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Repost from VK IAS by Vikas kanukollu (VK)
🅾️One of the purest emotions is genuine appreciation for someone who surpasses you. In life's dark moments, feeling true happiness for a friend's success is priceless🙂.
⚜️Dear rankers, if you have such people in your life, cherish them. This hype fades, but true support endures. Your circles will naturally shift – that's growth. But when those who supported you face darkness, be their light, however small. It means the world to them. Let us all make this nation a better place to live because koi bhi desh perfect nahi hota hai- you know the rest....🙂
To the person who inspires this message: You are not alone. I respect your privacy, but I promise a day in the future where things look bright again, at least I will try🙂. This post is my testament, a reminder for us both when you are okay again..
This is dedicated to all fighters amongst us. Thank you for inspiring me. Your story will be shared when the time is right. Until then, let us work in silence- it defines us🙂
Sincerely, VK
| 2 | ✅Gs-3 : Science and Technology/ IPR- patents and copyrights
🅾️A one stop solution on this issue for Mains 2024- Store this note in your archives ( This will also be a part of the note for Mains 2024 batch that will be selected after prelims- for details- Click here).
🎖Join
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here | 8 962 |
| 3 |  ✅Gs-2 : IR- UNSC resolutions on GAZA
🅾️Context: The Israel-Palestine Conflict
⚡️Mains question : Role of the UN: Are UN mechanisms effective in resolving complex conflicts with powerful players involved? What alternative approaches could be explored?
⚠️ISSUES
1. International Law vs. Realpolitik- UN Security Council resolutions are legally binding on member states (including Israel and Palestine). However, the Council has limited power to enforce these resolutions. Powerful nations within the Council (like the US) can block or weaken action, undermining international law.
2. The Limitations of the Resolution: The resolution focuses on humanitarian aid, not core issues fueling the conflict. Israel may use loopholes in the wording to continue restricting aid access.
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⚠️Problems with India- Israel- Dehyphenation policy- Read this
✅Gs2-IR/PSIR channel link : https://t.me/UPSC_PSIR_IR
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
⚠️Youtube : Click here and join the VK IAS channel | 7 744 |
| 4 | ✅Gs-3 : Internal security/ Gs-2 : IR- Grey zone warfare
⚠️WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THIS?
⚜️Understanding grey zone warfare is critical for civil service aspirants who will potentially shape or respond to national security and foreign policy strategies. It requires a comprehensive approach to national security, combining military readiness with economic, cyber, and diplomatic tools
⚡️We already discussed these Imp dimensions :
🅾️1. Grey zone operations (GZOs)-Demands for a cyber command, in line of Integrated Theatre Commands (ITCs) by the Indian military- Click here
🅾️2. Law fare-The need for an international law
✅Also read this-
⚜️CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE NEED FOR A SEPARATE INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTRY⚜️
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
⚠️Subscribe to VK IAS's YouTube channel : Click here and join the VK IAS channel | 6 327 |
| 5 | ✅Gs-3 : Inclusive growth- Vision for New India
🅾️Focus on the headline :
✴️1. Food security : Click here
✴️2. Textiles : Click here
✴️3. Housing: Light house projects- Click here and read from prelims channel
✴️4. Science- Click here
✴️5. Dignity-What is the vision, we should hold for India?- What are the values we need to embrace?
🎖VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
⚠️Subscribe to VK IAS's YouTube channel : Click here and join the VK IAS channel | 5 000 |
| 6 | ✅Gs-2 : Education- Full Article link
🅾️What is the question that you need to focus on ? - Interim budget slashes the allocation to higher education by 16.8% with the UGC taking a major cut of over 60%. At the same time, funds have been allocated to the HEFA which aims to enhance infrastructure through loans.
