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SC: The quota is not in contradiction with merit, ensures real equality

Program:

Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.

Main examination:

• General Studies I: Social Empowerment

• General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising from their design and implementation

Key points to ponder:

• Background to this case: The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) in the All India Quota for National Eligibility with Entrance Test (NEET)

• Supreme Court comment on “merit” and “reservation/quota”

• Understand the statement – “Reserve case law to recognize substantive equality and not just formal equality”

• What is substantive equality?

• Supreme Court of India on CULTURAL CAPITAL – What do you mean by “cultural capital”?

• Understand Section 15, Section 15(1), Section 15(4), Section 15(5) and Reservation in All Indian Quota (AIQ) Seats (AIQ Programs)

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 NEET-PG: SC authorizes admissions with a quota of 27% for OBCs, 10% for EWS

📍 Explanation: Economically weaker sections, as defined by the government panel

Penalty, not arrest; power to withdraw from business: Bihar plans liquor law reforms

Program:

Preliminary examination: Indian politics and governance

Main examination: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising from their design and implementation

Key points to ponder:

• Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016-Major Highlights

• Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 – Why so much criticism? (Recent critical remarks came from the Chief Justice of India)

• Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 – “lack of foresight”, how and why?

• Issues and challenges arising from alcohol prohibition

• Right to privacy (Article 21 of the Constitution) and Article 47 of the Constitution

• Prohibition of alcohol in other states or union territories

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 CJI: No foresight in law drafting clogs courts, Bihar ban exemplifies this

📍 Behind Nitish Kumar’s alcohol ban zeal, a social issue and political math

The city

Burning for 5 decades, Amar Jawan Jyoti’s flame will be extinguished at India Gate, merged with National War Memorial

Program:

Preliminary examination: Indian history

Main examination: General Studies I: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country and modern Indian history

Key points to ponder:

• Amar Jawan Jyoti – Background and Importance

• Why was Amar Jawan Jyoti placed at India Gate?

• India Gate history and architectural style

• What is the National War Memorial and when was it built?

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 Explained: The significance of Amar Jawan Jyoti and why he was merged with the National War Memorial flame

📍 From Kingsway to Rajpath: How independent India made a British imperial city its own

EXPRESS NETWORK

“Women are the first migrants; they have to migrate to a new family after marriage’

Program:

Preliminary examination: Indian Geography (Human Geography)

Main examination:

• General Studies‐I: Poverty and development problems, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.

• General studies III: Inclusive growth and the challenges arising from it.

Key points to ponder:

• What do you mean by the terms ‘Migration’ and ‘Reverse Migration’?

• What are the push and pull factors for migration?

• Know the data and statistics – 2011 Census on Migration (Marriage and Migration)

• Migration patterns in India – intra-state, inter-state, rural-rural, rural-urban, urban-rural and urban-urban.

• Migration in India and the impact of lockdown on migrants, especially women

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 Migration in India and the impact of confinement on migrants

📍 The impact of COVID-19 on female migrant workers in India

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

The Missing Federal Spirit

Program:

Preliminary examination: Indian politics and governance

Main examination: General Studies II: Indian Constitution – historical foundations, evolution, features, modifications, important provisions and basic structure.

Key points to ponder:

• What is the significance of January 26, 1950?

• What do you know of these terms: justice, equality, freedom, fraternity, sovereign republic, socialist, secular and democratic?

• Know the preamble of the Indian Constitution

• What is the 7th schedule of the Constitution? What do you mean by the term “separation of powers”?

• Centre-State Relations-Legislative Relations, Administrative Relations and Financial Relations

• Stakes and challenges in Centre-State relations? (Current context)

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 The Preamble: What does it say and what does it mean for India and its Constitution?

📍 Explained: Why India celebrates January 26 as Republic Day

IDEAS PAGE

At stake in Ukraine

Program:

Preliminary examination: News of national and international importance.

Main examination: General Studies II: Effect of Policies and Policies of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s Interests

Key points to ponder:

• What is Russia’s demand? Why is Putin threatening war on Ukraine? Why Russia is strengthening its army
presence along the Ukrainian border?

• Why is the United States so alarmed? USA-Russia and Ukraine crisis?

• Strategic position of Ukraine – Locate on the map

• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – About, Member Countries, Mandate and Headquarters

• 2014 Crimean crisis

• Crimea’s strategic location – why is it important for Russia?

• Ukraine, NATO, USA and Russia – where are we?

• Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO (Collective security)

• India’s position in the current crisis in Ukraine

• India, Ukraine and Russia

• How can India help the United States and Russia keep the “peace” in this conflict?

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

📍 Ukraine crisis: Risks remain as Russia and the West talk

📍 On the edge of the abyss

EXPLAIN

IAS officers & central detachment

Program:

Preliminary examination: Indian politics and governance

Main examination: General Studies II: Role of Public Offices in a Democracy and Important Aspects of Governance

Key points to ponder:

• IAS (Framework) Rules, 1954 – Proposed Union Government Amendments

• Know All India Service and All India Service Act 1951

• Amendments to IAS Rules (Framework) 1954 – Key Proposals

• What is the current rule on delegation?

• Why do some states like West Bengal oppose?

• Centre-State Relations and All India Services

• Know the basics of federalism, cooperative federalism and competitive federalism

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 Center vs States: how IAS agents are placed in central delegation

Concern over 5G and flight safety

Program:

Preliminary examination: General sciences and news of national and international importance.

Main examination: General Studies III: Science and Technology – developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

Key points to ponder:

• Why did AI suspend its flights to the United States?

• C-band spectrum – know the basics

• C-band and 5G communications – what are the apprehensions and challenges associated with 5G communication

• What is the Altimeter? How do flight radar altimeters contribute to safe flight operations?

• What is the situation in India?

Other important articles dealing with the same subject:

📍 Explanation: What is 5G in telecommunications and how will this technology work in India?

📍 Explained: Are 5G telecoms a threat to aviation security?

📍 Explanation: What is 5G and how ready is India to adapt to this technology?

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