Monetary Policy in India | UPSC Prelims: Economic Developments: RBI, Monetary vs Fiscal Policy, Inflation, Quantitative and Qualitative Controls Mains: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment, Inclusive Growth and issues arising from it. What is monetary policy and how is it different from fiscal policy? Monetary policy […]
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Heatwaves: Causes, Effects, Prediction and Mitigation | UPSC Context: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced above-average heat wave days for India. Total duration of heatwaves in India has increased by about three days during the last 30 years and a further increase of 12-18 days is expected by 2060. Analysis What is a Heatwave?
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What are El Nino and La Nina? El Nino is an abnormal warming of water (at least 0.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the long-term average) in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of South America every two to seven years. In the case of a strong El Nino event as
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Anthropocene Epoch: Meaning and Debates Context: Scientists recently proposed to formalise an ‘Anthropocene Epoch’ on the geologic time scale, triggering several debates. Analysis Background The Geologic Time Scale is the “calendar” for events in Earth history. All 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history are split into—in descending order of duration—Eons, Eras, Periods, Epochs and Ages
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GS Paper 2 Political Majority Vs Legislative Majority Context: The Supreme Court has asked whether Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar “contradicted” a Constitution Bench judgment to bank on ‘legislative majority’ as a criterion to declare Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction as the “real” Shiv Sena. Deciding the disqualification petitions filed against Mr. Shinde, Mr. Narwekar had
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GS Paper 1 Critical and Strategic Minerals Context: The Union Cabinet approved the amendment of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for specifying rate of royalty in respect of 12 critical and strategic minerals. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023, had listed 24 minerals as critical and strategic minerals. These
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GS Paper 1 Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) Context: India and Nepal have not managed to make any forward movement on the stalled negotiations over the landmark Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP). Analysis The project is stalled because the Indian and the Nepali sides are unable to come to a consensus on sharing of benefits. While electricity
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GS 2 – ED Probe in the Paytm Case Context: Enforcement Directorate finds no Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations in Paytm Payments Bank. More About the News: About Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FEMA): GS 2 – India Encourages Central Asian Nations to Utilize Iran’s Chabahar Port Context: India urges Central Asian nations to utilize
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