⚠️Is it a worrying trend for public education in India to increase dependence on loans?- I answered this previously on this blog : Lessons from US Student Debt : On Foreign universities entering India
✅Important point : Incheon declaration- on primary education- The NEP aimed for equitable and quality education with a targeted allocation of 6% of the nation's GDP to education. However, the actual allocation is around 2.8% of GDP, suggesting a retreat from these goals.However since this is an interim Budget- we should see the overall trend of allocation to education over last few years than just this budget alone- IMP article
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu | 4 966 |
| 7 | What next for VK IAS? - crisis as an opportunity and the journey behind VK IAS.
https://youtu.be/rjnfmlBa3Y0 | 5 842 |
| 8 | ✅Please join this official channel of VK IAS
https://t.me/VKIAS_com | 5 481 |
| 9 | Please join whatsapp channels for official communications regarding future plan of action : issue is being handled as of now
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9eMCF3gvWjWIsiTa2V | 5 550 |
| 10 | https://youtu.be/rQpQUeFZ16I?feature=shared | 5 571 |
| 11 | ✅Gs-3 : Economic growth
⚠️GDP formula G= C+I+G+(X-M)
🅾️This article is talking about investment (I) component
➡️Why is Investment important?- Because it is a growth multiplier.
🅾️In this regards, the article is talking about households' contribution- Why households cant invest much?- Click here for a brief explainer- read the analysis
🅾️👆Since households were unable to contribute, government went for a Corporate tax cut to attract investments- Click here to know the impact
🅾️But you can see tremendous growth in stock markets Consider this- Nifty - a metric for growth - went from 8000 odd to almost 22000 recently- almost 3x growth.
🅾️So conclusion= Inequality
🎖Then solution?- We disucssed this
⚜️1. Reduce subsidies- Click here
⚜️2. Read these in the same order( Series of articles by Arun Maira )
🎖@Economyhighlights for more economy related articles at one place
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu | 3 386 |
| 12 | ✅Gs-3 : Land reforms- Dharani portal
➡️Important for students from Telangana.
⚜️The Dharani portal, intended as a one-stop solution for land-related transactions in Telangana, is facing criticism for not being user-friendly and has errors in the digital land records, such as mismatches between the listed land records and the actual field dimensions, and issues with land title and ownership details.
⚜️The public has complained about difficulties in buying and selling land because of these errors and insufficient measures for different transactions.
The system allows only one type of application at a time, causing problems when multiple issues need to be addressed simultaneously.
⚜️The portal has a staffing issue, with only 34 officers for the entire state of Telangana, leading to challenges in handling the volume of applications and providing assistance. There's a conflict with the Forest Department over land claims, indicating a lack of integration between different government systems. | 4 756 |
| 13 | ✅Part 3 : List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2
⚜️1. COP 28 discussions on health- Click here and here
⚜️2. Agri food systems- Click here
⚜️3. Deep fakes regulation- Click here
⚜️4. Tourism potential of Ayodhya Ram mandir- Click here
⚜️5. NCRB data on women- Click here
⚜️6. Pradhan Mantri-Jan Aadiwasi Nyay Yojana (PM-JANAM)- Click here
⚜️7. Nature of relation between J&K and India- Art 370 Analysis
⚜️8. Present global economic status- Click here- MUST READ
✅PART 1 and 2 of List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2 is given here- Click here
🔰Those who were actively participating in the discussions- good job guys- Will continue to add points to your discussions on these issues apart from the one to one sessions- Contact @Vk_ias | 5 015 |
| 14 | ✅Part 2 : List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2
1. Fiscal federalism - Financial accountability and impact on states
2. State funding of elections and electoral bonds-Political funding
3. transformative constitutionalism-i.e. Social Revolution and Transformation-debate on adultery as a crime.
4. Rat hole mining and rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel
5. Multiple issues around governor- Click here
6. Issue of climate finance- OECD report on climate finance
7. What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
8. 🅾️Four dimensions of IR- MUST READ article
9. The India Justice Report 2022
10. ⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector
✅PART 1 of List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2 is given here- Click here
🔰Those who were actively participating in the discussions- good job guys- Will continue to add points to your discussions on these issues apart from the one to one sessions- Contact @Vk_ias | 4 207 |
| 15 | 1. Fiscal federalism - Financial accountability and impact on states
2. State funding of elections and electoral bonds-Political funding
3. transformative constitutionalism-i.e. Social Revolution and Transformation-debate on adultery as a crime.
4. Rat hole mining and rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel
5. Multiple issues around governor- Click here
6. Issue of climate finance- OECD report on climate finance
7. What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
8. 🅾️Four dimensions of IR- MUST READ article
9. The India Justice Report 2022
10. ⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector
✅PART 1 of List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2 is given here- Click here
🔰Those who were actively participating in the discussions- good job guys- Will continue to add points to your discussions on these issues apart from the one to one sessions- Contact @Vk_ias | 1 |
| 16 | ✅Some Important articles for The UPSC CSE 2021 interview preparation.
