Note to self

Whenever you feel like quitting,
Whenever you feel it’s hard,
Whenever you feel you’re done,

Put a hand to your heart, close your eyes and ask: “why did you start?”

Think of things you thought of on the day you started

You’ll be good (and back in the game) 🥰

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🚨 December 6 2022 | Tuesday

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Agriculture Tourism
UP govt's new policy to show the agriculture practices of the state to the world.
(I have create a list of 9 such potential tourism opportunities. Will share on blog)


Quote

1. Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

2. Creation of decent formal wage employment is a prerequisite for a more equitable distirbution of wages and income, and is a key contributor to equitable and sustainable wage growth.

Reading Recommendations

TH:
1. No uniformity in parole and furlough rules
2. EWS Quota: Beyond the smokescreen
3. Vizhinjam Port Project, why the protests
4. The lingering crisis of labour post pandemic

IE:
1. Championing the global south

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Important keywords from Tourism Industry to be quoted in UPSC Mains are now compiled on my blog.

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🚨 December 7 2022 | Wednesday🚨

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On AFG, Indian stance:
1. Afghan led, Afghan owned, Afghan controlled solution
2. Peaceful, Stable & Secure Afghanistan
3. Sovereignty, Unity and Territorial Integrity of Afghanistan shall not be compromised

Reading Recommendations

Read about Prof Alagh in any of the newspapers

IE:
1. The GM Mustard debate (GS3)
2. Belagavi controversy (GS2)
3. $60 cap may not hurt Russia (GS2)

TH:

1. Delhi choking, but do not blame stubble burning alone (take a note of points expressed here- GS3)
2. EU's concerns about US IRA (GS2)
3. ChatGPT, latest NLP tool (GS3)


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I asked ChatGPT if it can help me crack UPSC. Guess what did it answer? 😂

What's ChatGPT and what do you need to know about it for UPSC? All noted on my blog

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Terms Mentioned but ‘Not Defined’ in the Constitution of India:

➡️ Untouchability
➡️ Office of Profit
➡️ Minority
➡️ Martial Law
➡️ Violation of Constitution

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🚨 December 8 2022 | Thursday🚨

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District collector/magistrate can be renamed to development officer

Tourist Police
A dedicated wing to take up crime against tourist cases on fast track basis

Coercion to co-option
Power of ‘Soft Power’

Cinematic Colonialism
A reflection of colonial mindset in cinema (needs to be done away with!)


Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. All’s in the name
2. Binary merger just outside milkyway (page 14)
3. Reading Monetary policy (revise macroeconomics)
4. ‘Global South’

TH
1. BIMSTEC as key to a new South Asian regional order
2. Conjugal debate and Punjab’s order
3. NJAC debate



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Friends, I’ve posted notes on Soil Health on Twitter.

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🚨 December 9 2022 | Friday🚨

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India's road (outreach) to Central Asia: Silk road of friendship & cooperation

Revenue Buoyancy
Degree of responsiveness of a fiscal variable wrt given change in base variable.
eg: RB wrt GSDP = 1.21
this means, revenue receipts tend to increase by 1.21% points with 1% rise in GSDP

Why in news? Himachal's RB is -2.27%


Quote
Finance is the lifeblood of terrorism - NSA Sh Ajit Doval


Reading Recommendations

IE
1. A corrosive strike at court (read it for what was wrong with NJAC)
2. India's Central Asia Outreach (GS2: note TL of engagements + India's need(s) + way forward)



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How to remember maths of a political party becoming a state party?

Break it down in blocks:
🔺Lok Sabha
🔺Vidhan Sabha
🔺Combined

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🚨 December 10 2022 | Saturday🚨

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Corruption: Threat to national security


Quote

All faiths are equally true though all are equally imprtfect - Gandhi


Reading Recommendations

IE:
- Charity and conversions (take a look at the history of this topic in India)
- A bad idea returns (note the stats of the OPS bills)
- Media bargaining bill in US (interesting read at what the future in this domain will look like)
- Jumbo and vermin debate u/ New amendment to WPA1972

TH:
- Expand food safety net without delay
-G20 can be alternative to UNSC


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🚨 December 11 2022 | Sunday🚨

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Scarcity to sufficiency -> Story of India!

