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Screen capture from the speeches document. At EEF, PM spoke about Investments in energy.

Now connect it with price cap: On one hand, EU/USA wants India to join price cap while India is already committing to invest in energy.

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Quoting articles of constitution give you an edge in UPSC Mains answers. But they’re fragmented and tough to remember!!!

I’ve compiled the articles relevant to women, children, SC/ST in one place to make your life easier.

Find them in one place on my this blog post 👇🏻
https://csewhy.substack.com/p/4-constitutional-provisions-for-upsc
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🚨 September 12 2022 : Monday Musings🚨

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1. Agri policy issues
- short termism
- poor market intelligence & lack of credible production estimates

2. Post pandemic trends:
- Great Resignation in US
- Great Retirement in Canada


3. Take Science out of lab a recommendation; can be used as way forward in SnT and RnD answers

4. Indian stand on returning back of 1.1m Rohingyas in Bangladesh; favours safe, sustainable and expeditious return


stats
1. $18bn trade b/w India-Bangladesh
2. 40% of global rice trade: Indian share
3. Apple economy of HP ₹5,500 cr

Reading Recommendations

1. TH
- India Bangladesh (Rajiv Bhatia article) (GS2)
- Apple industry issues (GS3)
- Adoption Case (GS3)

2. IE
- Rice trade (GS3)
- Tokyo-Del compact (by Sujan Chinoy: GS2)


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Citizenship in India is an important topic from Pre pov.

Here’s a video for you to revise Citizenship end to end in just 60 seconds. Watch! 👇🏻

https://youtube.com/shorts/G-2WA-3Xq8M?feature=share
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🚨 September 12 2022 : Easy Tuesday🚨

1. PM TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan

Have compiled all that’s needed from GS2/3 perspective in this blog post. You can simply save this link to your notes or bookmark link to my blog :)

https://csewhy.substack.com/p/5-pm-tb-mukt-bharat-abhiyan


stats
1. On electricity

- 404.1 GW
demand of electricity in 2022, expected to be 2x by 2032 as per Central Electricity Authority

- 28GW in coal needed by 2032

- coal share to drop below 60% as India aims to have 500GW in non fossil by 2030

Reading Recommendations

1. TH
- India and International Law article by Prabhash Ranjan
- G20 article for revision

2. IE
- C Raja Mohan’s article on Russia-Ukraine war
- 103rd amendment case in SC explained


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How do I make notes?

This is most asked question in my email. Broke down the science of making notes step by step in this blog post.

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https://csewhy.substack.com/p/6-how-to-make-notes-for-upsc
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🚨 September 14 2022 : हिंदी दिवस की बधाई :)🚨

How to make notes for UPSC and how to note Current Affairs?
Answered these two imp questions in my last 2 blog posts. Visit Csewhy.substack.com


1. Political crop

A crop that’s politicised by political parties. Used in context of rubber crop woes in Kerala

diverse use from essay to society and GS3 topics

2. Windfall Tax

Designed to tax profits of company driven by external or unprecedented events (eg energy price rise in Russia-Ukraine conflict)

US Congressional Research Services definition: unearned, unanticipated gain in income through no additional effort or expense

Reading Recommendations

1. TH
- Boost to patent system by Reji Joseph
- Suhasini Haider’s article on upcoming SCO meet
- rubber prices (text context)
- windfall tax (text context)

2. IE
- A country for queer by Aqaba Shaikh
- Cracking Anaemia mystery
- CRISPR explained page (MUST read)


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आज हिंदी दिवस है। क्या है संविधान में हिंदी के लिए प्रावधान? जानिए हिंदी के लिए ज़रूरी अनुच्छेद सिर्फ़ 40 सेकंड की इस video में।

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🚨 September 15 2022 : Mid week run🚨

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1. hindi not a competitor but friend

2. Aaya Ram Gaya Ram

3. Cost safety and efficacy
three things considered for a medicine to be in NLEM (national list of essential medicines)

Pre centric

1. Lok Sahir Annabhau Sathe a participant of Chandar lake/Mahad Satyagraha.

2. Manasbal Lake in Gandharwal district of JnK, a freshwater lake. -Used to have training exercises for cadets from 1965-1989.
- Terminated in militancy era and KP exodus
- 33 years later, cadets are back to train

stats

9% elderly population (2011) to 18% in 2036 (expected) as per National Commision on Population

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. What health account shows
Read to develop understanding. I don’t find virtue of making notes here

2. Rivers without borders
by Sanjib Baruah


TH:
1. The future of old times in India on old age security, health and government policies

2. water crisis, seen unseen



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Made a video on how to memorise and remember the Ganga river system. Shared two important mnemonics and where do these tributaries meet ganga. Watch 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/Xanq0WzJz78
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🚨 September 16 2022 : Late delivery🚨

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1. Cashless, Paperless and Effortless digital banking

Use in
- GS3

2. Civilisational Diplomacy
Russia, China, India are all civilisational states and need to upgrade their civilisational past and links.

