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07 Oct
2025

Why MGNREGA norms were tweaked to push spending on water projects

The Government of India has revised the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) norms to encourage greater spending on water-related projects, with a clear focus on boosting water conservation, irrigation efficiency, and long-term sustainability of rural livelihoods.  It aims to align MGNREGA’s objectives of providing employment with the national priorities of water security and climate resilience.

06 Oct
2025

An Energy Atmanirbharta Act

Despite technological progress and changing global energy patterns, India’s dependence on imported hydrocarbons continues to threaten its economic stability and strategic autonomy. The government should institutionalize an Energy Atmanirbharta Act — a comprehensive, coordinated approach to ensure India’s energy resilience, sustainability, and independence.

06 Oct
2025

The Disaster in Darjeeling

Darjeeling, often hailed as the “Queen of the Hills,” has once again been ravaged by a severe disaster triggered by heavy rainfall and consequent landslides. This calamity, which struck in early October, destroyed crucial infrastructure such as the Dudhni bridge over Balasun River—cutting off Siliguri from the hill town—and claimed several lives.

04 Oct
2025

Resumption of India-China Direct Flights

After more than five years, India and China are set to resume direct flights by the end of October 2025, marking a significant development in bilateral connectivity and economic engagement.

04 Oct
2025

A Red Sunset on the Horizon

There is decline of the Maoist insurgency in India, once considered the most severe internal security threat. The government strategies, sustained security operations, and socio-economic interventions have significantly reduced their influence.

03 Oct
2025

In US, Attempts to Tighten H-1B Visa Norms Have Long, Bipartisan History

The H-1B visa program, designed to allow US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers, especially in technology and specialized fields, has been the subject of intense debate for decades. While recent US administrations, including that of Donald Trump, have pushed proposals to restrict or reform the system, such attempts have a much longer bipartisan history.

03 Oct
2025

The Curious Case of GDP Data

India’s GDP growth in real GDP (which adjusts for inflation) has consistently outpaced expectations. Policymakers have pointed to these high growth rates as evidence of India’s economic resilience, even amid global slowdown concerns. However, a closer examination reveals several anomalies that make India’s GDP story rather puzzling.

02 Oct
2025

Can Diaspora Please Stand Up

Indian-American diaspora face dilemma as U.S. policy toward India becomes more adversarial. Despite being one of the most successful and affluent immigrant groups in the United States, Indian-Americans have remained surprisingly silent in the face of recent American measures against India. This silence reflects deeper tensions between assimilation and allegiance, practicality and principle, and identity and advocacy.

HOW TO READ INDIAN EXPRESS ANALYSIS TODAY

INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper, especially the editorial section, covers a wide range of topics that are really relevant to the UPSC CSE syllabus. It helps to inculcate a dynamic approach in mains answer writing and fetch good marks.

Here we will analyze three different pages of INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper that can help aspirants in dealing with current burning issues. These pages are – Explained, Editorials, and Ideas.

  • Explained – This page of the newspaper deals with day-to-day issues in the news that people might be aware of but lack detailed knowledge of. These are common yet important topics such as; NPA, CRYPTOCURRENCY, CYCLONES, POLICY RATES BY RBI, RECESSION, etc.
  • Editorials – Editorials are the expert opinion of different government policies and actions. They provide both positive and negative aspects on decisions taken by the government, thereby helping students to come up with their own viewpoints. Topics covered here are; Agriculture, International Relations, Indian Economy, Government Schemes, High/Supreme Court verdicts, etc.
  • At the top of the editorial page, under the WORLDLY WISE section a quote related to issues covered in the below editorials get mentioned every day. Aspirants can use those quotes to enrich their answers.

  • Ideas – Under ideas experts provide their own take on how a particular problem like Communism, Climate Change, Indian Education System, Caste system, Issues in Health Sector, Religious tensions etc. can be tackled.

Besides these above sections you can keep yourself updated on what to read on a daily basis from INDIAN EXPRESS you can click on the link below –

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