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Internal Security
Development and Extremism: The Two-Way Street
How underdevelopment breeds extremism, how extremism destroys development, and what roads, banking, accords and justice have changed across LWE, the North-East and J and K.
1 October 2026 · 6 min read
Governance
Sports governance in India: the Sports Code, federations and the 2025 Act
From the National Sports Development Code 2011 to the National Sports Governance Act 2025: IOA and federation controversies, the Board-Tribunal-Election Panel triad, and Khelo Bharat Niti.
30 September 2026 · 14 min read
International Relations
India-Germany relations: Europe’s anchor in Asia
From 1951 diplomatic ties to Berlin’s Focus on India strategy: the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership, Project 75I, skilled-migration bridges and the CBAM friction.
30 September 2026 · 7 min read
Polity
Special provisions for states: Articles 371 to 371J, from Nagaland's shield to Karnataka's board
Articles 371 to 371J give a dozen Indian states special constitutional provisions: Nagaland and Mizoram's cultural shield, development boards, tribal-area committees, and Governors with special responsibilities. The complete anatomy, with tables.
30 September 2026 · 19 min read
Essay
Economy and Development: The Essay Content Bank
A ready-to-deploy content bank for economy and development essays: digital economy, middle-income trap, demographic dividend, brain drain, food processing, circular economy, inequalities and agri-tech, with verified quotes, current data and multi-dimensional hooks.
29 September 2026 · 31 min read
Internal Security
The Red Corridor Shrinks: Left-Wing Extremism
From the 1967 Naxalbari uprising to the March 2026 elimination declaration: the phases, causes, Red Corridor, SAMADHAN doctrine and the development-extremism cycle behind India's Maoist insurgency.
29 September 2026 · 30 min read
Environment
Powering the Transition: Energy, SDGs and LiFE
India's energy transition is the bridge between development and climate action. This article covers renewable energy, DISCOMs, the SDGs, and Mission LiFE for UPSC GS-3.
28 September 2026 · 54 min read
Environment
Before the First Brick: EIA and PARIVESH
EIA is India's gatekeeper between development projects and the environment. This article explains the EIA process, the 2006 Notification, the PARIVESH portal, and the reforms reshaping green clearances.
28 September 2026 · 49 min read
Economy
Growth Is Not Development: Reading the Indian Economy Right
GDP makes headlines; development changes lives. A primer on India's sectoral structure, the growth-vs-development distinction UPSC loves, and the 1991 reforms that rebuilt the economy.
28 September 2026 · 34 min read
Indian Society
The Measurement Problem: Poverty, Deprivation and Development
Extreme poverty fell 27.1% to 5.3% by the World Bank's 2025 count, yet 57% of women are anaemic and human development lags growth. Why poverty persists in a rising India, in full GS-1 depth.
27 September 2026 · 28 min read
Indian Society
Tribes of India: the first peoples caught between forest and development
104 million Indians, 700+ groups, one constitutional shield, the story of tribal India, from PVTGs to the displacement-rehabilitation trap.
27 September 2026 · 41 min read
Post-Independence India
Twelve Plans, One Dream: India's Tryst with the Planned Economy, 1951-2017
Twelve plans, sixty-six years: how India tried to industrialise through five-year timetables - the Mahalanobis bet, the 1966 collapse, the 1991 pivot, and the final plan before NITI Aayog.
27 September 2026 · 44 min read
Modern History
From Company Rule to Freedom: The Constitutional Arc, 1773-1947
From the Regulating Act of 1773 to the Independence Act of 1947 - the full constitutional arc that taught India the grammar of modern government.
27 September 2026 · 34 min read
Social Justice
Skill development: bridging the education-employment gap
The education-skill-employment nexus, the Skill India ecosystem, apprenticeships and NSQF: a complete GS-II guide to skill development and employability in India.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read
International Relations
BRICS: expansion, the NDB and India's balancing act
From a Goldman Sachs acronym to an eleven-member bloc: what BRICS enlargement means, how the New Development Bank works, and how India uses its 2026 presidency to keep the grouping reform-oriented.
27 September 2026 · 20 min read
International Relations
India-Afghanistan: from strategic partnership to Taliban 2.0
A $3 billion development bet, the 2011 Strategic Partnership Agreement, the 2021 Taliban takeover and India's "engagement without recognition" doctrine.
27 September 2026 · 16 min read