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How to handle agitations?
• Telengana MP’s fast to drop charges against students
• Gujjar Stir
• Shiv sena protest against removal of Dadoji Konddeo’s statue: 50
buses destroyed
• Loss of public property
• Disturbance to normal life
Corruption and Scams • 2G Scam
• Commonwealth Games scam
• Adarsh Housing
• Allegation on CVC P. J. Thomas
• Allegation on B. S Yedurappa
• Illegal Mining in Karnataka
• S-Band spectrum issue
• Black Money
• Radia tapes controversy
• Demand for JPC
• Karnataka Lokayukta issue
Internal Security
• Kashmir Issue
• Naga issue
• Separatist movement in North Eastern states
• Naxalism
• New initiatives for internal security and Coastal Security
Centre State relations
• Karnataka: Role of governor, anti defection and centre state
relations
Inter state water dispute
• Krishna tribunal award
• Babli project
Babri verdict
• What to prevail: Faith or Reason
• Appreciation and Criticism
Civil liability for nuclear damage bill 2010
• The Act
• CSC
Voting Behavior
• Landslide win of Nithish Kumar
• Return of UPA in power
AFSPA
• Should it be repealed.
Caste census
• Why and why not?
• Merging caste enumeration and head count: pros and cons
Declining Parliamentary behavior
• Disruptions in parliament
Politics of Regionalism
• Telangana issue
• Srikrishna panel report
Freedom of expression
• Book ban and freedom of expression
• Freedom of expression and contempt of court
Women Reservation in India
ADMINISTRATIVE
Aadhar: Unique Identification Scheme
Census 2011
Electoral Reforms
Police reform
• Narco test & supreme court;
Criticism of planning commission
Judicial reform
• Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill
• Centres for Advanced Legal Studies and Research Bill, 2010
• The Prime Minister has recently called for a major overhaul of the
legal education system in the country to bring it in tune with the needs of the current socio-economic scenario.
• Impeachment proceedings against justice Dinakarna and Sukumar Sen
• Uncle Judge syndrome
Educational reform
• Higher education and Research bill
• Educational tribunals bill
• Foreign universities bill
• Privatisation of higher education ©VISION IAS
• FDI in Higher Education
Health Sector reform
• Medical ethics and clinical trial;
• Bachelor of Rural Health Care course
• Medical Courses in IIT
Industrial disasters
• Bhopal Gas Tragedy
• Chitra oil spill
Accidents
• How to reduce accident in IAF;
• Railway Safety
Civil Services Reform
• ARC
• Civil Services Survey
Social
Death penalty
• Philosophical Debate
• Mercy plea
Honor killing
• about 1000 killed every year
Gender equality
• Gender equality and armed forces
Death of RTI activists;
Provisions and programs for
persons with disabilities;
Surrogacy in India
• law and morality superstitions
Socio-Economic
Naxalism
• IAP-LWE(Integrated action plan for left wing extremism affected areas)
Food security
• Food security: Universal or Targeted
• New proposed bill
• Difference between NAC and PM/PC
• Demand for PDS Reform
PDS reform
• Behind the success story of universal PDS in TN
• Inflation & public investment in agriculture ,universal PDS, Future trading
• Maharashtra using GPS to track kerosene tankers of PDS
• PDS and biometric, GPS, SMS
• PDS reforms conferenceInflation
• New WPI
• New CPI
• ESMA
Paid news
• SEBI's direction to PCI(PCI's guidelines) regarding private treaties between media houses and listed or to be listed non media
companies
• Corruption in media
• Radia tapes controversy
Environment and Development
• Jaitpur power plant& peoples protest
• Plan to give tribal a share of mining profits
• potential future value of land must be considered for compensation
• Media hype and reality of new India
• Implementation of FRA
• Illegal mining
• Commission to probe illegal mining of coal, iron and manganese;
• New Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2010
• action plan to curb illegal mining;
• Climate change and Developing countries.
• POSCO issue
• National Green Tribunal
• GM crops
Decontrol of petrol prices
• Revenue neutral regime for petroleum tax; Population
• Population in the era of globalization: asset or liability
Economic
Need for Super Regulator
• Regulatory bodies : what , why, balance b/w autonomy and accountability
• ULIPs , IRDA and SEBI
• issue of overlapping jurisdiction of regulators
• FSDC
TAX REFORMS:GST&DTC
• benefits and hurdles
FDI in retail
• Discussion paper
Financial inclusion
• launch of ‘Swabhimaan', a special campaign for financial inclusion to bring banking to the masses
• New Banking licenses
• Bank denying Muslim scholarship accounts;
• One rupee bank account;
• Mobile Banking
• Financial inclusion and India post International Issues
Wikileaks :pros and cons
Currency war
Migration, Globalisation etc
MDG
Pro democracy protests in Mediterranean and Arab countries.
• Egypt, Libya, Yemen etc.
Environment issues
• Global warming/Cancun Summit
• Biodiversity/ Nagoya summit
Middle East peace process Bilateral
India's Global Leadership
• P5 heads visited India in 2010
• India's Cancun efforts appreciated
• Global reports predict bright Vibrant Economy
• India in the Security Council
2010 - Scripting a landmark year in Indian diplomacy
Recent Bilateral Updates.
• USA, Russia, France, China, UK, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia etc.