Use In
GS2: Indian relations
(keep watching all this diplomacy words closely. Few days ago I shared energy diplomacy)

3. Merge
- Major software upgrade on Ethereum blockchain
- switch from proof of work to proof of stake
- 99.95% less energy to be used
- earlier, single transaction used power equivalent of what a US household uses in a week

Use in
GS3: SnT awareness



Ethics case study/Essay
Patagonia founder gave away all his wealth ($3bn) to fight climate change


Pre Centric

Erinidi Reserve of Namibia
From where Cheetahs are coming


Reading Recommendations

The Hindu
- Manufacturing v/s Services
- EEF
- TN’s breakfast scheme
(read this to revise the Mid day meal story)




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🚨 September 17 2022 : Late delivery02🚨

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1. President Kovind’s article

a) Atmanirbhar Bharat, Viksit Bharat connecting Atmanirbhar Bharat with Panch Pran
b) Merit Based Politics over DNA-Based Politics

Use In
GS2: Polity



As cheetahs come, here are govt initiatives/ stats on other animals:

1. 2x Tiger population from in 2018 (target year was 2022, 4 years ahead of schedule)
2. 32 reserves for Elephant conservation
3. Dedicated projects for conservation of Asiatic Lions and Dolphins


Quote
1. President Kovind
Indianness is our true identity and to build a strong nation we all have to rise above caste, creed and religion

2. Periyar
- Everyone has the right to refute any opinion. But no one has the right to prevent its expression

- Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience, will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies



Reading Recommendations

1. IE
- President Kovind’s article (see from GS2 perspective on schemes by govt)
- Cheetah on explained page. 3 imp texts there, just take a look (GS3)


2. TH
- Fertility Decline (health topic)
- Periyar (GS1: figures in Indian National Movement)




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🚨 September 18 2022 : easy sunday🚨

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1. Waiter rule

“If someone’s nice to you but not waiter” quote in essay or ethics

2. a) Policy: not an end but beginning

b) Policy + Performance = Progress

3.Waiter rule

“If someone’s nice to you and not to waiter”


Reading Recommendations

1. Merge article explaining what’s happening new at Ethereum (IE)

2. Monsoon in India TH




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Some thoughts on GS3 Mains 2022
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Bedaquiline, the medicine, is used in treatment of which one of the following?
Anonymous Quiz
14%
Cancer
16%
Diabetes
44%
TB
25%
Cervix Cancer
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🚨 September 19 2022 : Monday🚨

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1. 2 operations for killing money supply to naxalites by CAPFs and Jharkhand Police

1. Operation Double Bull in Bulbul forest of Jharkhand
2. Operation Octopus in Boodha Pahad of Jharkhand

use in
GS3: security

2. Political Unification to People Unification
- Goal for India in Amrit Kaal.
- can be used in way forward of GS1 and GS2 answers

Reading Recommendations

IE
1. Out of Tune on inflation by Ashok Gulati (GS3)
2. Color Revolutions shall make a notes of all revolutions, their country and reason behind them
3. Benefits of stockpiling

TH
1.
Gender based Pay Gap
2. China-Pak (proxy state)
3. SC/ST inclusion/exclusion
4. Geopolitics and Georconomics by Happyman Jacob


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After seeing Mains GS 2022, had some thoughts on investing time better for UPSC aspirants. How/what/why/where?

Have shared all of them in this High Value thread. Will request you to read and learn from it. Do RT👇🏻

https://twitter.com/CseWhy/status/1571842567381327872?s=20&t=Otl_19i71wmVsh_k-Ya4TA
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🚨 September 20 2022 : Thrilling Tuesday🚨

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1. Basic Structure Doctrine (Fali Nariman’s article)

- Criticism: SC that was to be the Guardians of constitution became Guardians over Constitution with this doctrine
- the doctrine was a response of anxious and activist court

Use In
GS2: Constitution

2. Digital Bretton Woods
Can be quoted as a solution in quest for global digital governance

Use in
- GS2: policy
- GS3: economy


Reading Recommendations

IE
- Fali S Nariman’s securing basic structure (never miss anything he writes(m)

- Time for Global Digital governance by Mansi Kedia

- India and the Eurasian Vaccum by C Raja Mohan. Read this to develop an understsnding

- CBI’s uneasy history
Rich text here. Note the:
a) SC judgements, Lokpal Act, DPSE Act amendment, Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act here (GS2: Policy/Acts)
b) note how it reflects on Centre-State relations (GS2: Federalism)

TH:
1. Oil companies and windfall tax (pg14)
2. Ethereum’s Merge and what next? (Explained page)

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