STATE-LEVEL ESSAY COMPETITION 2026 | WEST BENGAL

Lok Bhavan, West Bengal, invites students from schools, colleges and universities across the State to participate in its First State-Level Essay Competition 2026.

✍️ Write. Research. Think. Express.

The competition aims to encourage:
→ Independent thinking
→ Serious research
→ Informed perspectives
→ Deeper understanding of an important chapter of India’s national history

📚 Entries accepted in English & Bangla

📅 Last Date: 15 November 2026

Students are encouraged to check the official notification for:
→ Essay Topics
→ Eligibility Criteria
→ Prize Structure
→ Submission Guidelines
→ Other Important Details

A valuable opportunity for students to strengthen their research, analytical thinking and essay-writing skills.

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🔥 FAILURE IS NOT THE END. IT’S PART OF THE JOURNEY. 🔥

Every failure teaches you something. Every setback makes you stronger. Every time you fall, you get another chance to rise.

You may have failed before—but your story doesn’t end there.

Keep learning. Keep improving. Keep showing up.
Because one day, all those failures will become the reason you SUCCEED

𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐏𝐘𝐐 | 𝟎𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
📚 Practice PYQs. Understand the Examiner.
🎯 UPSC | WBCS | OPSC | State PCS
👇 Comment your answer: a / b / c / d

📌 EDITORIAL SIMPLIFIED | ECI & ELECTORAL INTEGRITY 🗳️

🔹 In Focus: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls

⚠️ Key Concerns:
➡️ Transparency & procedural safeguards
➡️ Voter inclusion & risk of exclusion
➡️ ECI’s independence & accountability

📚 UPSC GS-II: Constitutional Bodies | Electoral Reforms | Governance

🎯 Key Areas:
★ RPA, 1950 – Section 21
★ Article 326 – Universal Adult Suffrage
★ ECI: Autonomy & Accountability

📝 Mains Practice:
“Recent controversies surrounding the ECI have raised questions about its independence and accountability.” Discuss.

🧠 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐙 | 𝟎𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲
📚 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐈𝐁𝐂𝐀)
🎯 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐂 | 𝐖𝐁𝐂𝐒 | 𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐂
🤔 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?

Let's start our Mega Quiz

Q1. With reference to the PM E-DRIVE (PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle
Enhancement) scheme, consider the following statements:
1. The scheme was approved under the Ministry of Heavy Industries to accelerate the
adoption of electric vehicles across India.
2. It provides targeted financial subsidies for electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers,
ambulances, and public electric buses.
3. The scheme offers direct capital purchase subsidies for privately owned luxury electric
passenger motorcars

Q2. With reference to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) initiated by India, consider the
following statements:
1. It is an international treaty-based organization headquartered in India dedicated to
conserving seven major big cat species.
2. The alliance facilitates ecological research, capacity building, technical assistance, and
financial resource mobilization.
3. Membership in the alliance is strictly restricted to sovereign countries that currently have
wild tiger populations.
Which of the statements given above are correct?