How to handle agitations?
• Telengana MP’s fast to drop charges against students
• Gujjar Stir
• Shiv sena protest against removal of Dadoji Konddeo’s statue: 50
buses destroyed
• Loss of public property
• Disturbance to normal life
Corruption and Scams • 2G Scam
• Commonwealth Games scam
• Adarsh Housing
• Allegation on CVC P. J. Thomas
• Allegation on B. S Yedurappa
• Illegal Mining in Karnataka
• S-Band spectrum issue
• Black Money
• Radia tapes controversy
• Demand for JPC
• Karnataka Lokayukta issue
Internal Security
• Kashmir Issue
• Naga issue
• Separatist movement in North Eastern states
• Naxalism
• New initiatives for internal security and Coastal Security
Centre State relations
• Karnataka: Role of governor, anti defection and centre state
relations
Inter state water dispute
• Krishna tribunal award
• Babli project
Babri verdict
• What to prevail: Faith or Reason
• Appreciation and Criticism
Civil liability for nuclear damage bill 2010
• The Act
• CSC
Voting Behavior
• Landslide win of Nithish Kumar
• Return of UPA in power
AFSPA
• Should it be repealed.
Caste census
• Why and why not?
• Merging caste enumeration and head count: pros and cons
Declining Parliamentary behavior
• Disruptions in parliament
Politics of Regionalism
• Telangana issue
• Srikrishna panel report
Freedom of expression
• Book ban and freedom of expression
• Freedom of expression and contempt of court
Women Reservation in India
ADMINISTRATIVE
Aadhar: Unique Identification Scheme
Census 2011
Electoral Reforms
Police reform
• Narco test & supreme court;
Criticism of planning commission
Judicial reform
• Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill
• Centres for Advanced Legal Studies and Research Bill, 2010
• The Prime Minister has recently called for a major overhaul of the
legal education system in the country to bring it in tune with the needs of the current socio-economic scenario.
• Impeachment proceedings against justice Dinakarna and Sukumar Sen
• Uncle Judge syndrome
Educational reform
• Higher education and Research bill
• Educational tribunals bill
• Foreign universities bill
• Privatisation of higher education ©VISION IAS
• FDI in Higher Education
Health Sector reform
• Medical ethics and clinical trial;
• Bachelor of Rural Health Care course
• Medical Courses in IIT
Industrial disasters
• Bhopal Gas Tragedy
• Chitra oil spill
Accidents
• How to reduce accident in IAF;
• Railway Safety
Civil Services Reform
• ARC
• Civil Services Survey
Social
Death penalty
• Philosophical Debate
• Mercy plea
Honor killing
• about 1000 killed every year
Gender equality
• Gender equality and armed forces
Death of RTI activists;
Provisions and programs for
persons with disabilities;
Surrogacy in India
• law and morality superstitions
Socio-Economic
Naxalism
• IAP-LWE(Integrated action plan for left wing extremism affected areas)
Food security
• Food security: Universal or Targeted
• New proposed bill
• Difference between NAC and PM/PC
• Demand for PDS Reform
PDS reform
• Behind the success story of universal PDS in TN
• Inflation & public investment in agriculture ,universal PDS, Future trading
• Maharashtra using GPS to track kerosene tankers of PDS
• PDS and biometric, GPS, SMS
• PDS reforms conferenceInflation
• New WPI
• New CPI
• ESMA
Paid news
• SEBI's direction to PCI(PCI's guidelines) regarding private treaties between media houses and listed or to be listed non media
companies
• Corruption in media
• Radia tapes controversy
Environment and Development
• Jaitpur power plant& peoples protest
• Plan to give tribal a share of mining profits
• potential future value of land must be considered for compensation
• Media hype and reality of new India
• Implementation of FRA
• Illegal mining
• Commission to probe illegal mining of coal, iron and manganese;
• New Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2010
• action plan to curb illegal mining;
• Climate change and Developing countries.
• POSCO issue
• National Green Tribunal
• GM crops
Decontrol of petrol prices
• Revenue neutral regime for petroleum tax; Population
• Population in the era of globalization: asset or liability
Economic
Need for Super Regulator
• Regulatory bodies : what , why, balance b/w autonomy and accountability
• ULIPs , IRDA and SEBI
• issue of overlapping jurisdiction of regulators
• FSDC
TAX REFORMS:GST&DTC
• benefits and hurdles
FDI in retail
• Discussion paper
Financial inclusion
• launch of ‘Swabhimaan', a special campaign for financial inclusion to bring banking to the masses
• New Banking licenses
• Bank denying Muslim scholarship accounts;
• One rupee bank account;
• Mobile Banking
• Financial inclusion and India post International Issues
Wikileaks :pros and cons
Currency war
Migration, Globalisation etc
MDG
Pro democracy protests in Mediterranean and Arab countries.
• Egypt, Libya, Yemen etc.
Environment issues
• Global warming/Cancun Summit
• Biodiversity/ Nagoya summit
Middle East peace process Bilateral
India's Global Leadership
• P5 heads visited India in 2010
• India's Cancun efforts appreciated
• Global reports predict bright Vibrant Economy
• India in the Security Council
2010 - Scripting a landmark year in Indian diplomacy
Recent Bilateral Updates.
• USA, Russia, France, China, UK, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia etc.
