Table Of Contents Network Products Community Transmission China’s National Sword Policy Swarm , upsurge and plague Rule of law Consumer protection act High real interest rate 1. Network Products Subject: Economy Context: Network products have potential to generate jobs in post COVID economy of India Concept: The Economic Survey 2019-20 promoted this by […]
Subject: Economy Context: High real interest rates are holding back investments in Indian economy Concept: Real interest rate is essentially derived after subtracting the inflation rate from the nominal interest rate. RBI targets retail inflation, which is calculated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), it is easy to believe that the real interest rates are […]
Subject: Polity Context: New consumer protection act comes into force today. Concept: The newly enacted Consumer Protection Act replacing more than three decades old Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The new Consumer Protection Act 2019 seeks to revamp the process of administration and settlement of consumer disputes, with strict penalties, including jail term for adulteration and […]
Subject:Polity Context: The Supreme Court has said that government has the responsibility to uphold the law while hearing a plea connection with the death of gangster Vikas Dubey. Concept: The concept of equality before law is an element of the concept of Rule of Law, propounded by A.V. Dicey, the British jurist. His concept has […]
Subject: Environment Context: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned India to remain on high alert against locust attack for the next four weeks. Concept: The FAO has three categories of Desert Locust situations: Outbreak: It is common occurence Upsurge: current locust attack (2019-2020) has been categorised as an upsurge. Plague Upsurges and plagues do not occur overnight; […]
Subject: IR Context: China’s plastic ban Concept: China’s “National Sword” policy, enacted in January 2018, banned the import of most plastics and other materials headed for that nation’s recycling processors, which had handled nearly half of the world’s recyclable waste for the past quarter century. The move was an effort to halt a deluge of […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is going to make COVID test on patients without any travel history or contact with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for signs of community transmission Concept: Community transmission is a stage in disease transmission where those have not been exposed to an infected person or anyone who […]
Subject: Economy Context: Network products have potential to generate jobs in post COVID economy of India Concept: The Economic Survey 2019-20 promoted this by suggesting “assembly in India for the world”, especially in “networked products”, in a bid to create four crore well-paid jobs by 2025 and eight crore jobs by 2030. Network product is one […]
What was your strategy for GS paper IV (ethics) for UPSC Mains examination? GS paper IV (Ethics) was my favourite paper among all mains paper. This was because it required very less preparation and was very rewarding in terms of marks. I scored more than 100, to precise 114 which is considered a decent […]