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Source– The post is based on the article “Convergent growth” published in the Business Standard on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Indian Economy Relevance– Challenges to growth of Indian economy News– The article explains the historical reason for disparity in growth and development performance between Indian states. It also tells about the steps needed to… Continue reading Convergent growth

Source: The post is based on the article “Saving the world – DART can reduce risks from meteors” published in the Business Standard on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Awareness in the fields of Space. Relevance: About DART Mission. News: NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft has collided with the asteroid Dimorphous. Contents1 What is the… Continue reading Saving the world – DART can reduce risks from meteors

Source: The post is based on the article “A costly decision – Extension of PMGKAY should have been avoided” published in the Business Standard on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Indian economy. Relevance: About extending PMGKAY. News: Recently, the government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase VII) for a further period of 3… Continue reading A costly decision – Extension of PMGKAY should have been avoided

Source: The post is based on the article “Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase” published in the Business Standard on 29th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About India’s foreign trade policy. News: Recently, India’s foreign trade policy, 2015 was extended by six months at a time… Continue reading Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase

Source: The post is based on an article “India’s national priorities are best served domestically” published in The Business Standard on 29th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Relevance: domestic challenges in India News:  India has been involving greatly into international summits and meetings. But it does not serve much of India’s interest and there is need for India to change… Continue reading India’s national priorities are best served domestically

Source: The post is based on an article “Bringing BPCL sale back on the table” published in The Business Standard on 28th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Industries and industrial policies Relevance: problems associated the regulation of petroleum companies News: Recently the government has put aside the idea to privatize Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). The reason behind it… Continue reading Bringing BPCL sale back on the table

Source: The post is based on the article “Symptoms of climate change are real” published in the Business Standard on 28th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Climate Change. Relevance: About climate change. News: The resurgence of the monsoon at a time when it should normally have retreated from the northwest highlighted the impacts of climate change. The… Continue reading Symptoms of climate change are real

Source– The post is based on the article “A ground plan for India’s reformed multilateralism” published in The Hindu and “A renewed multilateralism” in the Business Standard on 26th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- International Relations Relevance– About multilateralism News– The article explains the need for “reformed multilateralism”. It tells the importance of having multilateral institutions.… Continue reading Reformed multilateralism

Source: The post is based on an article “Telecom Bill: Innovation-unfriendly provisions must be revised” published in The Business Standard on 23rd September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 Relevance: India Telecommunications Bill and the issues associated with it News: The draft of India Telecommunications Bill, 2022 was released by the Department of Telecommunications recently. Telecommunications Bill, 2022 is an attempt to… Continue reading Telecom Bill: Innovation-unfriendly provisions must be revised

Source: The post is based on the article “India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?” published in the Business Standard on 22nd September 2022. Syllabus: GS 1: Urbanisation, their problems and their remedies. Relevance: Solution to India’s urbanisation. News: The pace at which India urbanises will be a defining factor in achieving India’s developmental goals in the next 25… Continue reading India@100: What’s ahead for urbanisation?