Topic of the Day

The Topic of the Day

The Topic of the Day initiative by BYJU’s is to help the IAS Aspirants  understand various concepts that are a part of the UPSC Syllabus. A brief analysis of various topics will be posted from subjects like Art & culture, History, Economy, Geography, Science and Technology, Environment and Ecology etc on a daily basis.

Topic of the Day will not only be useful for IAS aspirants in the Prelims preparation but will also provide fodder for Mains exam. Understanding the basic concepts will help the aspirants build a strong foundation for their UPSC Civil Services Exam preparation. It will also help them in covering the current affairs part along with the topics from the static part of the UPSC syllabus and  get a clear idea on how to correlate issues in news with conventional topics and prepare notes on the same.

Phytoremediation: Notes for IAS Exam
Phytoremediation refers to the technologies that use plants to clean up the soil, air, and water that have been contaminated by chemicals. Along...
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Colloidal Solutions
A colloid is a mixture in which one substance of dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance. Colloidal solution...
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Montane Forests of India: Notes for UPSC Geography
Geography is an important subject in the UPSC scheme of things. It is important both for the prelims and the UPSC mains exams. In this article,...
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Retreating Monsoon
During the months of October-November, the south-west monsoon winds become weaker and start to retreat from the skies of North India. This phase...
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Thunderstorms
This article helps one to lucidly understand the thunderstorms, how it is formed due to updrafts and downdrafts. It also briefly shares the 3...
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What is Farm Forestry?
Farm Forestry means growing trees on farmlands for commercial purposes like timber production or for variety of non-commercial purposes like...
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Drainage Patterns
Drainage Pattern is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. The pattern created by stream erosion...
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Social Forestry – A Brief Overview
Social Forestry means making use of unused and fallow lands so that deeper forests are safeguarded from exploitation, by using fast-growing trees...
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North Eastern Council (NEC) – UPSC
In the year 1971, the North Eastern Council was constituted by the Act of the Parliament. It is the nodal agency for the social and economic...
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India’s Peninsular Plateaus & Famous Plateaus of the World
India's Peninsular Plateaus are one of its major physical features. These plateaus are one of the ancient landmasses on the surface of the earth....
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Malabar Naval Exercise
Malabar Exercise 2023 concluded on the East Coast of Australia off Sydney on 21 August 23. This was the 27th edition of the exercise. India,...
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Nirbhaya Fund
Post-2012, Nirbhaya Gang rape case, a dedicated fund was set up in 2013 with the focus on implementing the initiatives aimed at improving the...
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Carbon Tax – An Overview
This article briefly covers important points concerning the carbon tax. It explains the meaning of carbon tax, how the tax is imposed at...
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Central Water Commission (CWC)
Important government bodies and agencies are a potential source of questions in the UPSC exam. In this article, you can read about the Central...
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Electromagnetic Waves (EM Waves): Notes for UPSC
Electromagnetic Waves are the electromagnetic spectrum in which electric and magnetic field vectors change sinusoidal and are perpendicular to...
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Hindustani Classical Music [UPSC Notes]
Hindustani Music is the one among the two distinct varieties of Indian Classical Music.  The other variety of Indian classical music is Carnatic...
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Topic of the Day – Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution, or external dispute resolution, typically denotes a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques...
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Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB): Notes for UPSC
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) was constituted on November 15, 1983, by the President of India by exercising the powers conferred by...
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BBB- Banks Board Bureau
Banks Board Bureau was constituted in 2016 as a major step towards banking reform in general and revamping the public sector banks in particular....
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Plant Tissues: UPSC Science and Technology
Plant Tissues are categorized broadly into three tissue systems: the epidermis, ground tissue and the vascular tissue. This article will give...
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