MODEL UPDATED TILL: SEPTEMBER 2026 (LIVE 2027 MAINS COHORT)

THIS CYCLE'S MUST-COVER TOPICS // JAN–SEP 2026

Our probability engine has evaluated 76 current affairs themes across 9 months (January – September 2026) for Mains 2027. We've done the scoring — just master them in order.

★ 45 Must-Cover Topics (Band A)📖 30 Quick-Read Topics (Band B)👁 1 Headline Awareness (Band C)📅 Cycle: January 2026 – September 2026 (76 Total)↻ Next Refresh: October 2026 Digest

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BAND A: MUST-COVER TOPICS (45 SHOWN / 45 TOTAL) — BUILD FULL NOTES & PRACTISE ANSWERS

#1RANKApr

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Index: 100 | P: 81.8%★ DEEP DIVE

Fiscal federalism after the 16th Finance Commission (2026-31)

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GS2: Union and States: functions, federal structure, devolution of powers and finances to local levels

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Art 280, 270, 275; 41% divisible pool; cesses and surcharges; local-body grants; GST. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

⚡ NEW DEVELOPMENT: SEP 2026PERSISTENCE BOOSTED (RANK #1 HELD)

Southern States Finance Ministers Conclave issues joint memorandum seeking statutory cap on cesses/surcharges; 16th FC confirms vertical devolution study.

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#2RANKApr

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Index: 98 | P: 79.9%★ DEEP DIVE

India's NDC 2031-35: ambition, climate finance and carbon markets

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GS3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, EIA

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Paris Agreement; CBDR-RC; CCTS; CBAM; Art 6 markets; net zero 2070; COP33 bid withdrawn. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

⚡ NEW DEVELOPMENT: AUG 2026NEW STATUTORY REGULATION

Draft Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) compliance rules notified; India submits revised 2035 targets ahead of COP30.

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#3RANKMay

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Index: 98 | P: 79.9%★ DEEP DIVE

From MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G: rural employment guarantee, cost-sharing and federal risk

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GS2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections; related laws, institutions, bodies

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on VB-G RAM G Act 2025: 125 days; 60:40 Centre-State (90:10 NE and Himalayan); normative allocation on 16th FC parameters; 60-day farm-season pause; fixed ceiling vs demand-driven MGNREGA; DBT. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#4RANKMay

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Index: 97 | P: 78.9%★ DEEP DIVE

Labour codes in operation: central rules, gig-worker social security and Centre-State implementation

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GS3: Indian economy: planning, resource mobilisation, growth, development, employment

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Four labour codes; Concurrent List entries 22-24; 48-hour week; gig-worker registration; standing orders; reskilling fund. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#5RANKMay

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Index: 97 | P: 78.9%★ DEEP DIVE

Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration award and trans-boundary water diplomacy

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GS2: India and its neighbourhood: relations

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on IWT 1960; Neutral Expert versus Court of Arbitration; fundamental change of circumstances (VCLT); Chenab and Jhelum projects; Ganges Water Treaty due to lapse in December 2026 (my knowledge: verify). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#6RANKApr

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Index: 94 | P: 75.8%★ DEEP DIVE

Women's reservation: implementation timeline and decoupling from delimitation

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GS1: Role of women and women's organisations

GS1 Core Angle: Focus on 106th Amendment (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023); Arts 330A, 332A; women's representation. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#7RANKApr

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Index: 94 | P: 75.8%★ DEEP DIVE

West Asia conflict and India's strategic, energy and diaspora interests

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GS2: Effect of policies and politics of other countries on India; Indian diaspora

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Strategic autonomy; Look West; IMEC; Chabahar; remittances; evacuation; UNSC dynamics. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#8RANKJul

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Index: 93 | P: 74.6%★ DEEP DIVE

Ex-post-facto environmental clearance: the Supreme Court's limited route and the rule of law

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GS3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on EP Act 1986 s3; EIA Notification 2006; Vanashakti litigation; 2021 OM; precautionary principle; Arts 14 and 21; Jan Vishwas link. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#9RANKMay

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Index: 92 | P: 73.5%★ DEEP DIVE

Kharif MSP 2026-27 and the price-support debate

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GS3: Farm subsidies and MSP; PDS; buffer stocks and food security

