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About 9 PM Brief<\/strong>- With the 9 PM Daily Current affairs for UPSC brief we intend<\/span> to simplify the newspaper reading experience. In 9PM briefs, we provide our reader with a summary of all the important articles and editorials from three important newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, and Livemint. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage, and factual information from a Mains examination point of view.<\/p>\r\n About Factly<\/strong>- The Factly initiative covers all the daily news articles regarding Preliminary examination. This will be provided at the end of the 9 PM Brief.<\/p>\r\n Dear Aspirants,<\/p>\r\n We know for a fact that learning without evaluation is a wasted effort. Therefore, we request you to please go through both our initiatives i.e 9PM Briefs and Factly, then evaluate yourself through the 10PM Current Affairs Quiz.<\/p>\r\n We plan to integrate all our free daily initiatives to comprehensively support your success journey. <\/p>\n Source: Click Here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Syllabus:<\/b> GS 2 – Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Synopsis<\/b>: The maiden Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) witnessed declaration of a joint statement by four leaders along with a common article in the Washington post. It is a step which is expected to yield positive outcomes in the Asian Geopolitics and the Indo Pacific region.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Background:<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Highlights of the Summit<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n Way Ahead:<\/b><\/p>\n Source:<\/strong> Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n Gs3: Transport and Marketing of Agricultural Produce and Issues and Related Constraints;<\/p>\n Synopsis:<\/strong> Government should avoid handing over India\u2019s agriculture to agribusiness companies. Instead, it should take steps to make agriculture remunerative.<\/p>\n Development of Agriculture during the green revolution period<\/strong><\/p>\n What are the reasons for India\u2019s deep agrarian crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n Will the new farm laws address these problems?<\/strong><\/p>\n The three contentious farm bills seek to deregulate and dismantle the APMC network. However, dismantling APMCs will not address the above-said issues. The Bihar experiment of scrapping APMC markets in 2006 can illustrate it better,<\/p>\n What needs to be done?<\/strong><\/p>\n Source- The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Syllabus- GS 2 – <\/strong>Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels, and challenges therein.<\/p>\n Synopsis – <\/strong>The Supreme Court in its recent judgment ruled that government officials cannot be appointed as State Election Commissioner (SEC).<\/p>\n Introduction-<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the case?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Supreme Court ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n Way forward-<\/strong><\/p>\n Source: Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Gs2: <\/strong>Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure, Devolution of Powers and Finances up to Local Levels and Challenges Therein.<\/p>\n Synopsis<\/strong>:\u00a0 Due to economic pressure, the centre and states may increase taxation on fuel.<\/strong><\/p>\n Disparity between the taxation powers of the centre and states<\/strong><\/p>\n Fiscal Independence of states further reduced after GST<\/strong><\/p>\n Why fuel tax will be increasing?<\/strong><\/p>\n Impacts of rising in fuel prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | Mar 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nGovernment should initiate steps to make Agriculture remunerative<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nSupreme Court’s Judgment on State Election Commission<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nWhy Taxes on Fuel may increase in the future?<\/a><\/h3>\n
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