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Syllabus: GS-III Subject: Economy Topic: Trade and External Sector Issue: India-EU FTA Context: Ongoing negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union. The European Union (EU) , the United States and West Asian countries, are the major export destinations for Indian garments. The EU is the second largest export destination for […]

Syllabus: GS- III Subject: Economy Topic: Banking and Financial Intermediaries Issue: Third-Party Application Provider(TPAP) Context: The RBI has asked the NPCI to examine the request of Paytm to become a Third-Party Application Provider (TPAP). Third-Party Application Provider(TPAP): It is an entity that provides the UPI compliant apps to the end-user customers to facilitate UPI-based payment

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Federalism, Issue: Fiscal Federalism Issues in financial relations: Decline in share of southern state in divisible pool of taxes ( from 21.1 per cent during 2000-05 to 15.8 per cent during 2021-26) Dependence of low-income state on transfer from center- Bihar (75%) U.P. (53%) In spite of increase in state’s

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: International Relations, Topic: Global Issues, Issue: Red Sea Crisis Importance of red sea: Crucial for global trade, 12% of international merchandise passing through it. India heavily relies on the Red Sea route for trade with Europe and North Africa. constituting 24% of exports and 14% of imports. Going around the Cape of

Syllabus: GS- III, Subject: Science and Technology, Topic: Space Technology, Issue: Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme NASA is funding instruments onboard commercial missions to the moon. Under this program, U.S.-based Intuitive Machines (IM) became the first private company to soft-land a robotic craft (Odyssey) on the moon. NASA’s

Syllabus: GS-III Subject: Current Affairs Topic: Indices and reports Issue: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) Context: Findings of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) for 2022-23 released. Highlights: Inequality between rural and urban India declining. Share of food spending fell down. Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) ●       It is a large-scale survey conducted by the

Syllabus: Current affairs Subject: Schemes Topic: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY) Issue: LPG for India’s clean energy transition Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY): To provide LPG access to an additional 10 million low-income households. one-time subsidies for a cooking stove and gas refill. Led to decrease in rural household use of biomass for cooking. evolution of

Syllabus: GS-II Subject: International Relations Topic: India’s relation with other countries Issue: India’s and Nordic Baltic countries (NB-8) NB8 includes– Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Global significance of NB-8 Advanced outward-looking, innovation-driven economies. Fully integrated into the European Common Market Committed to democracy ,human rights and support rule based international order

Syllabus: GS- III Subject: Economy Topic: Growth development and inclusion Issue: GDP centric approach to growth Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a country within a specific time period. GDP Centric approach to growth Based on principle of increasing the

Syllabus: GS-II Subject: Polity Topic: Right issues Issue: Fundamental Right- right to speech and expression Context: Internet shutdowns and arbitrary curbs on free speech on social media. Key concerns Arbitrary internet shutdowns Vague reasoning without any actual evidence (Violates proportionality tests laid out in Anuradha Bhasin case) Social media platforms lack of transparency on legal