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Topic.          Constitution of India      History of India           Prelims              Samvidhan Diwas (26th November) The constitution assembly was setup in 1994 for drafting the constitution of India. The drafted constitution was adopted on 26th November 1949 by the constituent assembly. In 2015, on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, chairman of the drafting committee of constitution, the union government declared November 26th as Samvidhan Diwas or constitution day.  Constitution of India is a sacred document and everyone should be fully committed to its ideals  It imposes sacred duty upon all the organs of the state to be sensitive to the hopes and aspirations of the citizens. India is a federal democracy. It has 3 organs- the judiciary, legislature and executive. It establish social, economic democracy and political democracy. India is a parl...

 Topic.      Human resources                    Prelims               GS2 mains Vision : to cultivate one million children in India as neoteric  innovators.  It is India's a flagship scheme initiative of the  NITI Aayog. It is a workspace where young minds give shape to their ideas and learn skills through hands-on do-it yourself mode. Young children get chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concept of STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Aim : To foster curiosity, imagination and creativity in young minds simultaneously culcating skills such as design mind set,computational thinking, adoptive learning, physical computing etc.

Topics -     Modern  Indian history     religious movement     mains paper GS 1 Paramhans Mandali In Maharastra, in 1940, religious reform was begun by this mandali which aim was to fight against caste system and  idolatry.  Lokhit Wadi- In this respect Lokhit wadi was written by the Gopal Hari  Deshmukh in Marathi language to p attack on Hindu orthodoxy, and preached religious and social equality.    Prarthana Samaj The powerful leaders of this movement was R.G.Bhandarkar and Mahadev Govind Ranade.  It was influenced by Brahmo Samaj.  It preached worship of one God.  It wanted to free religion from caste orthodoxy and priestly dominant.  Read More》》 Brahmo Samaj 

   Information Technology           (intermediary guidelines and  digital media ethics code) Rules,2021 Issues:  media is gradually losing its credibility and integrity where values and morality are being compromised. Violation of code of ethics by the media in form of paid news, fake news, TRP manipulation, media trials, sensationalism, and biased reporting. Healthy democracy thrives on participation of public, which is only possible through circulation of accurate information by responsible media.  Fake news by media like digital media, television, newspapers, cinema, OTT  etc.  Anti-national attitude Rules for digital media companies: like WhatsApp  Instagram  Facebook  Twitter Amazon prime Flipkart  Youtube  Pinterest  Telegram etc.  Warning for users: like Facebook users WhatsApp users Twitter users  Instagram users Amazon prime users etc.  Purposes:   To protect ...

Poona Sarvajanik Sabha  It was organized by Justice Ranade and others in 1870 in Poona ( Maharastra).  Indian Association Of Calcutta   It was founded by Surendranath Banerjea and Anand Mohan Bose in July 1876 in Calcutta, West Bengal. Many branches of it were opened in villages and many other towns outside Bengal. Low membership fee was to attract poorer classes.  Surendra nath Banerjea was India's first Indian Civil service officer who became political leader. Madras Mahajan Sabha It was organized in 1884, in Madras ( now Chennai) Tamilnadu by M. Viraraghavachari, G Subramanyam Iyer, Ananda Charlu and others.  Bombay Presidency Sabha This Sabha was organised in 1885,  Bombay ( now Mumbai,Maharastra)  Pherozashah Mehta, K.T. Telang, Badruddin Tyabji and others.

Topic      pharmaceutical sector industry    prelims                 GS2 mains What is National Digital Drug Database? It is a comprehensive, online, centralised drug databank consolidating real time data,on active pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in country, therapeutic class wise/ formulation wise approved branded/ unbranded products along with their manufacturing and marketing entities, may be created and maintained and made accessible to regulators, industry, physicians and consumers. Benefits:  It will address information asymmetry It will provide important inputs in mapping the regulatory needs in different states Information gaps on grants of licences, inspection and prosecution for non compliance, among others, could be bridged through real time data, that could be published on a central online portal. Issues : CCI conducted study on pharmaceutical sector: study found that in market brand competition ov...

Topic     water pollution          contemporary issues related to ecology  prelims            G3 mains  Water Pollution  Currently  India faces both water quality and water availability challenges   surface and groundwater pollution are rampant in the country.  GROUND WATER POLUTION  Ground water is the main source of drinking water. Therefore, any contamination of ground water is a major concern for health security.  There are two major source of ground water contamination/ Pollution. Geogenic source : this is natural occurrence of under ground rock formation which is responsible for Iron,  Arsenic and Fluoride contamination in ground water. When the contamination crosses the permissible limit of these contents becomes hazardous for health.  Permissible limit of :   Arsenic: 0.01 mg per litre  Fluoride: 1.5 mg per litre  Fluoride affected stat...