With an increasing number of coronavirus cases, the government has locked down transport services, closed all public and private offices, factories and restricted mobilization. Based on recent studies, some economists have said that there is a job loss of 40 million people (MRD report) in the country, mostly in the unorganized sectors. The covid-19 epidemic…
Operation Twist is an unconventional monetary policy of the Central Bank. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India tried ‘Operation Twist’ in India. Operation Twist 7 Key Points to Understand New RBI Policy Originally, ‘Operation Twist’ was the name given to the US Federal Reserve monetary policy operation. This operation involved the purchase and sale of…
On Thursday, farmer organisations in Haryana defied prohibitory orders imposed amid the pandemic to hold a rally at the Pipli wholesale grain market near Kurukshetra. They even blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway for a couple of hours, when the police initially did not allow them to move to the venue. Their target was three central…
Government and its bureaucrats need to be frightened out of their complacency, opines former RBI Governor The 23.9% contraction in GDP growth numbers for the first quarter of FY 2020-21 “should alarm us all” and the government and its bureaucrats need to be “frightened out of their complacency” and into meaningful activity, former Reserve Bank…
The novel coronavirus outbreak in 2019-2020 with nickname COVID-19 is a new strain of viruses which can cause fever, cough, breathing difficulties, pneumonia and even death in humans. Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak, Impact, and Prevention UPSC must read The new coronavirus – COVID-19 – was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The global outbreak…
For UPSC, Land Revenue Systems in British India is always a hot topic for Prelims and Mains. And as per the new syllabus ‘land reforms in India’ is specifically mentioned for GS Mains, and the relevance just got multiplied. Now let’s have a quick look at the different methods of land revenue collection systems which existed…
INDIAN HISTORY IMPORTANT DATES I. ANCIENT– INDIAN HISTORY IMPORTANT DATES BC 2300–1750: Indus Valley Civilization. From 1500: Coming of the Aryans. 1200–800: Expansion of the Aryans in the Ganga Valley. 600: Age of the 16 Mahajanapadas of northern India. 563–483: Buddha’s Life-span. 540–468: Mahavir’s Life-span. 362–321: Nanda dynasty. 327–326: Alexander’s invasion of India. It opened…
New Education Policy 2020 Highlights: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Education Policy 2020, paving way for transformational reforms in school and higher education sector in the country. New Education Policy was launched on Wednesday, July 29. Earlier, in the afternoon the Union cabinet approved the policy that aims to overhaul the country’s education system….
As China faces increasing heat from the international community over its aggressive political and military postures, ranging from Ladakh in the high Himalayas with India, the South China Sea region and beyond, Beijing is also looking to solidify its relations with Iran in the Middle East as the Shiite power faces a “maximum pressure” policy…
UPSC IAS 2020: Check most important Current Affairs questions with answers that are highly expected to be asked in the UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims 2020 exam on 04 Oct 2020. These questions are based on the IAS Syllabus 2020. UPSC IAS 2020 Most Important Questions on Current Affairs (GS) with Answers for Prelims Exam…
