P1: CBI needs no Prior sanction P2: Prasar Bharati Autonomy P1: CBI needs no Prior sanction What's the relevance of this topic to UPSC Syllabus? (GSM2): transparency and accountability (GSM4): challenges of corruption. Present system CBI derives powers under [...]
P1: Plight of paramilitary forces P2: Chhattisgarh attack P1: Plight of paramilitary forces Syllabus point: (GS3) Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate Context: Frontline ran an article in May 2014 issue While frontline has used the word [...]
Prologue Download link for SSC Question Papers CAT order: Do Re-Exam in All centres & not just Hindi belts Answer key Cutoffs Prologue 27th April 2014, Sunday: The Staff selection commission (SSC) conducted re-examination of Combined graduate level (CGL) [...]
P1: Voting rights of Defence Personnel P2: President didn’t cast his vote P3: Who pays for Lok Sabha election? P1: Voting rights of Defence Personnel Q. Discuss in brief, the provisions relating Voting rights of Defence personnel, and recent [...]
Historic Background What is “Code for Compulsory Costs”? Why do we need Code for compulsory costs? Anti-arguments Historic Background SAHARA opened two companies and issued OFCD (optionally fully convertible debentures) to public without permission from SEBI (2011) SEBI ordered [...]
Historic Background Constitution vs Transgender community Article 14 | Article 15 | Article 16 | Article 19 | Article 21 | Article 51 (DPSP) SC Judgment on TG (April 2014) Transgender rights: elsewhere in world Historic Background Ancient text: [...]
Hoysala Temple Architecture Kirtinarayan Temple (Hoysala) Padmanbhaswami temple Controversy Temple Treasures Gopal Subraminum’s Report Australian Nataraja from Chola temple Hoysala Temple Architecture Topic in news because ASI restored Kirtinarayan Temple. (GS1) Q.Write a short note on Hoysala Temple Architecture [...]
Sequence of Events Supreme court ruled following: Anti-Arguments Private sector’s CAG audit in past Sequence of Events Telecom companies have to share some part of their annual revenue with government: 6-10% as license fees and 2-3% as spectrum usage [...]
DONOT confuse this topic with UN Security council (Veto-body) reform. Background UN carter mandates every member to either troops or equivalent money in UN Peacekeeping operations (PKOs). The share depends on country's economy & status in global governance. While [...]
Prologue E2: Crowdfunding- Need SEBI guidelines E3: Bifurcation of CMD post in Banks E4: IRDA's highway ambulance pilot project Prologue Current events in 2014 April Week2 (8-15th) Part 1/3: Environment, Polity, Polity, History and Culture: Coming soon. Part 2/3: [...]
D1: UN-IOC Sports for development and Peace D2: UNSECO and International literacy day D3: UN-IOC Sports for development and Peace D1: UN ECOSOC structure Function Q. Write a short note on the structure & function of UN-ECOSOC (100 words) [...]
Arms Trade treaty is an old topic (2012) but resurfaced in news again, because some countries ratified this treaty in April-2014. Q. Discuss the salient features of Arms Trade treaty and India's stand on it (200 words) Features of [...]
Prologue Banking sector in British India Birth of RBI Banking sector Post Independence Narsimhan Committee I (1991) Bank licences: 1st Round (1993) Narsimhan Committee II (1998) New Bank licences 2nd round (2001) New Bank licences 3rd Round (2013-14) Bandhan [...]