- Prologue
- L7/P1: Infrastructure Bottlenecks, Bidding & financing
- L7/P2: Railways Budget 2015, Debroy Committee, Aviation & Shipping
- L7/P3: Mining industry- MMDR, Coal scam, Coal Bill 2015
Prologue
- On 15th May 2015, I began new session on infrastructure pillar- subpart “transport and mining”. Total ~2:00 hours, split into three parts.
- PowerPoint of the lecture, available at mediafire.com/folder/2bb433i58hp2v/General_Studies_Mrunal
- Medium of instruction- Hindi.
- English version not possible for the moment, because I’m required to teach at this batch, in Hindi/Gujarati only. Besides, same content is available in English-text articles or English PPTs on the site.
L7/P1: Infrastructure Bottlenecks, Bidding & financing
- Amrut Mahotsav 2022: 6 pillars of
- importance of infrastructure in economy
- 3 roles of government in infrastructure development
- road infrastructure: list of self-study topics from India yearbook
- various industrial corridors
- difference between golden quadrilateral and Diamond quadrilateral
- PPP in Greenfield airport: the Case study of GMR International Airport ltd.
- The problem of stalled infrastructure projects in India
- meaning of overleveraged companies, interest coverage ratio, debt overhang
- 4 reasons Why companies overleveraged
- Mock Question for Mains: Problem of stalled infrastructure projects in India, is a manifestation of market failure & regulatory failure. Discuss.
- 3P India: how to restructure stalled PPP contracts?
- E-Tolling on highways: purpose and procedure
- Reforms in infrastructure bidding: least present value of revenue (LPVR), linking user fees with various parameters etc.
- Reforms in Infrastructure Finance: Masala Bonds, Bullet bonds
- Budget 2015 provisions for infrastructure financing
- Mock Question for Mains: Suggest the ways to revamp PPP contracts & regulatory framework to address the issue of Infrastructure slowdown in India.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/Jpbmjhq5bTU
L7/P2: Railways Budget 2015, Debroy Committee, Aviation & Shipping
- Indian Railways: study topics for India 2015 yearbook
- Rail budget 2015: salient features and targets
- comparison between Indian Railways and Chinese railways
- Rail reforms: Kayakalp council
- Rail reforms: Bibek Debroy Committee- major recommendations- human resource management, focus on core activities, independent body for ticket pricing, joint venture with state governments for suburban railways, merger of rail ministry with transport Ministry, merger of real budget with general budget and separate committee for investment.
- The benefits of transporting men and material through railways
- Mock Question for Mains: Public investment, especially in the railways, can play an important role to revive growth and promote Make in India. Discuss
- Aviation: Self study topics from India yearbook, Draft civil aviation policy 2014: salient features of, No frills airports
- Shipping: self study topics from India yearbook, positive and negative points about Indian shipping industry, reforms initiated in recent years, Sagar mala vs. Sethu Samudram
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/8ZU9TLxhidA
L7/P3: Mining industry- MMDR, Coal scam, Coal Bill 2015
- self-study topics from India yearbook: related to mining and energy sector
- constitutional jurisdiction of union and State governments for mining activities
- Mines and minerals development and regulation (MMDR): salient features of the 2015 bill, prospecting license, two new organizations: NMET, DMF; mining area-duration limits.
- Benefits and criticism of MMDR Bill 2015
- Why Coal scam, captive use, Coal mines (Nationalization) Act.
- Coal mining (special provisions) 2015 bill- salient features, schedule I, II & III mines classification, auction & allotment criteria
- Coal Auction mechanism for power projects & non power projects, forward bidding and reverse bidding
- Coal Bill Pros and Cons from union, state, companies, consumer and environmental point of view.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/axb931-WrgA
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Geography Lectures sir please!! Sir,,,,,, like Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption I’ll keep sending letters.
thanx sir,,,,
best luck wishes to rajtanil mam….
Hello sir, plz give me some instructions about G.S 3.specialy for economics.
please upload mppsc anser key
go to its website mppsc.nic.in
CSE 2015 notification on 23 May 2015…..
http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2015/CSP_2015/csp2015.htm
sir the link given the slides are not working. Please solve this problem and files downloaded from mediafire are not opening
Sir, THE HINDU in its article in (May 19) Tuesday’s edition said that the Finance Ministry has chosen to use Paasche’s Index instead of Laspeyre’s Index. Could you please clearify the difference btw them?
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/kickstarting-an-economic-revival/article7220401.ece
mppsc 234 marks ?
Sir download from mediafire stops in the middle. not a single file could download.
Plz upload on filesecure server as b4.
my only massage to you sir Thank You!!!!You are really very helpful for us.
sir
I was born on 02/06/1986 for which post i am eligible in CGL2015 please help me i am bit confused with increase in age limit of CSS
Thankyou
Aaa agar general me aa rhe hai to shayad immpossible hai dear sorry
in geography video(G5/P4: Ocean Tides and Major Ports of India) at 20 minuts Mormugao Port is GOA,, nt in karnataka
mrunal sir, are you not making notes as you used to do last year and before
sir ,
plz upload next economy and geography lectures
Is BOP(surplus) included in foreign income ?
export is foreign income or national income?
sir L7 P2 video is missing!!!!!