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FAME India Scheme and Electric Mobility: Phase II, PM E-Drive and UPSC Notes (UPSC Environment)
UPSC guide to FAME India Scheme Phase II and successor PM E-Drive: incentives, electric mobility targets, charging infrastructure and EV policy challenges.
Keep Reading →Disinvestment Policy in India: Privatisation and Wealth Creation (UPSC Economy)
UPSC guide to India's disinvestment policy: PSE Policy 2021, strategic sectors, Air India, NMP, targets, Temasek model, challenges and 2024-26 developments.
Keep Reading →Federalism in India — Holding Together, Article 3 and State Reorganisation (UPSC Polity)
UPSC guide to Indian federalism: unitary vs federal vs confederal, Article 3, holding-together model, Alfred Stepan, smaller states debate, 2024-26 context.
Keep Reading →Ethics in Private and Public Relations: Understanding the Two Spheres (UPSC Ethics — GS IV)
Explore ethics in private and public relations, the four principles of relationships, and how personal morality shapes civil service conduct for UPSC GS IV.
Keep Reading →Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) in India: Process, Issues and UPSC Notes (UPSC Environment)
UPSC guide to Environment Impact Assessment in India: EIA 2006 notification, screening and scoping, public hearing, draft EIA 2020, and reform agenda.
Keep Reading →Essential Religious Practices (ERP) Doctrine: A UPSC Deep Dive
UPSC guide to Essential Religious Practices doctrine: Ambedkar's origin, Shirur Mutt, Sabarimala, Triple Talaq, criticisms, DPSP-FR tension, and recent debates.
Keep Reading →Health Status of India — NFHS-5, Mortality, Morbidity and the Policy Landscape (UPSC Indian Society)
UPSC guide to India's health status: NFHS-5 indicators, IMR, MMR, burden of disease, public expenditure, NHM, Ayushman Bharat, 2024-26 developments.
Keep Reading →Defence Manufacturing in India — Initiatives, Prospects, Challenges (UPSC)
UPSC guide to India's defence manufacturing: DPEPP 2020, iDEX, SP model, import embargoes, indigenisation, 2024-26 production and exports.
Keep Reading →Ethical Virtues vs Moral Virtues: Understanding the Distinction (UPSC Ethics — GS IV)
Understand the distinction between ethical virtues and moral virtues, foundational Greek virtues, and their relevance for character-centred civil service ethics.
Keep Reading →India’s Neighbourhood Policy (UPSC International Relations)
India's Neighbourhood First Policy for UPSC GS II: SAARC, BIMSTEC, SAGAR, China challenge, and India's calibrated engagement across South Asia.
Keep Reading →Electricity in India: Generation Mix, Advantages and UPSC Notes (UPSC Environment)
UPSC guide to electricity in India: generation mix, advantages, disadvantages, role in industrial development, grid, storage challenges and clean energy transition.
Keep Reading →Grassroots Health Workers — ASHA, Anganwadi and ANM and India’s Primary Health Force (UPSC Indian Society)
UPSC guide to grassroots health workers: ASHA, Anganwadi, ANM, training, honorarium, COVID role, Global Health Leaders Award, 2024-26 developments.
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