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on CACP; MSP formula; legal-guarantee debate; sugarcane FRP; Cotton Mission; PDS (SARTHAK-PDS). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#10RANKJun

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Index: 91 | P: 72.3%★ DEEP DIVE

Antyodaya entitlements: the draft NFSA amendment and the rights-based welfare debate

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GS2: Issues relating to poverty and hunger

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on NFSA 2013; AAY 35 kg per household today; Arts 21 and 47; PDS; 2011 Census coverage; DBT and e-KYC exclusion. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#11RANKApr

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Index: 90 | P: 71.1%★ DEEP DIVE

Electoral roll revision: ECI's powers, citizenship and the franchise (SIR)

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GS2: Representation of the People's Act: salient features

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Art 324; RP Act 1950 s16 and s21(3); Arts 326, 5-11; Citizenship Act 1955; Anoop Baranwal; ECs Act 2023. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#12RANKApr

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Index: 89 | P: 69.8%★ DEEP DIVE

India's trade strategy: FTAs (NZ, EU, UK) and export-competitiveness support

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GS2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving or affecting India

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on GATT Art XXIV; rules of origin; CEPA/CETA; RCEP exit; RELIEF scheme; SEZ concessions; RoSCTL. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#13RANKApr

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Index: 89 | P: 69.8%★ DEEP DIVE

El Nino, below-normal monsoon and farm-input security (fertiliser)

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GS3: Farm subsidies and MSP; PDS; buffer stocks and food security

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on ENSO; IMD forecasts; NBS fertiliser subsidy; MSP; food inflation; buffer stocks. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#14RANKMay

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Index: 89 | P: 69.8%★ DEEP DIVE

Illegal immigration and demographic change: the Navlekar committee, citizenship and border management

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GS3: Security challenges and management in border areas

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Art 355; Citizenship Act 1955 s6A; Immigration and Foreigners Act 2025; Sarbananda Sonowal (2005); Census. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 89 | P: 69.8%★ DEEP DIVE

BRICS 2026 in New Delhi: the New Delhi Declaration and India's multilateral positioning

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GS2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving or affecting India

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on BRICS expansion; New Development Bank; Global South; emerging-market representation in UN and IMF; de-dollarisation debate; strategic autonomy. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#16RANKMay

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Index: 88 | P: 68.6%★ DEEP DIVE

Quad at a crossroads: maritime surveillance, critical minerals and strategic autonomy

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GS2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving or affecting India

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Quad; IPMDA; Maritime Surveillance Collaboration; critical-minerals framework; AUKUS; strategic autonomy. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#17RANKJul

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Index: 88 | P: 68.6%★ DEEP DIVE

Farm support architecture: PM-KISAN extension, urea investment policy and fertiliser self-reliance

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GS3: Direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; public distribution system; buffer stocks and food security

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on PM-KISAN (Rs 6,000 a year); National Investment Policy for Urea 2026; urea and NBS subsidy; WTO Agreement on Agriculture boxes. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#18RANKJan

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Index: 88 | P: 68.6%★ DEEP DIVE

Employment quality, female labour participation and gig work: what the Economic Survey shows

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GS3: Indian economy: issues relating to planning, mobilisation of resources, growth, development and employment

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on PLFS; female labour force participation; informal employment; Code on Social Security 2020; platform work; skilling; AI and jobs. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#19RANKApr

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Index: 87 | P: 67.3%★ DEEP DIVE

Delimitation, Census and federal balance after the failed 131st Amendment

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GS2: Union and States: functions, federal structure, devolution of powers and finances to local levels

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Arts 81, 82, 170, 368; 42nd/84th/87th Amendments; basic structure; 1971 vs 2011 census. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#20RANKApr

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Index: 87 | P: 67.3%★ DEEP DIVE

Census 2027: digital enumeration, caste data and demographic transition

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GS1: Population and associated issues

GS1 Core Angle: Focus on Census Act 1948; Union List entry 69; caste enumeration (first since 1931); fertility decline. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#21RANKAug

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Index: 87 | P: 67.3%★ DEEP DIVE

Parliament's functioning and legislative scrutiny: decade-low productivity and Bills passed without debate

