An important topic for UPSC CSE Prelims 2021

Current Affairs Topics

• Recovery of Indian Economy
• New Agriculture Laws
• New National Education Policy
• Digital Education Report
• Stages of Vaccine Development
• ASEEM Platform
• Postal Ballet in India
• Net Zero Carbon Emission - Meaning
• 5G technology - Beam formation, Mass MIMO
• Working of ICMR
• Drug testing regulation in India
• String of Pearls theory and India's counter
• Sea Lines of Communication in the Indian Ocean
• One Belt One Road (OBOR) Policy and India's Counter
• Cyclone Nisarga affected areas
• Fabric required for PPE kit
• What percentage of oxygen is required for the normal functioning of the brain?
• Shifting of Earth's Geo-Magnetic field and its impact
• Indo-Nepal & Indo-China Border distpute
• Virus and Bacteria borne diseases differences
• Outbreak-Epidemic-Pandemic
• CORONA Test Techniques - Viral vs Antibody Test
• Recent NAM and SCO Summit
• Recent Dhaula-Vira Discoveries
• Coronavirus Pandemic
• China – Wuhan
• Facts related to the Citizenship Amendment Act
• The Jammu & Kashmir, Leh and Ladakh formation
• Sir Creek dispute
• Uttarakhand Summer Capital
• Environment Summits 2019-2020

Economy Topics

• Role of RBI in post-COVID-19 recovery
• Recovery of Indian Economy after the pandemic
• FATF Review of Indian Economy Pushed to 2021
• IMF projection and Indian Economy
• Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan
• Zoram Food Park, Mizoram
• Google to invest 75000 Crore in India
• National Infrastructure Pipeline
• Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
• What is Negative Growth?
• Deflation and Recession
• Indian Economic Structure
• The primary, secondary and tertiary producers
• Agriculture in India
• Banking Structure of India (Recent Bank Mergers)
• RBI Mandate and it's functioning
• SEBI, IRDA
• REPO rate, Reverse Repo Rate, Marginal Standing Facility, Bank Rate
• Crypto-currency and issues related to it ( Recently Supreme Court gave an order related to it)

Geography Topics

• The increasing frequency of Cyclone
• Bihar and Assam Floods
• Flood and the Indian preparations across the state
• The naming convention of cyclones
• Physical Features along Indo-China Border
• Geo-Magnetic Field and its significance
• Cyclone Amphan & Cyclone Nisarga
• Formation of Himalaya and structure of Himalayas, Importance of Himalayas
• Physical Geography of India
• The drainage system in India
• Monsoon pattern in India
• Rock System in India
• Formation of Rocks
• Recent Census figures
• Climatology
• Hydrology

Indian Polity Topics

• New Agriculture Laws are essential for long-pending Agricultural reforms
• All India orientation of CBI investigation
• Implications of J & K reorganisation Act, 2019
• Difference between Cabinet Minister and Minister with Independent Charge
• Prime Minister as the Residuary Legatee
• Preamble
• Article related to the Land Boundaries and their redrawing
• Articles related to the Citizenship of India
• Citizenship Act
• Fundamental Rights
• DPSP's
• Fundamental Duties
• Articles related to the Supreme Court of India
• Articles related to the Emergency Provisions in India
• Article related to the Union-State relations with social emphasis on Article 256, 356
• National Security Act
• Essential Commodities Act
• Important SC Judgements related to Fundamental Rights and Basic Structure Doctrine
• Panchayati Raj Institutions
• Lokpal Institution
• NITI Aayog functioning

History Topics

• Dholavira excavation and the related discoveries
• Government of India Act 1935
• All the events occurred in the year 1919, 1920 and 2021.
• All the events related to Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru
• The Round Table Conferences – I, II and III. (III is most important)
• Poona Pact
• Jaliawalan Bagh Tragedy
• Civil Disobedience Movement
• Cabinet Mission Plan
• Quit India Movement
• The Social movements in Modern India
• The Formation of Indian National Congress, the Democratic Socialist Party and the local parties
• The chronology of events leading to the Indian Independence
• National Leaders related to the National Movement
• Liberal Viceroys of India