News Analysis

GS 3: Environment & EcologyPrelims

Assessing India’s carbon credit trading scheme targets, Pg6

The Indian government has announced emission intensity targets under its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) for eight heavy industrial sectors. This article examines whether these targets are ambitious enough in the context of India’s Net Zero 2070 commitment and NDC goals.

GS 2: Polity

Secularism — implicit from day one, explicit in 1976, Pg6

This article defends Indian secularism as a foundational principle of the Constitution, rooted in India’s freedom movement, Ashokan Dhamma, and modern constitutional philosophy

GS 3: Environment & EcologyGS 2: Governance

Smoke and sulphur, Pg6

The Environment Ministry has rolled back the mandatory requirement for most coal-fired power plants to install Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems, reversing a key 2015 directive aimed at controlling sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emissions.

GS 3: Environment & Ecology

Climate change is deciding where and how rural Indians are living

Rural regions in India like Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, and Marathwada are witnessing growing internal migration due to climate-induced disasters such as droughts and erratic rainfall, leading to social and economic disruption.

GS 1: Indian SocietyGS 2: Governance

Reaching Jarawa tribe of Andaman Islands for Census will not be tough, Pg12

The Union government is preparing for the 2027 Census, and officials say it will not be difficult to reach the Jarawa tribe in the Andaman Islands due to sustained engagement and welfare interventions since the late 1990s.

GS 2: Polity

Time is apt to restore J&K’s Statehood, Pg7

This article argues that the time is ripe for restoring Statehood of J&K to rebuild trust, strengthen democracy, and ensure a sustainable peace.

GS 3: Economy

The changing landscape of employment, Pg7

India faces a growing challenge in integrating its large pool of graduates into formal, meaningful employment. Despite positive formalisation trends, issues of unemployability, skills mismatch, and informal workforce persist.

GS 2: PolityGS 2: Governance

Who are qualified as ‘ordinarily resident’?, Pg8

The Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has reignited debate over the interpretation of the term ‘ordinarily resident’ under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, especially affecting migrant workers' voting rights.

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