1) Russia -Ukraine -https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10339
2) hijab controversy- https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10324
3) Importance of Atma Nirbharta in Fintech -https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10312
4) Role of Nuclear power in meeting India's energy need- https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10069
5) How to stop the migration of Medical students- Medical education reforms in the context of Indian medical students stuck in Ukraine -https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10364
6) How should India create a new Innovation Ecosystem?- How to ensure Gender diversity in Science- https://t.me/hinduhighlights/10046
7) Digitization as a tool for Financial inclusion and inclusive growth- the road ahead- https://t.me/economyhighlights/473
8) Potential impact of private space players on the future of geopolitics- https://t.me/hinduhighlights/7177 | 4 993 |
| 17 | ⚠️List of important issues for UPSC Interviews- Phase 2
🅾️1. Internal security challenges- Click here and here
🅾️2. Change in labour force structure- Click here
🅾️3. e-FIR- Read about the entire criminal justice system work flow- Click here (Very Relevant for people already in IPS/ those with law optional)
🅾️4. Important sea lanes of navigation- How they will impact the world order?- Malacca Strait blockade + Panama and red sea
🅾️5. Problems with India- Israel- Dehyphenation policy
🅾️6. Forest Conservation Amendment Act, 2023- Click here
➡️I will provide a list of articles every day- Please prepare this ( If you are in the interview mentorship sessions- we can briefly discuss this in our periodic discussion sessions)
If you are preparing for interview and need help- Contact @Vk_ias | 3 741 |
| 18 | ✅Gs-2 : IR- West Asia
🅾️various theaters of conflict in West Asia
⚜️1. Israel-Hamas Conflict: Click here
⚜️2. Israel-Hezbollah/Lebanon
⚜️3. Syria- Click here
⚜️4. Yemen - Reasons: Houthi rebellion, Saudi-led coalition intervention, and Iran's alleged support for Houthis.
⚜️5. Iran-U.S. Tensions-Nuclear program of Iran, sanctions by the U.S., and military skirmishes.
⚜️6. Iraq-Reasons: Post-U.S. invasion power struggles, ISIS, and sectarian conflict.
⚜️7. Turkey-Kurdish Conflict: Click here
⚜️8. Afghanistan (Post-U.S. Withdrawal):
⚜️9. India-Pakistan Tensions: Reasons: Kashmir dispute, cross-border terrorism, historical animosity.
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here | 3 931 |
| 19 | ✅Gs-2 : Criminal Justice system- Bail law reform - Already discussed- click here
➡️Why is this article different than previous one- The previous articles focussed on the " WHAT" aspect of bail- i.e. What is the issue- This article is talking about JURISPRUDENCE- meaning- "WHY"- i.e. the MORAL REASONING- which is very important for ethics paper.
🎖In Short- Why should we have a clear cut reasoning to grant a bail- VERY IMP article.- EVERY LINE is important- NOT ONLY FOR THE INFORMATION- BUT SHAPING Your thought process in approaching human right issues- so read EVERY SINGLE line.
✳️Ethics/Essay channel link : https://t.me/joinchat/mrcWyE8pY2UyMDll
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu | 6 417 |
| 20 | 🔰Important Economy articles for UPSC interview 2023 :
1. Problems of Indian economy - Series of articles by Arun Maira and also this article - Click here
Solution : MUST READ ARTICLE- What is it about?- What kind of strategy should India deploy for improving per capita
2. Tourism- Ayodhya- Click here
3. Prepare on banking basics/ Capital requirement norms and then- Banking- NPAs
4. Interconnectedness of environmental integrity, economic development- Click here
5. Change in labour force structure- Click here
6. Evolving nature of India's workforce- Click here
📍Read these :
1. Regarding Interview mentorship- CLick here
2. Interview insight - Click here
➡️If you want to have a Solution oriented conversation that is not just a mock interview - please reach out to the team- @VK_IAS
VK IAS interview channel :
https://t.me/+jJzCRiT91qk3YzBl | 29 425 |
