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Note: Page 11 of The Hindu is a masterpiece today 🚨September 22 2023 | Friday🚨 Subscribe to my high value blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com Mains Keys🗝 (Use as example in the mains answers) 1. Govt launches AI chatbot for PM-Kisan scheme (GS3 SnT & Agri) Stats📈 1. On Ethanol • 20% blending aimed by FY25-26 • 1100 crore litres demand by 2025 expected Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Delhi need not choose (GS2 Multilateral institutions: Read for role of BRICS & Way forward for India) 2. Changing how we move (Imp article on Ethanol) 3. One election, many solutions (shares pros, add to your ONOE notes) 4. India-Canada standoff (read the boxed and agri imports; a rough read works) TH 1. A light-bulb moment for the Indian fan market (note 4 pointers on what to do to kickstart 'ceiling fans' market) 2. Propelling India’s development the right way (can add pointers to the notes) 3. Tracking India's growth trajectory (imp) PS: Fewer reactions these days. React ❤️ to mark your attendance! 😄

Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to make money on side with UPSC prep 🚨September 21 2023 | Thursday🚨 Pre related🗒 1. Statue of Oneness • Set up at Ekta Dham, Omkareshwar in MP • 108 ft tall statue of Adi Shankaracharya Quote(s)💭 • “The success of Chandrayan 3 is not just India’s alone but it belongs to all of humanity" - PM Modi Reading Recommendations🗞 IE 1. Kota's failed promise (imp read) 2. An unclear road ahead 3. Over 42% of Indian graduates under 25 are unemployed (pg15) 4. Why NGT has banned cruise ships in MP water bodies (read for awareness) 5. Before quota, delimitation (read this to learn how flow of an informative essay shall be decided) TH 1. Taking a giant leap for a new ethics in outer space (GS4 Ethics) 2. Three years of Abraham Accord (Focus on Youth, culture & connectivity aspects for India) 3. An ancient landmass broke-up, giving us pink diamonds (read slowly, especially the latter part) 4. Plant eating dinosaur fossil found in RJ (read just for awareness) PS: Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com

Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to make money on side with UPSC prep 🚨September 20 2023 | Wednesday🚨 Mains Keywords 1. Green Nudges • Gentle persuasions to influence environment friendly behaviour • See these as interventions to influence choices in an order to make decisions without restricting choices available to people • Example: - Showing people water they saved by taking shorter shower - Setting printer to double sided printing by default - Zomato/Swiggy encourage avoiding plastic cutlery while allowing it, still. Govt. Initiatives 1. Bima Sugam • Name suggests: making insurance easy • One stop destination for insurance needs • Paperless mechanism to settle the claims by acting as a central database with policy number as ID • Hailed as UPI moment for insurance sector Quote(s) • Women belong in all places where decisions are being made - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reading Recommendations IE 1. The future is Eurasia TH 1. The mantras that powered success at G20 summit 2. Simultaneous polls: do States have a say? (Hard to summarize in a text, read whole; imp.) PS: Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com

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New Indian Parliament saw every MP getting a copy of holy constitution. Just got my hands on one! 😄 Time to take CSEWhy to next level. Big new coming soon 😍💪🏻

Kal ki subah vishal hai. Kuch naya karne ja rha hu. Kuch naya seekhne ja rha hu. Stay tuned. Bana rahe hai kuch naya aur badhiya Translation: It’s a big day tomorrow Going to do and learn something new. Stay tuned. I’m creating something new and big. ❤️💪🏻

I had predicted 15 days ago that special session can be for women reservation 😄 (Tweet from September 05)

Possible impacts of PM Trudeau’s admission • PM Netanyahu 🇮🇱 will hail PM Modi • President Xi 🇨🇳 will wake up cautious • President Putin 🇷🇺 will flex strongman arms • POTUS Biden 🇺🇸 will embrace leader of Global South …and 🇵🇰 ? 😂😂 🇨🇦 handed big geopolitics win to 🇮🇳immediately after G20 🙃

Note: Join @CSEWhyBookClub to attend offline book club meetups in Delhi 🚨September 19 2023 | Tuesday🚨 Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com Mains Keywords 1. WoManifesto A manifesto for women demands 2. Local nano entrepreneurs - Last mile providers in small shops or local establishments (in context to PM WANI) 3. Digital India Programme 3 main vision areas a) Connectivity b) Software and services on demand c) Digital empowerment of citizens Quote(s) • In the way UPI transformed the financial space in India, PM WANI is going to become a unique Digital Public Infrastructure in connectivity • Democracy has become a great currency of international respect in modern time • Education must not simply teach work, it must teach life - W E B Du Bots Reading Recommendations IE 1. Corridor to a new world (IMEEC) 2. A win-win for all (PM-WANI) 3. China's democracy question (GS2 IR) 4. As Parliament turns 75, story of its backbone- the secretariat (GS2 Parliament) 5. A 27 year journey nears end (beautiful story, must read timeline) PS: Download all GS Papers of 2023 in one PDF from here

Friends, I have compiled GS1, GS2, GS3, GS4 papers of 2023 UPSC Mains in one PDF. Download & print this PDF to use it as questions papers for PYQs practice Recommendation: • Write GS1 & GS2 on September 23 and GS3 & GS4 on September 24 in real time exam conditions • Mail your answers to whycse@gmail.com for evaluation. • Deadline to mail: September 24 11:59pm Click here to download for Free!

