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UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh)Stage 2: Main Examination
Current Affairs and Events of Regional, National and International Importance
What the official syllabus says
Main Examination, General Studies II:
- Current affairs and events of Regional, National and International importance.
Topics in detail
Regional importance
- Uttar Pradesh and north India: new state laws, policies and institutions; local body and assembly matters; inter-state issues
- Court rulings of the Allahabad High Court and decisions affecting the state
- State-level implementation of central schemes and their outcomes
National importance
- Constitutional amendments and new Acts; Bills before Parliament and committee reports
- Landmark judgments of the Supreme Court on rights, federalism and governance
- Appointments to constitutional and statutory posts; reports of commissions (Finance Commission, Law Commission)
- Elections and electoral reforms; Centre-state disputes
- New welfare schemes and changes to existing ones; social sector data releases (surveys, indices)
International importance
- Summits of groupings India belongs to (G20, BRICS, SCO, Quad) and their outcomes
- India's bilateral visits, agreements and disputes
- Conflicts and crises abroad and their effect on India (energy, trade, diaspora)
- Reports and indices of international institutions
Linking current events to the syllabus
- Each event is studied with its static background: the constitutional Article, the Act, the institution or the earlier agreement it relates to
- Official sources: Press Information Bureau releases, the Gazette of India, Parliament's websites, judgments on court websites, the Economic Survey and Union Budget, the Ministry of External Affairs
- Making short notes topic by topic (polity, governance, social justice, international relations) rather than date by date
Where current events meet this paper
| Kind of event | Topic page of this paper |
|---|---|
| A constitutional amendment or court ruling on rights | Indian Constitution |
| A Centre-state dispute or a Finance Commission report | Finance Commission |
| A Bill, session or privilege issue | Parliament and State Legislatures |
| A new regulator, tribunal or commission | Statutory and Regulatory Bodies |
| A new scheme or survey for a weaker section | Welfare of Vulnerable Sections |
| A visit, summit or treaty | Groupings and Agreements |
Overlaps
- General Studies V: current affairs of Uttar Pradesh.
- Prelims General Studies Paper I: current events of national and international importance.