11 Oct 21 Understanding the Forex Reserve along with the weekly report of RBI
News: The RBI reported on October 1, the fall in the forex reserve. It is basically due to falling in the foreign currency assets which is a major component of...
GS Paper II
11 Oct 21 The Taiwan Strait- A likely arena for clash of arms [GS II, International Relations]
CONTEXT: If the rising confrontation between U.S.A. and China erupts into a clash of arms, the likely arena may well be the Taiwan Strait. HISTORY/BACKGROUND: Issue of Taiwan is still unresolved. In...
01 Oct 21 PM-POSHAN Scheme: Failing on Food ? (GS III, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS)
CONTEXT: The approval of the PM POSHAN scheme by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs until 2025-26. The Decision of CCEA comes at a very crucial time when income declines and...
01 Oct 21 Cauvery River Water Dispute GS- 1 InterState Relations, Water Resources, Dispute Redressal Mechanism, Co-operative Federalism, Tribunals
CONTEXT Recently, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directed Karnataka to immediately release the balance quantum of water to Tamil Nadu. However, CWMA dropped discussion on the Mekedatu reservoir project following...
27 Sep 21 CASTE CENSUS AND POLITY AROUND GS 1; POPULATION AND ASSOCIATED ROLES
CONTEXT The Union government has recently filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that a caste census of the Backward Classes is an administratively difficult and cumbersome project. The government’s...
27 Sep 21 Flood management (CASE OF NORTH-BIHAR) :GS III, ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
CONTEXT: Bihar has been facing serious challenges with recurrent massive floods over the years. This year it has witnessed two issues — flooding and novel coronavirus pandemic. BACKGROUND: some of Nepal’s...
23 Sep 21 Addition of BUSINESS in the strategy of QUAD: (GS II, INTERNATIONAL RELATION)
INTRODUCTION- The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue(QSD) / Quad is a strategic dialogue between the USA, India, Japan and Australia, maintained by talks between member countries.The four nations are vibrant democracies and...
18 Sep 21 Picking up the threads from the Afghan rubble ( GS-II, International Relations)
BACKGROUND : All this was started when, in 2001, the US was responding to the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, where nearly 3,000 people were killed. Later on,...
18 Sep 21 CONNECTING INDIA AND ASEAN (GS-2 Bilateral Groupings; International organisation; Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests)
CONTEXT:- Virtual ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit on the Future of India-ASEAN Connectivity Partnerships, the Indian government underlined the importance of trans-border connectivity between India and ASEAN nations. ABOUT...
17 Sep 21 NPA mess and the creation of Bad Bank……(GS 3, Economics, The hindu, The Indian Express)
Context: Commercial banks especially the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are facing the huge problem of NPA. Due to this Balance sheets of these banks are not looking promising and they...