For decades, if you wanted to know how prices were moving at the wholesale level in India, you turned to the WPI — the Wholesale Price Index. It’s been the standard tool for tracking producer-level inflation since forever, or at least it feels that way. But that era is now ending. The government has decided […]
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For decades, India has relied on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) to track its industrial health. But here’s the catch: services now make up more than half of India’s economy, and yet no monthly indicator has ever tracked this huge sector the way IIP tracks industry. So, a real gap has existed for years.
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Crime never stays still, and so, the methods to fight it cannot stay still either. Keeping this in mind, the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, launched the ABHIGYAN mobile application on 19th June 2026. This happened at the 26th All India Fingerprint Conference 2026, held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Auditorium in New Delhi. Since
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The Indian Ocean is not just water. Rather, it is the world’s third-largest ocean. It is also one of the busiest trade routes on the planet. Furthermore, it connects three big continents — Asia, Africa, and Australia. Consequently, 23 nations came together to manage this Blue Ocean wisely. They formed the Indian Ocean Rim Association,
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For decades, India counted its GDP and measured its workforce. It celebrated its economy too. Yet, it somehow forgot the nation builder at home. This nation builder woke up before everyone else. She slept after everyone else too. On 11 June 2026, the Supreme Court of India finally spoke up. It said what many had
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For a long time, India faced a quiet but deeply worrying problem: the number of girls in the country was dropping fast. When the 2011 official headcount (Census) came out, it gave everyone a massive wake-up call. It revealed that for every 1,000 little boys under six years old, there were only 918 little girls.
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Sacrifice Ratio UPSC GS3: What is it, how it connects to the Phillips Curve, Okun\’s Law & RBI policy. Includes India vs US vs UK data (2021–2024) and a ready Mains answer framework.
This article explores the Sacrifice Ratio, a key concept in economics that measures the “pain” or cost of reducing inflation. It specifically quantifies how much economic growth (GDP) a country must surrender to lower its inflation rate by 1%. 1. The Core Concept: No Free Lunch In economics, most things come with a trade-off. When
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Delimitation 2026: What it means for India\’s political map. UPSC GS2 notes on Article 82, seat redistribution, Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam link, and North-South tension. Mains answer framework included.
The debate on delimitation has intensified. At first, it appears technical. However, in reality, it deals with representation, seat distribution, and institutional balance. Therefore, it is not just about boundaries; rather, it determines how political power is structured in India. Meaning and Constitutional Basis Delimitation refers to the redrawing of constituency boundaries and reallocation of
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