3F in global trade: Food, Fuel and Fertilizers


Reading Recommendations
TH:
- Badri breed of cows from Uttarakhand
- Leading a helping hand to eliminate TB
- Fascinating Hornbills
- Alzheimer's drug
- Why price cap on Russian oil?


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🚨 December 12 2022 | Monday🚨

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1. World's largest democracy to also the ideal one - Former VP M Venkaiah Naidu's message to Indian democracy going forward

2. Development or national prestige to business and economy
To be used as way forward in diff sectors. eg. Space

3. Bribe for votes the real 'revadis'

Stats

- Pension bill exceeded salary & wages spending for centre and 3 states (GJ, KA, WB)

- Oxfam study: Women are 1/3 internet users in India (it is a stat that can be used in both positive and negative statements)

Reading Recommendations

IE:
- An example and a warning (take a macro view with this read)
- Centre's Subsidy bill (rush through the stats)
- Ajinomoto (read about MSG, this is also a fun story)

TH:
- Threat of China test in India's grand strategy (an interesting perspective, don't limit yourself to this, tho)
- Amending Co-op soc act (read for new proposed amendments)
- Laws on religious conversions (and conflict b/w legislature and judiciary)
- What's End to End encryption and why tech companies focusing on it? (prelims related questions easy to form)


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🇮🇳 States #stats as per Census 2011 for #UPSC

1. Population Density👪
- Highest: BR
- Lowest: Arunachal

2. Population👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
- Highest: UP
- Lowest: Sikkim

3. Sex ratio♂♀️
- Highest: KL
- Lowest: HR

4. Literacy👩‍🏫👩‍🎓
- Highest: KL
- Lowest: BR

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🚨 December 13 2022 | Tuesday🚨

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Reading Recommendations

TH:
1. Big tech & need India for ex ante regulation
2. Politics of National Interest
3. Weighing in on the efficacy of female leadership in government

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Friends, I am working on an exclusive document for GS4 Ethics

It is a 24-25 page document and will have:

- Definition of all the key terms in the syllabus
- Real life example(s) for you to understand better
- Special focus on terms from PYQs

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Friends, you are already aware about my initiative where the GS3 Free notes are being made public one by one. 😎

In this series, the next set of notes are now live on my blog for: Storage, Transport and Marketing of Agri Produce. Go through these notes and try writing PYQs on this topic.🥰

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Friends, I am hosting IPS Ms Nirja Shah tomorrow (14th December 2022, 1800 hours/6 pm) on December episode of The Aspirants Show.

If you have any UPSC related questions that you'd want to ask her, please mail them to whycse@gmail.com

I'd ensure all your queries will be answered.

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🚨 December 14 2022 | Wednesday🚨

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Akhand Bharat Ubharta Bharat (Ubharta= rising)

Healing, harmony and hope India's role in post pandemic world as G20 chair


Pre Centric
Elo Ratings
- Given in football
- Used to measure a team's relative strength
- Assigns a rating to each nation, using results of previous int'l games
- Adds weight based on the opponent's strength and makes adjustments for home team's advantage and goal difference
- Different from FIFA World Cup rating

Quote
Imitation is the best form of flattery

Stats
Only 3.6% women in CAPFs (as per Parliamentary Committee)

Reading Recommendations

IE:
1. The new money challenge (GS3, GS2)
2. An Indic G20 narrative (GS2, GS1)
3. The fusion energy breakthrough (GS3)
4. How JnK's proposed family ID will work, and why it is being criticised (GS2)

TH:
1. The rise of rural manufacturing (GS3)
2. A conservation bill that endangers forest rights
3. Analysing US-China Bilateral ties
4. The enigma of mythical stories and intense art and dance forms.


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Friends, in case you missed The Aspirants Show episode with IPS Nirja Shah, you can hear the podcast on Spotify.

Save it for your tomorrow's evening walk or free time. Do tweet to me your response and views on this electrifying podcast. 😍

Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1m4xtVyGNmgOm7jEjVAZFa?si=E5-EfhF1Q6WV4W-UNctMfQ