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GS-3ENVIRONMENT - ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS (WESTERN GHATS)

The Western Ghats Deadlock Was Never About Whether to Conserve

The Kasturirangan Committee's 2013 report designated 37% of the Western Ghats, including 20,668 sq km across 1,449 villages in Karnataka, as Ecologically Sensitive Area. Thirteen years and seven draft notifications later, the state government is still pushing back, with the Chief Minister citing "unscientific" village-level demarcation as the core objection rather than conservation itself, ahead of the Union Environment…

Sub TopicKASTURIRANGAN REPORT'S VILLAGE-LEVEL DEMARCATION VS THE…SourceTHE HINDU, THE PRINT, NEW INDIAN…
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GS-3CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - NBFC REGULATION

One Vote, Two Battles: Inside the Tata Sons Boardroom Standoff

The dispute surfaced after Tata Sons' board voted 4-1 to reappoint Chandrasekaran on September 18, prompting Tata Trusts, holder of 66% of Tata Sons' equity, to declare the vote void because its Articles of Association require unanimous support from both Trust-nominated directors. Days earlier, on September 11, the RBI had turned down Tata Sons' request to give up its Core Investment Company registration, a request built…

Sub TopicRBI'S SCALE BASED REGULATION LISTING MANDATE VERSUS TATA…SourceTHE HINDU, ECONOMIC TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-3ENERGY SECURITY - COAL AND POWER SECTOR

74 Power Plants Are Running Critically Low on Coal. The Coal Isn't the Problem.

Central Electricity Authority data shows critical plants rising from about 60 to 74 in a single week, even as India's coal and railway ministries confirmed in early September that supplies were being increased after erratic monsoon rains disrupted shipments - the clearest signal that this is a freight bottleneck, not a mining shortfall.

Sub TopicTHERMAL PLANT COAL STOCK CRISIS AS A RAIL-LOGISTICS…SourceCENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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