Main Examination: General Studies II: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections

Key Points to Ponder:

• National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled v. Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities and
Ors.)-Know the Context

• Disabled population Statistics given by Census 2011-Know the Data

• Supreme Court on Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors-Know the Key Points

• Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 [RPwD Act]-Key Highlights

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• Disable and Disability-Know these terms (Multidimensional approach like Social, Physical, Economical-try to
connect the dots)

• What are the Constitutional Frameworks for Differently abled in India?

• Government Programmes and initiatives for Disabled in India

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and International Day of Persons
with Disabilities by the United Nations.

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How to withdraw cash from an ATM through UPI, without a card

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance

Main Examination: General Studies III: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?

• National Payments Corporation of India-Know in Detail

• How will cash withdrawals via UPI work?

• What are the current ways of cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs?

• Could this impact debit card usage?

• What’s next in the UPI pipeline?

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📍 Key takeaways from MPC meeting: Repo, Reverse repo rates unchanged, SDF introduced

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