[BES16] Economic Survey → Infrastructure → Rail Budget 2016, Kelkar-PPP Committee, Communication, Civil Aviation Policy-2016, Urban Infra Bills & More

Mrunal30/07/2016Youtube30 Comments

RAIL Budget 2016: finance, accountability, PPP reforms. High speed and Bullet trains- arguments in favour and against. new services for women, PH, s.citizen Read More...

[BES16] Economic Survey → Infrastructure → Paris Summit, NSG-MTCR, Nuclear Energy, HELP-2015, UJALA, UDAY Bonds & More

Mrunal28/07/2016Youtube23 Comments

Major Outcomes of Paris Summit: 1) Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)- deadline 2) CBDR Re-affirmed 3) Climate Finance 4) Two-degree ceiling Read More...

[Mains Revision] (GS3) Investment Models- Hybrid Annuity, Swiss Challenge; IPR Policy; (GS2) NGO & Pressure Groups

Mrunal05/12/2015Youtube22 Comments

In this lecture,we'll cover UPSC Mains General Studies paper3 topic- Investment Models- the features, positive & negative aspects of Hybrid Annuity,EPC,BOT Read More...

[Economy Lecture] GS2: UNFCCC Lima Summit, Paris Summit Post-2020 Kyoto framework for Climate Change & India’s Stand

Mrunal20/06/2015Youtube51 Comments

Roadmap for climate change: Kyoto to Qatar to Paris summit 2015,December.India’s official stand on climate change: CBDR, Funding & technological transfer Read More...

[Economy Lecture] GS3: Environment Clearance, Green Law Panel Report, Go Areas, No Go Areas, Public Hearing, Linear Infrastructure

Mrunal14/06/2015Youtube18 Comments

In this lecture,we'll see Green Law panel under TSR Subramanian, purpose of high level Committee to review environmental laws & clearance for infrastructure Read More...

[Economy Lecture] GS3: Communication & IT Infrastructure: Digital India Mission & Spectrum Auction 2015

Mrunal14/06/2015Youtube10 Comments

in this lecture,we'll see features & implications of spectrum auction 2015 & Digital India mission: 9 pillars- Broadband Highway, Public Internet Read More...

[Economy Lecture] GS3: Urban & Rural Infrastructure- Smart Cities, Swachh Bharat, Rurban Mission, Prasad, Hriday

Mrunal03/06/2015Youtube69 Comments

What is Smart city? what're the Benchmark & pillars of Smart cities- smart electricity,water & sanitation,public transport, housing infrastructure,education Read More...

[Economy Lecture] GS3: Infrastructure- PPP Bidding & Financing Reforms, Rail budget 2015, Debroy Committee, MMDR, Coal Auction

Mrunal16/05/2015Youtube63 Comments

Lecture session on infrastructure- subpart “transport and mining”. Total ~2:00 hours, split into three parts. PowerPoints, available at Mrunal.org/Download Read More...

[Infrastructure] Aviation Sector: No Frills Airport, ATF-tax reforms, Predatory Pricing, Safety Rating

Mrunal13/10/2014Economy12 Comments

What are the benefits & limitations of No Frills Airports, What are the functions of DGCA, Difference between greenfield and brownfield airports Read More...

[Energy] Coal Gasification, Syngas, CBM, hydraulic fracturing, Rangarajan Formula, NELP-X

Support Staff12/08/2014Economy66 Comments

What are syngas, shalegas, coal bed methane- potential in India? Rangarajan formula for gas pricing? NELP policy & NELP-X auction,natural resource pricing Read More...

[Energy] Petrol, Diesel, LPG, Under-Recovery, Deregulation; Clean Energy, Telecommunication, NTP-2012, NFON, USOF

Support Staff12/08/2014Economy24 Comments

What's Oil companies' under-recovery on petrol,diesel,LPG? How does deregulation benefit Government & OMC? How USOF, NOFN improve communication infra. Read More...

[Infrastructure] PPP challenges & reforms, 3P-India, highway projects, Industrial corridors, DMIC vs DFC, Golden vs Diamond quadrilateral

Support Staff10/08/2014Economy39 Comments

Why PPP highway projects failed in India?Why infrastructure companies have large NPA? Suggested reforms from economic survey, Jaitley's 3P-India solution Read More...

[Infrastructure] Project Sagarmala, Port Infrastructure in India, Problems & Reforms

Mrunal10/08/2014Economy2 Comments

What is Project Sagarmala? How is different than China's Strings of Pearls strategy? Examine the bottlenecks in Indian port infrastructure and list the Read More...