Ways and Means Advances Meaning- for UPSC
India’s Central bank recently announced an increase in the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limits to States enabling them “to undertake COVID-19 containment and mitigation efforts” and “to better plan their market borrowings”. For the first half of FY21, WMA limit of States has been increased by 60 per cent over the level as on […]
Plasma Therapy for Corona / Covid-19 for UPSC Exam
Why in news? Several countries, including India, are seriously looking at plasma therapy as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Plasma therapy uses blood donated by recovered patients to introduce antibodies in those under treatment. After China and the US, India has given a go ahead for framing a […]
Explained: Why Oil Prices Dropped to Negative? – for UPSC Exam
The Free Fall of Oil Prices: Oil Economics- Of Brent, WTI and OPEC plus Explained for UPSC Exam (Read full article to understand how oil futures & contracts work, their impact on Oil prices) What is happening? For the first time ever, a key U.S. oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, went below zero on 20th […]
Indian Missile Systems for UPSC
Notable Missile Systems in India and their details Missile Type Range Astra air-to-air 80 km Trishul surface-to-air 9 km Akash 30 km Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) 2000 km Nag surface-to-surface Anti-tank missile 4 km Prahaar surface-to-surface SRBM 150 km BrahMos land, naval, air Supersonic Cruise Missile 300 […]
RBI ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO DEAL WITH COVID-19 CRISIS-UPSC
RBI’s measures to tackle COVID-19 The measures taken by RBI have four objectives in mind. These are aimed to maintain adequate liquidity in the system and its constituents, to facilitate and incentivize bank credit flows, to de-stress and enable performance of markets. Important graphs to correlate with RBI Measures for UPSC exam Targeted Long-Term Repo […]
BIOTECHNOLOGY TOPICS FOR UPSC | CURRENT AFFAIRS
STEM CELL Stem cells are the body’s raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. Under certain conditions in the body or a laboratory, stem cells divide to form more cells called daughter cells. These daughter cells either become new stem cells (self-renewal) or become specialized cells (differentiation) with a more specific function, such as […]
BUDGET SUMMARY 2020-21 for UPSC Exam
INTRODUCTION Fiscal policy It is the government actions with respect to aggregate levels of revenue and spending. Fiscal policy is implemented though the budget and is the primary means by which the government can influence the economy. Union Budget Union Budget is the most comprehensive report of the Government’s finances in which revenues from all […]
How to Prepare For UPSC Exam during COVID-19 Lockdown?
Planning and Execution is the Key Plans are worth nothing unless executed. And a proper plan charted out today and religiously executed now is better than a perfect plan you devise tomorrow. Dedication, Discipline, and Consistency: IAS aspirant No less than a Gladiator The arduous, yet enjoyable journey of a UPSC aspirant is no less […]
How to Read NCERT Books for UPSC Exam
Importance of NCERT books: NCERT books are considered as real foundation in Civil Service Exam preparation. Many of the UPSC aspirants end up choosing the wrong book materials which may even lead them to failure. These NCERT books focus on fundamentals to help the students clear the basic concepts which are necessary to read further […]
TARGET UPSC CSE 2020 (IAS Exam) Prelims | Study Plan for 100 days!
As the Civil Services Preliminary exam 2020 is nearly 100 days away, Legacy IAS Academy is providing a study plan which will help aspirants in successfully clearing the exam. UPSC will conduct the IAS Prelims Exam 2020 on 31st May, 2020. To clear the IAS Prelims Exam, IAS aspirants need to work out on the study […]