KARPATHU IAS Academy Official
36.1K subscribers
1.6K photos
29 videos
1.15K files
4.53K links
Prepare TNPSC Prelims and Mains in easy way.

https://www.youtube.com/c/karpathuias

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1810762489240802/?source=create_flow

+919787314463 whatsApp – voice or Text.
Happy learning and happy sharing

Admin @KUBENDRAN_KIAS
Download Telegram
Impact Of GST On Your Household Budget

The tax system in India has seen an overhaul with the launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1. The GST, in its making, was met with both inhibitions and excitement. While the country is still debating the impact of the four-structure tax system, some of its benefits have already started to trickle down to the masses.

India now has four tax slabs – 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% and an exempt and additional cesses category. Though GST will impact the budget of everyone differently, depending on their lifestyle patterns, the change in household expense is set to be more or less the same for everyone.

Some household articles have seen a price increase, while the prices of many others have come down. Food products have seen a GST imposition of 0-5%, while toiletries have seen an imposition of 18%. Let us take a look at the overall impact of GST on your basic household expenditure.
Critically analyse the merits and demerits of Section 7 and 57 of the Aadhaar Bill?
GS-4
1. In the age of social media and information explosion, what role can family play in inculcating values in children? Explain with examples.

2. Means are as important as ends in ethics. Do you agree? Elucidate.

GS-2
1. There has been an impetus on streamlining political funding in India. In this light, discuss the potential of electoral bonds.
Join @UPSC_2018
#KarpathuIAS

GS-1 (ForumIAS 2017 MGP)

Q.What are Littoral and Swamp forests and where are they found in India? Why they are important for ecological balance? (12.5 Marks/200 Words)

GS-4 (Vision Mains)

Q. The most important challenge in managing the public sector in India is balancing its accountability with autonomy. Discuss with relevant examples. (12.5 Marks/200 Words)

GS-1

Q. How did the entry of Mahatma Gandhi changed the discourse of India's struggle for freedom? Examine.

GS-1

Q. 'Indian Agriculture became a victim of its own success'. Elaborate.

GS-1

Q. The Bengal Famine of 1943 was a man-made holocaust which was the result of the British unsympathetic and ruthless economic agenda imposed on India. Critically Examine.

GS-1

Q. Dr. Rajendra Prasad can be said to be a true maker of Modern India for his contribution to both pre-independence and post-independence India. Elaborate.

GS-1

Q. Examine the distribution of flood prone areas of India. What initiatives can be taken for controlling the menace of floods?

GS-1

Q. What is the strategic and economic significance of India’s islands in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea?
Sunday sweet. Taste it by your paper.
#KarpathuIAS

Since Independence, India’s relations with the US have gone through three phases. Analyse these phases and critically comment on nature of India’s relationship with the US today. (200 Words)
Historical Background of India-USA relations

India’s relations with the US have gone through three phases.

From 1947 to 1971, India tilted towards the US even as it insisted on non-alignment. Jawaharlal Nehru disdained communism and was on record stating that, at the limit, in a fight, India would side with the Anglo-American democracies.
In the second phase of the relationship, from 1971 to 1989, India tilted the other way, siding with the Soviet Union and against the Anglo-Americans while remaining formally non-aligned.
We are now in the third phase of India-US relations. What is striking about the last 27 years is that India has increasingly tilted towards the US in global strategic terms.
Totalisation agreement

When employee from one country works in another and ends up paying taxes in both the countries. Totalization helps by eliminating such dual Social Security taxation.
It also helps in filling the gaps in benefit of the protection for the workers who divided their career between two countries by totalisation of the period of contribution in the host country for determining the eligibility for benefits.
What is FATCA?

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a United States federal law that requires United States persons, including U.S. citizens who live outside the United States, to report their financial accounts held outside of the U.S., and requires foreign financial institutions to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about their U.S. clients

Why is FATCA compliance necessary in India?

India had signed an agreement with the U.S. on July 9, 2015 which enables automatic exchange of financial information between India and the U.S.
The agreement provides that Indian Financial Institutions will provide the necessary information to the Indian tax authority i.e. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), which information will then be transmitted to the U.S. automatically in the case of FATCA
Which financial transactions need FATCA compliance? The compliance is needed for bank accounts, mutual fund, national pension scheme and other such transactions.
How many types of Pandas exist?

There are two types of Pandas in existence. The giant panda (which is the more popular type) and the red panda. They are both found in southwest China and feed major on bamboo.
The giant panda can attain a height of 4 to 6 feet. It lives in the forests of southwest China, and its diet consists largely of bamboo. The red panda is about 42 inches long, including its tail, and is found in southwest China and in the eastern Himalayas. While it relies on bamboo for most of its sustenance, it also dines on berries, insects and bird eggs. Both types of pandas are endangered.
Join @UPSC_2018
What are the types of SIM ?

