Sociology as a Discipline for UPSC Optional
Sociology Optional · Paper I · Unit 1 Sociology The Discipline Modernity and the social changes in Europe that gave birth to sociology, the scope of the subject and its comparison with history, anthropology, psychology, economics, political science and philosophy, and the break with common sense. 📚 Paper I 📌 Unit 1 🧭 Sections 3 […]
Good Governance: Concept, Application & Indian Practice
Released: 13 August 2026 · Public Administration Optional Good Governance: Concept and Application — Theory, Critique & Indian Practice Governance is the value-neutral process of steering; good governance is the normative and evaluative standard applied to that process; ethical governance is the moral quality of those who govern. The concept was formalised by the World […]
Equality, Liberty & Affirmative Action for UPSC
PSIR Optional · Paper I · Unit I.4 Equality Liberty and Affirmative Action The examiner’s favourite move here is to force you to take a position on whether equality and liberty conflict or reinforce each other. This note fixes the three dimensions of equality, four positions on the equality–liberty question, the full affirmative action debate […]
Rawls Theory of Justice & Communitarian Critique UPSC
PSIR Optional · Paper I · Unit I.3 Justice Rawls and the Communitarian Critique Examiners test the same handful of Rawlsian building blocks — original position, veil of ignorance, two principles, lexical priority — and the same handful of objections. This note fixes six rival conceptions of justice, four communitarian critics, and 14 previous year […]
Theories of the State: 6 Perspectives for UPSC PSIR
PSIR Optional · Paper I · Unit I.2 Theories of the State Six Lenses on One Object Liberal, neo-liberal, Marxist, pluralist, post-colonial and feminist theories all describe the same institution — and disagree completely about whose interest it serves. This note fixes six lenses, their key thinkers, and the master debate of state autonomy versus […]
New Public Management: Hood’s Doctrines & Decline
Released: 13 August 2026 · Public Administration Optional New Public Management: Hood’s Doctrines, Criticism, Decline & Indian Administration New Public Management is the attempt to run government on private-sector management logic — “managerialism plus marketisation”. Christopher Hood coined the term in 1991 and set out its seven doctrines, but the practice began a decade earlier […]
Current Affairs Quiz 13 August 2026
Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027 Score: 0 / 0 Q1 With reference to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), consider the following statements: UPI was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a body set up jointly by the Reserve Bank of India and the Indian Banks’ Association. Under the zero-MDR mandate […]
Current Affairs 13 August 2026
Legacy IAS Academy · Daily Current Affairs News Analysis — 13 August 2026 7 syllabus-mapped news items, in depth · plus “Also in News” briefs · a UPSC-pattern Mains question with every topic The Hindu · Delhi Edition The Indian Express · Delhi News Analysis 7 Also in News 4 In-Depth News Analysis7 Items Core […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 13 August 2026
Legacy IAS Academy · Editorials, Opinions & Explained Editorials & Explained — 13 August 2026 The most exam-relevant op-ed, ideas & explainer pieces · mapped to the syllabus · a Mains question with each The Hindu · Editorial The Hindu · Opinion Editorials, Opinions & Explained2 Items Core TopicImportantConcise EditorialsOpinion · The Hindu 01National Food […]
PIB Summaries 13 August 2026
Legacy IAS Academy · Daily PIB Analysis PIB Analysis — 13 August 2026 2 syllabus-mapped government releases, analysed · scheme anatomy, context and critique · a UPSC-pattern Mains question with every topic Press Information Bureau Government of India PIB Analysis 2 Also in News 2 In-Depth PIB Analysis2 Items Core TopicImportantConcise Polity, Governance & Social […]