Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 20 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 20 January 2023 Contents India Requires A New Fertilizer Policy Context The Niti Aayog has formed a task force to investigate the production and promotion of bio-fertilizers and organic fertilisers. Relevance GS Paper-3: Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 19 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 19 January 2023 Contents Pesticide Conundrum In The Farm Sector Context Relevance: GS Paper-3: Environmental pollution and degradation Mains Question Recently, the government decided to permit the sale of insecticides online. What effects will online pesticide sales have on farmers, the environment, and companies that produce pesticides? Examine (250 words) Key […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 18 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 18 January 2023 Contents The New Global Order and India What makes it news? Relevance: GS Paper-2: Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India’s Interests; Effect of Policies & Politics of Countries on India’s Interests Mains Question Discuss the role India can play in creating a new, inclusive, representative, and […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 17 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 17 January 2023 Context India’s legal system faces an unprecedented backlog of cases, with approximately 4.4 crore cases pending in 2022 This backlog is exacerbated by a number of other issues, including inadequate infrastructure, a lack of judges, and the common practise of seeking adjournments, resulting in a lack of access […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 16 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 16 January 2023 Contents To Close the Labor Market Gender Gap, Societal Reform Is Necessary Context According to a recent World Bank report, the gender gap in labour force participation is narrowing globally, including in India. However, this is primarily due to male labor-force participation declining. Relevance GS Paper-2: Welfare Schemes […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 14 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 14 January 2023 Contents India Missed Public Distribution System Reform Context Relevance GS Paper-2: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security Mains Question With India having declared 2023 as “the year of […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 13 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 13 January 2023 Contents Tribal Scheduling Criteria: An ‘Obsolete’ in Modern Times Context A Right to Information Act request revealed that the Office of the Registrar-General of India (RGI) is adhering to the set of criteria established by the Lokur Committee nearly 60 years ago to define any new community as […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 January 2023 Contents Regeneration of the Ozone Layer Context Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022 indicates that the Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a rate that would close the hole over Antarctica in approximately 43 years. Relevance GS Paper-3: Climate Change and International Conventions; Ozone […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 11 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 11 January 2023 Contents Sedition Law As A Litmus Test For Constitutionality Context The Supreme Court of India will hear a slew of petitions challenging the colonial-era penal law on sedition. Relevance GS Paper-2: Indian Constitution—significant provisions and basic structure; Judicial review, functioning of the Judiciary Mains Question Although the provision […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 10 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 10 January 2023 Contents International Law in Crisis Context The year 2023 will put the limits of international law to the test, not only because of Russia’s ongoing illegal war, but also because of a number of other factors that will play out over the next year and beyond. Relevance GS […]