Current Affairs

Current affairs for UPSC

The Current Affairs for IAS covers all the key sections like Yojana, EPW, Rajya Sabha TV, PIB, Issues in News, and much more that are important in UPSC Exam point of view.

 

Here, IAS candidates can find gist of all the of important articles and topics covered under each category Gist of Yojana, Gist of EPW (Economic and Political Weekly), Gist of Rajya Sabha TV, Best of PIB, Issues in News, Editorials Roundup and much more.

 

Issues in News covers all the important issues that made the newspaper and crucial for UPSC Exam and here IAS Aspirants can find important Issues in News covered for each month for UPSC Current Affairs preparation.

 

Editorial Roundup covers all the important editorials and articles from major newspapers like The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint and others.

 

Under Gist of Yojana, one can find the list of yojanas or topics of the entire year as published by the Government of India.

 

The Gist of Economic and Political Weekly is a weekly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all social sciences. Here IAS candidates can find most important EPW articles relevant for IAS Exam preparation.

 

Gist of Rajya Sabha TV section provides in-depth coverage and analysis of parliamentary affairs particularly the functioning of and developments related to Rajya Sabha. It also gives an insightful review of the events of the House as well as other everyday parliamentary proceedings and developments as well as focusing on current national and international affairs

 

Concepts in News provide a brief explanation on the concepts that were in the news for eg: like Bhakti Movement; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; Labour Reforms in India etc.

Uttarakhand and Haryana declared 4th and 5th ODF States in the country  Rural Uttarakhand and Rural Haryana have been declared as 4th and 5th...
Commerce & Industry Minister launches the Start-up India Hub  The Startup India Virtual Hub (an online platform) for all stakeholders was...
June 18th PIB Summary and Analysis National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India Launched by the minister for culture and tourism in Mathura...
June 06th PIB Summary and Analysis “Hill Area Development Programme” for Northeast Was launched in Imphal (Manipur) It is aimed at giving a...
Government to implement India’s first Rural LED Street Lighting Project in Andhra Pradesh Will be implemented through the Energy Efficiency...
Ministry of Earth Sciences to launch ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ To be launched by January 2018 It will improve India’s position in ocean research...
Darwaza Bandh campaignIt is a campaign to promote toilet usage across the countryLaunched by the Ministry of Drinking Water and SanitationThe...
India's longest bridge inaugurated in AssamIt is the Dhola Sadiya BridgeIts length is 9.15 kmIts built over the River Brahmaputra, in AssamThe...
Cabinet approves policy for providing preference to 'Make in India' in Government procurement The Union Cabinet has approved a new policy...
Digital India Corporation (DIC) DIC will lead and guide in realizing the vision, objectives and goals of the Digital India program DIC will...
Chitale Committee recommends several measures for Desiltation of Ganga The committee was constituted in July 2016 by the Ministry of Water...
Bilateral Exercise Between Indian & Republic Of Singapore Navy (RSN) It is SIMBEX-17 This year’s edition is held in South China Sea...
Revision of Base Year of All-India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) The change of BY is from 2004-05 to 2011-12 IIP is calculated by CSOThe...
India unanimously elected to head UN-HabitatIt is the United Nations’ Human Settlements Programme It promotes socially and environmentally...
Swachh Sarvekshan 2017The ranking for 500 cities was publishedThe city of Indore (Madhya Pradesh) is the cleanest cityThis is the second time...
‘Wall of Valour’ IN Educational Institutions Launched  It is part of a nationwide ‘Vidya Veerta Abhiyan’, initiated by writer and former Rajya...
Sharada Prasad Committee report It was constituted to Review, Rationalize and Optimize the Functioning of Sector Skill Councils The...
Tripartite MOU for broadband services to Post Offices  MoU has been signed between BBNL, Department of Posts and BSNL for providing broadband...
First UDAN Flight under RCS Tomorrow To make air travel accessible to citizens in regionally important cities, the Ministry launched ‘Ude Deshka...
Make in India gets metro boostLocal procurement made mandatory75% of metro cars, 25% of critical equipment and sub-systems to be produced in the...