Bharatmala Pariyojana
What is Bharatmala Pariyojana? Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella program for the highways sector envisaged by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways that focuses on optimizing the efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country. Bharatmala Project Components: Features: Related Links: Sagarmala Project
What is Unemployment and How is it Measured?
What is Unemployment? How Unemployment is Measured? Unemployment rate = (Unemployed Workers / Total labour force) × 100 Types of Unemployment: Reason for high unemployment: Education and Skills Reasons Failure of Indian Education system – Although literacy rates have risen in the last few decades, there remains a fundamental flaw in the education system […]
How to Write Great Answer for PCS MAINS 2025
1. Understand the Question: The first and foremost requirement to write great answers is an understanding of the questions. Candidates should try to understand the demand of the question asked, see whether the question has two parts or three parts, and answer it accordingly. It is often seen that candidates sometimes write only half of […]
Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region
Recent context: Piracy: Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship-borne attackers upon another ship, to steal cargo or other valuables from the ship. Regions affected: The Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Strait of Malacca, Sulu and Celebes Seas, Indian Ocean, and Falcon Lake (Canada). International Law for Piracy: India ratified […]
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
About: Beneficiaries: Funding: The funding for the scheme is shared – 60:40 for all states and UTs with their own legislature, 90:10 in Northeast states and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal and Uttarakhand, and 100% Central funding for UTs without legislature. Nodal Agency: PM-JAY Eligibility Criteria PM-JAY is an entitlement-based scheme. The eligible families are fixed based on […]
Rare Disease & National Rare Disease Policy 2021.
What are Rare diseases? Rare disease management: Effective RD management requires prevention, early diagnostics, timely intervention, rehabilitation of patients, and an efficient data-driven public health surveillance system. Primary prevention: It is essential to identify causal factors and plan systematic prevention strategies. Secondary prevention: Screening and Early Identification The secondary preventive measures seek to detect conditions […]
GDP, NDP, GNP & NNP
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) GDP measures the total value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific period, typically a year. It includes the value of goods and services produced by both domestic and foreign factors of production within the country. GDP represents the overall economic output […]
ART Technology
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in India Definition and Techniques of ART Types of ART Procedures permitted: Provisions of the ART (Regulation) Act, 2021: Legal Provisions: Definition of ART Services: Eligibility Criteria for Donors: A bank may obtain semen from males between 21 and 55, and eggs from females between 23 and 35. The woman may donate eggs […]
UPSC 2024 Strategy
Only 5 months are left for the UPSC Prelims Exam. It becomes important for you, to go through what you have read the whole year. We have prepared a plan through which you will be able to maximize your productivity in these 5 months. Selection of subjects: As only 5 months are left, you should […]
UPSC 2025 Strategy
When you even dream of clearing the UPSC exam, keep one thing in mind, this is not an exam that tolerates a half-hearted approach or an unplanned approach. So if you want to clear this exam and that too on your first attempt then, we have made a strategy for you to ace the upcoming […]