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GS2: Parliament and State legislatures: structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers and privileges and issues arising out of these

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Rules of Procedure; Standing and Select Committees; JPCs; Anti-defection (Tenth Schedule); Art 107-122; ordinances (Art 123). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#22RANKJan

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Index: 87 | P: 67.3%★ DEEP DIVE

India-EU FTA: market access, CBAM and the sensitive-sector carve-outs

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GS2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving or affecting India; effects of policies of developed countries on India's interests

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on FTAs and the WTO; EU CBAM; rules of origin; services and mobility chapters; MFN assurance; green hydrogen; dairy and farm protection. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#23RANKApr

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Index: 86 | P: 65.9%★ DEEP DIVE

Energy security amid Hormuz disruption: import dependence, SPR and diversification

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GS3: Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Strategic petroleum reserves; LNG/LPG dependence; IMEC; city gas; FDI in upstream. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#24RANKJun

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Index: 86 | P: 65.9%★ DEEP DIVE

Examination integrity: NEET-UG 2026 leak, the NTA and the Public Examinations Amendment Act

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GS2: Issues relating to development and management of social sector services: health, education, human resources

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024; NTA reform (the 2024 expert committee: verify its name); Arts 14 and 21; the 2024 leak. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#25RANKJul

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Index: 86 | P: 65.9%★ DEEP DIVE

India's Indo-Pacific and economic-security partnerships: Japan, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand

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GS2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India's interests

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Act East; MAHASAGAR/SAGAR; Quad; economic security; critical minerals; defence exports; civil nuclear cooperation (uranium supply). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#26RANKMay

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Index: 84 | P: 63.2%★ DEEP DIVE

Great Nicobar project: strategic development versus tribal rights and ecology

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GS3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, EIA

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Forest Rights Act 2006; EIA; Shompen (PVTG); dual-use port and airport; forest diversion. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#27RANKJul

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Index: 84 | P: 63.2%★ DEEP DIVE

Simultaneous elections: the 129th Amendment Bill and JPC scrutiny

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GS2: Indian Constitution: historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill 2024 (Arts 82A, 83, 172, 327); UT Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024; Kovind committee (March 2024); federalism and basic structure; ECI readiness. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#28RANKApr

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Index: 82 | P: 60.3%★ DEEP DIVE

Left Wing Extremism: lessons from the Naxal-free declaration

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GS3: Linkages between development and spread of extremism

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on Forest Rights Act; PESA; SAMADHAN; Aspirational Districts; surrender policy; Salwa Judum (2011). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#29RANKApr

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Index: 81 | P: 58.9%★ DEEP DIVE

Nuclear power expansion to 100 GW by 2047: private entry, liability and safety

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GS3: Science and technology: developments, applications, indigenisation

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on SHANTI Act 2025 (verify provisions); CLNDA 2010; three-stage programme; FBR. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#30RANKMay

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Index: 80 | P: 57.4%★ DEEP DIVE

Prolonged pre-trial detention and UAPA bail: liberty versus national security

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GS2: Separation of powers; dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on UAPA s43D(5); Watali (2019); K.A. Najeeb (2021); Gulfisha Fatima (2026); Art 21; speedy trial. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#31RANKAug

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Index: 80 | P: 57.4%★ DEEP DIVE

MMDR Amendment Act 2026: mineral taxation and Union-State fiscal federalism

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GS2: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Entries 23, 50 (State) and 54 (Union); Mineral Area Development Authority v. SAIL (2024, 8:1: royalty is not a tax); MMDR Act 1957; Entry 49. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 80 | P: 57.4%★ DEEP DIVE

Tribunals Reforms Bill 2026: National Tribunals Commission and executive-judiciary balance

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GS2: Executive and Judiciary: structure, organisation, functioning; separation of powers; dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Arts 323A-B; Rojer Mathew (2019); Madras Bar Association cases; Tribunals Reforms Act 2021; judicial independence; basic structure. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 80 | P: 57.4%★ DEEP DIVE

Union Budget 2026-27: fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability and the quality of spending

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GS3: Indian economy: mobilisation of resources, growth; government budgeting

