Issues In News : National Interest
In ‘Issues in News’, we cover those issues, which are making headlines as of now, and consequently there is a possibility of these issues finding their way to the question papers, whether ‘Prelims’ or of ‘Mains’. The Objective here is to expose an aspirant to 15/20 different issues every month, so that by the end of the year, the aspirant covers nearly 200 (odd) issues, which can be raised in the form of questions.
National Interests

Food Processing Sector
Food processing is a method or process through which farm produce is transformed into food products that are fit for human consumption. It involves a surfeit of processes like grinding grain to make flour, cooking, [Read More]

Parliament: Fulcrum of the Indian Republic
Whenever the thought of Indian independence was contemplated by the west, nobody gave us a chance to survive as a nation. The entire world thought we would perish soon after independence. A British higher official, [Read More]

Demographic Dividend
India, in the recent past, is increasingly being regarded as the next potential economic super giant after China. One of the prime reasons behind such optimism is its ballooning young population. Such hope stems from [Read More]

Blue Economy: A Potential Opportunity for India
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, stated at a news conference that the Blue Economy based on ocean resources will be critical to India’s future. In response to [Read More]

Role of The Colonial State in The Growth of Identity Politics
The Indian National Congress, albeit should be credited for engendering the process of arousing political consciousness and furnished the idea of a nation united by the same problem of economic exploitation by colonialism, it nevertheless [Read More]

Factors Leading to the Rise of Nationalism in India
The rise of nationalism at an organized level on top in India, which seems to have emerged in the late 19th century, is one of the most contentious issues that has generated vigorous debate among [Read More]

Impact of Gandhi in Terms of Mass Mobilisation
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, an iconic figure who symbolizes many things to many people, has been perceived in myriad ways as a great opponent of European colonialism, as a champion of civil rights for racial, religious [Read More]

The Women’s Question: 1820’s -1947
The women’s question repeatedly figured in the colonial discourse on India whereby what the Western observers came to perceive as the present predicament of Indian women came to be utilized to constitute an index of [Read More]

Extremists and their Influence in Consolidating Anti-British Agitation
The latter half of the 19th century witnessed a steady growth in the political consciousness of the people. However, the leaders hardly succeeded in attaining any concessions from the British masters, and the colonial exploitation [Read More]

Linguistic Formation of States
The linguistic reorganization of the states proved to be one of the most uphill situations which the nationalist leaders faced in the post-independence period. The way in which the boundaries of the provinces were drawn [Read More]