There are basically 3 types of SIMs:

Non-programable - cannot be programmed and must be replaced with a new SIM if changing SIM info.

Programable - integrated into the phone, can be reprogrammed, i.e., does not have to be replaced if changing info (also referred to as embedded).

Soft SIM - an application, not a separate piece of hardware, in the phone, it can be programmed.
Soft SIMs are not really deployed yet ,because of security concerns.
*Ramanuja** the great Vaishnava theologian who reinvented and revitalised HinduismAnd Martin Luther’s triggering of the Protestant Reformation which fundamentally reshaped ChristianityThis year marks the 1,000th birth anniversary of Ramanuja and the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s

Ramanuja’s role in Srirangam Mutt

When he became head of the Srirangam Mutt, Ramanuja inherited a theological tradition that had championed the Pancaratra Agamas

What are Agamas?

The Agamas sanctioned image worship and inclusive temple-based rituals that women and lower caste believers could participate in

Other things done by Ramanuja

He organised the daily pujas and annual festival cycle at the Srirangam Ranganatha temple in line with Agamic normsThis broadened the temple’s constituency to include rising peasant castes and womenRamanuja profoundly reinvented Hinduism in response to societal conditions of the 11th century

What was the Lutheran revolution?

 The Lutheran revolution was the idea that Christians should themselves read the Bible rather than have it presented to them by their priests.
#KarpathuIAS
Is the rotation of earth slowing down ?

Yes it is .
due to a transfer of Earth's rotational momentum to the Moon's orbital momentum as tidal friction slows the Earth's rotation. That increase in the Moon's speed is causing it to slowly recede from Earth (about 4 cm per year), increasing its orbital period and the length of a month as well.

To picture what is happening, imagine yourself riding a bicycle on a track built around a Merry-go-Round. You are riding in the same direction that it is turning. If you have a lasso and rope one of the horses, you would gain speed and the Merry-Go-Round would lose some. In this analogy, you and your bike represent the Moon, the Merry-Go-Round is the rotating Earth, and your lasso is gravity. In orbital mechanics, a gain in speed results in a higher orbit.
#KarpathuIAS
GS-4

Aristotle - the golden mean. Moral behavior is the mean between two extremes - at one end is excess, at the other deficiency. Find a moderate position between those two extremes, and you will be acting morally.
Sagar Island:
Sagar island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.This Island under South 24 Parganas District in India State West Bengal. It belongs to the Republic of India and is governed by the State government of West Bengal. The island is large — with an area of 224.3 km², lying between 21°36’ to 21°56’ north latitude and 88°2’ to 88° 11’ east latitude. It has 43 villages and a population of over 160,000. The largest village is also named "Ganga Sagar" or "Gangasagar". Although Sagar island is a part of Sunderban Administration, it does not have any tiger habitation or mangrove forests or small river tributaries as is characteristic of the overall sunderban delta.
Why do various planets appear to be of different colours?

Each planet has a different colour, because of its unique compositions. Mercury is grey. Since this planet has no atmosphere, we see only the dark rocky surfaces with plains, craters and ridges like those on the Moon. Venus is yellowish white due to the thickness of is colourless sulphuric acid clouds. Mars, the red orange planet is covered with a red dust of iron oxide. It has some spectacular features like volcanoes and enormous mountains. Jupiter has white and orange bands. Ammonia clouds cause the white bands, while orange is due to the ammonium hydrosulphide clouds. The north of Saturn is blue and the south, pale yellow. The ring around the planet blocks the Sun's rays from reaching the northern half. Uranus and Neptune appears light blue due to the methane clouds. Neptune is slightly darker blue because of its great distance from the sun. When watched from space Earth appears to be light-blue with white patches of clouds.
Happy Monday #KarpathuIAS
17th July 2017

Economic Times

Ø  RBI holds back balance sheet for wk ended June 30
Ø  Money laundering: Fines on 15 banks struck down
Ø  Number of PSU banks set to go down to 12 from 21
Ø  HPCL gets on anti-pollution bandwagon, sets aside Rs 61,000 cr to make cleaner fuel
Ø  BPCL makes its first US oil purchase, buys Poseidon
Ø  Mahindra group to pump in $1 bn in US over next 5 yrs
Ø  Jan Dhan deposits surge to Rs 64,564 crore
Ø  PE majors, AMCs show interest in GTL Infrastructure

 Business Standard

Ø  Hero MotoCorp set to be new profit leader after 10 qtrs
Ø  Unilever competes with Hormel to buy £2.2-bn Reckitt Benckiser food unit
Ø  Yogi govt tells sugar mills to settle Rs 2,500-cr arrears with farmers
Ø  Bankruptcy Code: IBBI can initiate probe against insolvency professionals
Ø  Trai to discuss tariff floor price with telecom CEOs on July 21
Ø  Inox Wind asks NCLT to quash insolvency case over Rs 57 lakh dues