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on FRBM Act 2003; fiscal deficit versus debt anchor; revenue deficit; capex multiplier; Finance Commission transfers; tax buoyancy. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#34RANKFeb

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Index: 79 | P: 56.0%★ DEEP DIVE

India AI Impact Summit 2026: New Delhi Declaration and the shape of India's AI governance

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GS3: Science and technology: developments and their applications and effects in everyday life; awareness in IT, computers

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on IndiaAI Mission; compute and GPU access; voluntary versus binding AI governance; data governance; Global South leadership; Pax Silica. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#35RANKJan

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Index: 79 | P: 56.0%★ DEEP DIVE

UGC equity regulations 2026: caste discrimination on campus and the Supreme Court's stay

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GS2: Issues relating to development and management of social sector services: education; mechanisms for protection of vulnerable sections

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Arts 14, 15(4), 16, 17, 21; Abeda Salim Tadvi v. Union of India (Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi cases); UGC Act 1956; anti-ragging regulations 2009; sub-classification. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 78 | P: 54.5%★ DEEP DIVE

Election Commission's independence: the appointment law before a Constitution Bench

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GS2: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies; Salient features of the Representation of the People Act

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Art 324; Anoop Baranwal (2023); Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act 2023 ss 6-7; selection committee composition; separation of powers. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#37RANKApr

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Semiconductors and electronics manufacturing: ISM 2.0, mobile-phone scheme and strategic-sector policy

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GS3: Effects of liberalisation; industrial policy changes

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on ISM; PLI/DLI; supply-chain resilience; helium and critical inputs. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#38RANKJun

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Regulating foreign-funded NGOs: FCRA Amendment Rules 2026 and civil-society space

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GS2: Development processes and the development industry: the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on FCRA 2010 and 2020 amendment; Art 19(1)(c); sovereignty and public order; Rule 17B; purpose- and state-specific registration. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Religious freedom and constitutional morality: the nine-judge Sabarimala reference

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GS2: Indian Constitution: historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Arts 14, 15, 17, 25, 26; essential religious practices doctrine; Indian Young Lawyers Association (2018); constitutional morality; Art 142. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#40RANKMar

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Scheduled Caste status and religious conversion: Chinthada Anand v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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GS2: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies for vulnerable sections; salient features of the Indian Constitution

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 para 3; Arts 15, 16, 25, 341; Dalit Christians and Muslims demand; Ranganath Misra Commission; reservation and conversion. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#41RANKFeb

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 challenge: secularism, Article 14 and the Assam question

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GS2: Indian Constitution: significant provisions and basic structure; Parliament; issues relating to citizenship

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Citizenship Act 1955 s6B; Arts 5-11, 14, 15, 25; CAA Rules 2024; Assam Accord; NRC; Sonowal; basic structure (secularism). Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#42RANKJan

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Index: 77 | P: 53.0%★ DEEP DIVE

Central agencies versus State police: ED v. State of West Bengal and the federal limits of investigation

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GS2: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States; separation of powers; dispute redressal mechanisms

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Entry 2 and 80 of Lists II and I; s6 DSPE Act (State consent); PMLA 2002; Art 131; Art 142; rule of law; federal comity. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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#43RANKApr

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Index: 76 | P: 51.5%★ DEEP DIVE

Human spaceflight and commercial space: Gaganyaan progress

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GS3: IT, space, computers, robotics, nano-tech, bio-tech; IPR

GS3 Core Angle: Focus on IN-SPACe; Space Policy 2023; Gaganyaan test series. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 76 | P: 51.5%★ DEEP DIVE

Jal Jeevan Mission extended to 2028: from tap connections to service delivery

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GS2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors; issues relating to poverty and hunger; health

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on Jal Jeevan Mission (2019); Art 21 and drinking water; Panchayati Raj (Eleventh Schedule); water quality; operation and maintenance; Jal Shakti. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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Index: 76 | P: 51.5%★ DEEP DIVE

Urban Challenge Fund and municipal finance: market-linked urban renewal

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GS2: Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure; local-level finance; urbanisation

GS2 Core Angle: Focus on 74th Amendment; municipal bonds; own-source revenue; 16th Finance Commission local-body grants; credit guarantee; PPP. Exam Priority: Full note + 2 practised answers + data/case.

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