Note: Join @CSEWhyBookClub for offline meetups in Delhi 🚨September 18 2023 | Monday🚨 Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com 1. Moonquakes Reasons for occurance a) Temperature diff • Moon temperature fluctuates b/w 122°C to -133°C • This strain leads to seismic activities called moonquakes b) Meteor striking lunar surface 2. PM Vishwakarma Scheme • To enhance skills of workers & help them avail loans easily • Workers will be registered via Common Services Centres using biometric based PM Vishwakarma portal • Multiple incentives and benefits for the beneficiaries wrt loans, digital transactions & market support 3. Shantiniketan on UNESCO list • estd 1901 by Rabindranath Tagore • Set up as residential school for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries • Exhibits crystallisation of their ideas of internationalism, humanism, inclusiveness, environmentalism, and pan Asian Modernism • Visva Bharti: World university set up in 1921, PM is ex-officio chairman Quote(s) • Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter - Martin Luthar King Jr. Reading Recommendations IE 1. LS is ageing, asking fewer questions, passing fewer bills (read 10 points for awareness on health of LS) 2. A time for South-South learning (5 imp points, make 1 page note in G20 notes) 3. The basmati success story (GS3 agri) 4. New Parliament's gates & their guardian (GS1 Culture) TH 1. India is at a pivotal moment in its health-care journey (general article, read to hit refresh on memory) 2. Assessing outcomes of G20 summit (New Delhi declaration well summarized) 3. Why is the government pushing for regulatory mechanisms for OTT services? (extremely logical arguments here, must read) 4. Cats are hunting down India's birds: are we paying attention? (Unique problem, note trap-neuter-return strategy) PS: Did you download Ethics notes from my pinned message?

Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to Make money on the side with UPSC Prep :) 🚨September 17 2023 | Sunday🚨 Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com Mains Keywords 1. Biofuels definition by Int’l Energy Agency👇🏼 “Liquid fuels derived from biomass and used as an alternative to fossil fuel based liquid transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.” Mains Keys (Use as examples in Mains answers) 1. TrailGuard AI camera­ alert system (GS3: SnT (AI)) Use of AI in tiger zones as ‘AI cameras gun for poachers’ 2. Solar­powered microfliers gather environmental data (GS3: SnT) • Microfliers: Robotic designs floating like seeds • New design for solar­powered, origami­based microfliers to collect & transmit environmental data • Transmit data to nearby Bluetooth receivers for record keeping Pre related 1. Places in news (ports) • Haifa (Israel) • Pi­raeus (Greece) 2. Bumblebee • Bee genus important for pollination of crops in cold & temperate region of northern hemisphere • 75% of those in Europe are threatened • Habitat degradation & human impacted climate alteration are key drivers 3. Amigurumi dolls • Crocheted dolls from Manipur Reading Recommendations TH 1. Centre publishes disability database stripped of socio­economic figures (pg12) 2. Why Nipah outbreaks are happening only in Kerala? 3. Evasive nutritional support for TB patients 4. What is driving the Global Biofuels Alliance? (Make a 1 page note) 5. Why is Google on trial on trial in the US? (Imp) 6. Winds of change in global governance (carefully read this article, learn how essays are written for UPSC) PS: Did you download Ethics notes from my pinned message?

Note: Join @CSEWhyPlanB to Make money on the side with UPSC Prep :) 🚨September 16 2023 | Saturday🚨 Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com Reading Recommendations IE 1. Closing the taxation gap (on widening the tax base) 2. May all be free of illness 3. 2023 is so hot: a rare Pacific volcano could be a culprit (GS3: Environment) 4. Maratha Quota demand (GS1 Society) 5. In limbo: story of mega refiner that India, Saudi want to resuscitate TH 1. A GM crop decision that cuts the mustard (a bit technical, focus on importance & implications) PS: Did you download Ethics notes from my pinned message?

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GS1 Mains Paper UPSC 2023

GS1 Paper UPSC Mains 2023

Note: Learn economy with fun comics here 🚨September 15 2023 | Friday🚨 Subscribe to my blog for UPSC aspirants via email: blog.csewhy.com Pre related 1. National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) • National repository of data on cases instituted, pending, and disposed of by courts around the country • A project under e-Courts program w/ database of 18k+ courts • Works as monitoring tool to identify, manage, and reduce pendency of cases • Helps in identifying bottlenecks in judicial processes • Helps focus on certain areas of law (like family, land, etc) 2. International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) • estd 1955, HQ Paris • standard setting body to develop model regulations, standard and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and the industry • Plays a crucial role in harmonising laws and regulations on performance of measuring instruments such as clinical thermometers, alcohol breath analysers, radar speed measuring instruments, ship tanks, and petrol dispensing units • India became a member in 1956 and signed metric convention OIML certificate • single certificate accepted world wide • eg: equipment manufacturer making digital balances in Noida willing to export it will have to go to any of 12 countries to get certificate. Now INDIA can issue & equipment will be exportable, acceptable to entire world Benefits: • earning forex - As neighbours would come to us for OIML certificate • increased exports • Generate employment • Reduce redundancy and save resources Reading Recommendations IE 1. Invent in India (reflection on ‘what shall be done’) 2. Terror in the valley (interesting pov) 3. Why Saudi Arabia Matters? (GS2 IR) TH 1. Disentangling 2030 global renewable energy target (GS3 Environment) 2. Changing the way postman knocks (GS2 New bill) 3. PMMSY: bridging gaps in the fisheries sector (pg16) PS: Did you download Ethics notes from my pinned message?

#UPSC Mains 2023 Essay Paper Penning down topics here for you. • 125 marks each • Pick one from each section and write today in exam conditions • Mail to whycse[at]gmail[dot]com for feedback SECTION A 1. Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team 2. Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic, 3. Not all who wander are lost. 4. Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane. SECTION B 1. Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands: to equally harmful disciplines. 2. Mathematics is the music of reason 3. A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. 4. Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Mains 2023 Essay paper • Take this paper • Write essays in exam conditions for 3 hours today if you’re preparing for 2024 Mail them at whycse[at]gmail[dot]com for feedback.