Month: February 2017
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Answered Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 5
1.Women’s undernourishment during pregnancy contributes significantly to India’s unacceptably high rates of child stunting. In this context, discuss how maternal undernourishment is a potent contributor to child stunting in India. (GS 1) गर्भावस्था के दौरान महिलाओं की कुपोषण की अवस्था भारत में बच्चों की कमज़ोरी के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण कारण है। इस संदर्भ में, चर्चा करें की…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 16
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. 1.Do you think that Indian packaged food industry can compete with its western counterparts? Examine. (GS 3) क्या आपको लगता है कि भारतीय पैकेज्ड फूड उद्योग पश्चिमी समकक्षों के साथ मुकाबला…
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Interview Tips : How to prepare for UPSC Interview
As we all wait for the Mains Results, we would like to give you some tips for the UPSC interview: • The interview will go on expected lines if you can give well-prepared answers. • The preparation should be at two levels – the subject matter preparation and the way you present yourself. • One should…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – 15 January 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] Aero India: The skies are afire, but it’s all calm on the ground SC is looking at triple talaq, not Uniform Civil Code: CJI Editorial/OPINION [The Hindu] The long and winding road to justice Importance of goods and services The ecological balance-sheet ECONOMY [The Hindu] Wholesale inflation surges to…
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Summary : Key Features of Budget 2017-2018
Read the Key Features of Budget 2017-2018 Here Also, Download : Summary of ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 Some Important Points from Key Features of Budget 2017-2018: In the last two and half years administration has moved from discretionary, favoritism based to system and transparency based Inflation brought under control. CPI-based inflation declined from 6% in July 2016…
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Daily Editorial – Pathology of Redistributive Transfers in India
Pathology of Redistributive Transfers in India Click here to Download Daily Editorial PDF (15 Feb. 2017) What is Redistributive transfer? Redistributive Resource Transfers (RRT)— is gross devolution adjusted for some benchmark for the normal resources a state can expect to receive, which we define as the state’s share in aggregate gross domestic product (or alternatively…
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Daily Editorial – Exit Polls: Latest Conundrum
Exit Polls: Latest Conundrum Click here to Download Daily Editorial PDF (15 Feb. 2017) Context The Election Commission on Monday asked for a police case to be initiated against the management of Dainik Jagran, a Hindi newspaper, for publishing results of what appeared to be an exit poll conducted after the first phase of Assembly…
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How to Write the ForumIAS Open Mock
Step 1 : Visit http://forumias.academy If you already have an account, just login with your mobile number and password following Step 2 to Step 6. If you already have an account, Goto Step 5. Step 2 : If you do not have an account create a new account with your mobile number. You will receive an…
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ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 Summary – Chapter 1 : Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges
Following is the Summary of ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 – Chapter 1 : Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges: This year’s Economic survey suggests that shifts in the underlying vision will be needed to overcome the major challenges ahead, thereby accelerating growth, expanding employment opportunities, and achieving social justice. This year has been marked by several historic…