GDP Deflator: Meaning, Formula & CPI vs WPI
Indian Economy · Inflation GDP Deflator Meaning, Formula & CPI vs WPI The GDP deflator — also called the implicit price deflator — is the most comprehensive measure of inflation, capturing price changes across all goods and services produced within an economy. Unlike CPI and WPI, it adjusts dynamically to shifts in consumption and production […]
The Care Economy (Purple Economy): Need & Challenges
Economy & Society · GS-1 / GS-3 The Care Economy (Purple Economy) — Need, Challenges & Way Forward The Care Economy is the sum of all paid and unpaid caregiving — for children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. It underpins the formal economy, drives gender equality and holds vast job potential, yet remains plagued […]
Current Affairs Quiz 08 July 2026
Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027 Score: 0 / 0 Q1 Consider the following statements regarding the emergency natural gas supply regime imposed during the 2026 West Asia crisis: During the emergency curbs, refineries and petrochemical units were accorded top priority in gas allocation, ahead of domestic and industrial consumers. The Strait of Hormuz […]
Current Affairs 08 July 2026
Current Affairs Analysis 08 July 2026 · The Hindu & PIB Contents Daily Current Affairs — 08 July 2026 BBC Investigation into Instagram CSAM Ads and Social Media Regulation in IndiaGS2 / GS3 Sahkar Se Samriddhi: Five Years of the Ministry of CooperationGS2 / GS3 SpudCell: A Synthetic Cell Built from Non-Living ChemicalsGS3 250th Anniversary […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 08 July 2026
UPSC Editorial Digest · 08 July 2026 Editorial Analysis Contents 01 India’s Economic Prospects After the West Asian Crisis The Hindu · Growth, inflation, fiscal policy, energy security GS 3 — Indian Economy GS 2 — International Relations 02 Beyond Three Cs — The New Lexicon of India-Australia Ties Gopal Baglay, Former High Commissioner of […]
PIB Summaries 08 July 2026
PIB Analysis · Daily Current Affairs PIB Analysis – 8 July 2026 Contents 01 Strengthening India’s Toy Ecosystem — From Local Craftsmanship to Global Markets Ministry of Commerce & Industry (DPIIT) GS 1 GS 2 GS 3 02 Mizoram’s Natural History Museum Notified as India’s 21st Designated Repository under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 Ministry […]
Presiding Officers of Parliament: Speaker & Chairman
Polity · Parliament of India Presiding Officers of Parliament — Speaker, Deputy Speaker & Chairman A complete, accurate guide to the presiding officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha — their election, qualification, term, removal, functions and importance, the Panel of Chairpersons, and exactly who presides in the absence or vacancy of each office. […]
Sessions of Parliament: Summon, Prorogue & Dissolve
Polity · Parliament of India Sessions of Parliament Summon, Prorogue, Dissolve & Bill Lapse A complete, accurate guide to the working of Parliament between two elections — summoning, adjournment, adjournment sine die, prorogation and dissolution — who holds each power, how prorogation differs from dissolution, what happens to pending bills, plus the lame-duck session and […]
Types of Bills in Indian Parliament: Money & Amendment
Indian Polity · Parliament Types of Bills in the Indian Parliament Money, Financial & Amendment Bills A Bill becomes an Act only after it clears both Houses and receives the President’s assent. On the basis of content, bills fall into four types — Ordinary (Art 107), Money (Art 110), Financial (Art 117), and Constitutional Amendment […]
Leader of House, Opposition & Whips: India vs USA
Polity · Parliament of India Leader of the House, Opposition & Whips — India vs USA The floor leaders who actually run Parliament — the Leader of the House, the Leader of the Opposition, the party Whips and the Government Chief Whip — explained with accurate facts, current examples, and a sharp comparison with the […]