Business Line

Ø  GSTN portal to be ready for invoice uploading from July 24
Ø  Hindustan Paper units seek ₹900-cr govt aid
Ø  SME IPOs catch investors’ fancy; raise Rs. 660 cr in Jan-June
Ø  TCS may reduce employee headcount further
Ø  Nine of 10 most valued companies add Rs. 67,754 cr in market cap

 Mint

Ø  GST Council to take stock on Monday
Ø  RBI seen going for rate cut in August MPC meeting
Ø  RBI may push for resolution of bad loans worth Rs8 trillion by March 2019: study
Ø  Essar Oil -Rosneft: Intelligence agencies raise concern over Rs82,000 crore deal
Ø  Tech Mahindra to hire over 2,000 people in US this year

Financial Express

Ø  Vikram Limaye to join NSE as the new MD and CEO from Monday
Ø  Rs 8 lakh crores NPAs may face bankruptcy proceedings by March 2019
Ø  Centre makes proposal for states to make their own Aadhaar Acts
Ø  IBBI notifies regulations for probe under bankruptcy code

 Financial Chronicle

Ø  Onus of pulses procurement may go to states
Ø  HNIs’ appetite for IPOs grows as most give handsome returns.
What is Blue Brain Technology ?

The  Blue Brain, a Swiss national brain initiative, aims to create a digital reconstruction of the brain by  reverse engineering  mammalian brain circuitry. The mission of the project, founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, is to use biologically-detailed digital reconstructions and simulations of the mammalian brain (brain simulation) to identify the fundamental principles of brain structure and function in health and disease.
How was pregnancy tested back then?

Ancient Egyptians mixed the urine with grains. At least, they
knew where to look at. In the middle ages, urine samples were mixed with alcohol.
The samples were also analysed based on colour. Around the 19th century, focus
was on structures seen under the microscope. Early 20th century, they injected the tested urine into rabbits. Early 60s, they reacted antibodies
with the samples. It had a lot of false positive results.
Presently, blood and urine samples are tested for levels of a specific hormone hCG
(human chorionic
gonadotropin). This is the most reliable of the bunch.
18th July 2017 #KarpathuIAS

Economic Times

Ø  RIL, Shell, ONGC asked to pay $3 billion in penalty
Ø  Greenko raises $1 billion green bond, Asia's largest
Ø  Bad loans: SC gives RBI a week to reply on panel report
Ø  CCI orders another probe against GAIL
Ø  Warranted time to complete debt restructuring: Essar
Ø  Replace old industrial policy with new one: CII
Ø  BPCL expects to complete mega refinery in 4 yrs

 Business Standard

Ø  Govt refuses fresh opportunity to exchange demonetised notes
Ø  Commerce ministry to set up 4 new centres on trade, investment issues
Ø  SBI Life Insurance files for IPO to raise Rs 7,000 crore
Ø  Satyam case: Sebi to soon pass order on Price Waterhouse
Ø  Cigarettes get costlier: GST Council decides to increase cess over 28% tax
Ø  Insolvency case: HPCL drags Hindustan Motors to NCLT

Business Line

Ø  ACC consolidated profit rises about 33%, beats estimates
Ø  Moody’s upgrades Adani’s Abbot Point rating to stable from negative
Ø  Provisional anti-dumping duty on 'O-Acid' imports from China
Ø  Wind industry getting into a ‘distress situation’
Ø  A major global cyber attack could see $53 bn in losses: Lloyds 

 Mint

Ø  Salasar Techno Engineering IPO subscribed 273 times on last day
Ø  Reliance Industries market cap crosses Rs5 trillion mark
Ø  Aditya Birla Nuvo transfers 23% stake in Idea Cellular to Grasim Industries
Ø  Govt working on a simpler insolvency and bankruptcy code for SMEs
Ø  Patanjali Ayurved may help out stressed infra companies

Financial Express

Ø  Diageo holds $35 million payment to Vijay Mallya
Ø  Expect Sensex earnings growth of 18 pct in FY 2018: Morgan Stanley
Ø  Pharma companies exports to USA may go up in 2017-18: Report

 Financial Chronicle

Ø  IOC-OIL merger plan to create behemoth gathers steam
Ø  HDFC Life gets board approval for IPO
Ø  Regret quitting as Infy chairman, says Murthy.
What does Captcha [ C.A.P.T.C.H.A ]
stand for ?

Captcha stands for:
Completely
Automated
Public Turing test
to tell Computers
and Humans Apart.

It is used by many
websites to make it
harder for automated
bots to download
information from them.
This bots are usually
made by hackers and
so many websites use
this technology to
counter them. it's not
always successful
because the bots are
getting more
sophisticated.