Important Current Affairs Topics for UPSC Exam
Union Public Services Commission is the central recruitment
agency responsible for conducting various examinations for recruiting personnel
for different services in the government sector. Out of the many examinations
conducted by UPSC like Combined Defence Services Examination, Engineering
Services Examination, Indian Statistical Service examination, the Civil Service
Examination is considered the mother of all examinations due to its difficulty
level.
The civil services exam is
conducted for recruitment of candidates for the posts of Indian Administrative
Services, Indian Foreign Services, Indian Police Services, Indian Forest
Services, Indian Revenue Services etc. The UPSC notification specifies the
dates of notification of exams, application deadline and the duration of the
exams.
Civil Services examination is conducted in 3 levels
annually. Civil Services Preliminary Examination being level one, followed by
civil services mains and personal interview. The UPSC syllabus for all three
levels consists of static syllabus and current affairs part. In recent times,
current affairs have occupied a major chunk in the question papers. The
questions asked from the static part are also related to the current affairs. Therefore,
current affairs preparation for UPSC Civil Services Examination becomes very
important. It is essential for an aspirant to be well abreast with the current
happenings in order to crack this examination with flying colours. The aspirant
must read the newspaper thoroughly but selectively in order to avoid wasting
time on unnecessary topics. This article attempts to present to all the civil
services aspirants, a list of 20 important current affairs topics for the IAS
exam. It is advisable to go through these topics in length & breadth and
make short notes which will come handy during revisions.
- Evaluation of Swacch Bharat
Mission.
- Labour Reforms and Issues as a key
to Inclusive growth in India.
- Uniform Civil Code in the context
of the struggle for Gender Justice.
- Socio – Economic Caste Census.
- Feasibility of introducing a
Uniform Civil Code.
- Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
- Important government schemes like
Pradhan MantriMatritvaVandanaYojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram ParivahanYojana,
Kisan SAMPADA Yojna.
- Inter- state river water disputes.
- Paris Climate Change Agreement and
India’s role in combating climate change.
- Political parties and their
funding in the light of the introduction of electoral bonds.
- Steps taken by the Government of
India to promote Digital India.
- Use of Electronic Voting Machines
in elections.
- GSLV Launches- in relation to
internal security, scientific advancement and international relations.
- International Court of Justice, in
the context of KulbhushanJhadav Case.
- UDAAN Scheme in the light of
stimulation of regional connectivity, its impact along with the issues and
concerns with respect to the scheme.
- Ethical concerns relating to
Surrogacy Regulation bill 2016.
- India’s efforts to design
programmes and policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
- India’s stance on Doklam Crisis.
- Non-Performing Assets and its
impact on the capital of Banks.
- Effects of GST on Economic
Development.
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