women News– A new… Continue reading Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease
Devotion Of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills
Source: The post is based on the article “Devotion of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills, which depend on good teacher training” published in The Times of India on 28th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Issues – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns with math proficiency in India News: India… Continue reading Devotion Of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills
With climate change, tackling new disease scenarios
Source– The post is based on the article “With climate change, tackling new disease scenarios” published in “The Hindu” on 27th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of health News– As per the latest report released this March by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change heightens the global… Continue reading With climate change, tackling new disease scenarios
What are the findings of the Parliament panel on NEP?
Source: The post is based on the article “What are the findings of the Parliament panel on NEP?” published in The Hindu on 26th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns associated with the implementation of NEP 2020 and measures needed to address them. News: In the special session of Parliament, a… Continue reading What are the findings of the Parliament panel on NEP?
Silent killer – India must get more people to keep blood pressure under control
Source: The post is based on the article “Silent killer – India must get more people to keep blood pressure under control” published in The Hindu on 22nd September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues Related to Health Relevance: concerns with hypertension News: Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first report on hypertension. What… Continue reading Silent killer – India must get more people to keep blood pressure under control
How to Read Society and Social Issues for UPSC IAS
Indian Society and Social Issues are part of UPSC Mains Syllabus General Studies -Paper I. Social Issues are very important topic for UPSC IAS. It is also part of UPSC Mains General Studies Paper-II. The implications of Indian Society and Social Issues can be seen in all the papers of General Studies and Essay. Apart from UPSC Mains, some questions from schemes related to Social Issues are asked in the UPSC Prelims (multiple-choice questions) General Studies -Paper I. So, you must prepare these subjects from the perspective of both UPSC Prelims and Mains.
In this article we will discuss about the strategy to prepare Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC. First, we will see the past year trend of the Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC:
Prelims 2021 – 5
2022 – 6
2023 – 4
| Subject | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Indian Society and Social Issues- UPSC Mains General Studies Paper- I | 6 Qs | 5 Qs | 6 Qs | 5 Qs | 6 Qs |
Overview of the Syllabus for Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC IAS:
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Indian Society and Social Issues- General Studies- Paper I | · Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. · Role of Women and Women’s Organization, Population and Associated Issues, Poverty and Developmental issues, Urbanization, their problems and their remedies. · Effects of Globalization on Indian society. · Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism. |
| Social Issues- General Studies- Paper II | · Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the population by the Centre and States. · Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. · Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger.
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Strategy to read Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC:
- Read the syllabus: Before starting your preparation for Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC, you must go through the UPSC Mains Syllabus of General Studies Paper-I and Paper-II. Each and every topic mentioned in the syllabus are very important for exam. Refer them twice or thrice. It will help you to read what is important for exam and not to get diverted towards topics that not relevant.
- Read past years’ questions of UPSC Mains General Studies Paper-I and Paper-II:Reading past year questions will help you to get the nature and demand of the questions. Topics from which exams questions are asked.
- Read NCERT textbooks: NCERT textbooks on Sociology are good books to read and get basic idea about the subject. You must read NCERT textbooks of Class XI and XII. They will give you conceptual based understanding. You should give at least two reading to understand the subject clearly. Some of the important NCERT textbooks which you must read:
- NCERT Class 11 – Introducing Sociology
- NCERT Class 11 – Understanding Society
- NCERT Class 12 – Indian Society
- NCERT Class 12 – Social Change & Development in India
- Read advance books: After reading two to three times, the NCERT textbooks, you must read one advance static book on Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC. Social Problems in India by Ram Ahuja is one of the best books. It will help you to enhance your knowledge and improvise your content.
- Newspaper reading: Questions asked from Indian Society and Social Issues for UPSC are both static and dynamic based. Static portion, you will cover from NCERT textbooks and for dynamic portion, you must one newspaper daily. Along with reading, you must take down important points based on your syllabus. For example, welfare schemes for women, children, pregnant women etc. You can read The Hindu or Indian Express.
- Current affairs magazine: Current affairs magazine covers Social Issues for UPSC in details. You must read one current affairs magazine to cover important topics mostly welfare schemes. It will help you to prepare for both UPSC Prelims and Mains. Social Issues are very important for both Prelims and Mains. You can also refer Yojana and Kurukshetra to cover various Social Issues.
- Notes on welfare schemes: After referring newspaper and current affairs magazine, you should prepare your own notes on welfare schemes in detail. You should keep them updating.
- Answer writing practice: You must write answers on a daily basis on previous years’ questions and predicted questions. This will help you to improve your answers and will increase your speed.
- Revise: Revising the notes on a daily basis is very important. This is because there are many welfare schemes and you must remember that. Revision will help you to interlink different concepts and write comprehensive answers.
