📌 Mission Poshan 2.0: Strengthening India's Nutrition Ecosystem

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Examine the shift in Mission Poshan 2.0 toward lifecycle-based nutrition, its key components and tech interventions, and how the Jan Andolan model sets it apart from traditional welfare programmes. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2251769&reg=3&lang=1

📌 Hormuz Disruption: Clock Ticking on Global Food Crisis

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically examine how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz affect fertiliser supply, cropping choices, and food prices, especially in the Global South. Suggest policy measures to mitigate the crisis. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167289

📌 Rainfall Deficit Forecast: Preparing for the Worst

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. After two years of surplus rainfall, critically examine India’s projected monsoon deficit in light of IMD recent forecasts, El Niño conditions, and required agricultural and water management preparedness. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/dry-days-on-rainfall-deficit-forecast/article70866444.ece

📌 Predatory Loan Apps: A Devious Menace in a Regulatory Dark Area

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️Q. Critically examine the regulatory gaps that allow predatory loan apps to thrive, and discuss the technical, legal, and institutional measures needed to safeguard vulnerable borrowers. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/devious-menace-the-hindu-editorial-on-predatory-loan-apps/article70866448.ece

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📌 Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026: A Deserved Defeat

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Does the two-thirds requirement under Article 368 function as a substantive safeguard of federalism? Discuss in light of the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, and its implications for Centre–State relations. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/deservedly-dead-the-hindu-editorial-on-the-defeat-of-the-constitution-131st-amendment-bill-2026/article70875239.ece

📌 Cancer Cure: Must Not Be Hostage to Big Pharma

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. How do pharmaceutical patent practices like “patent thickets,” highlighted in the case of Keytruda, affect access to life-saving drugs? Examine how India can balance innovation incentives with affordable healthcare. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/search-for-cancer-cure-must-not-be-hostage-to-big-pharma-10640520/

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📌 Retail Inflation: Deceptively Benign, Structurally Vulnerable

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Examine the divergence between CPI and WPI inflation in India. What drives this gap, how does oil import dependence add vulnerability, and what policy measures are required? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/deceptively-benign-the-hindu-editorial-on-retail-inflation-oil-import-dependency/article70880848.ece

📌 Differentiating Welfare and Development: Complementary, Not Interchangeable

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Distinguish between welfare and development as complementary but not interchangeable. What risks arise when political discourse conflates them, and how can welfare policies be designed to support long-term development? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/differentiating-welfare-and-development/article70881948.ece

📌 India-South Korea: A Special Strategic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically assess the outcomes of the recent India–South Korea Summit 2026. How can India and South Korea address trade imbalance and realise their full strategic potential to co-develop critical technologies and defence platforms in the Indo-Pacific? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/joint-strategic-vision-for-india-rok-special-strategic-partnership/

https://www.mea.gov.in/incoming-visit-detail.htm?41062/

📌 India's LPG Vulnerability: A Strategic Risk in Every Kitchen

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Q. Critically analyse India’s LPG vulnerability in terms of import dependence, limited storage, and high household reliance. What policy measures can reduce this strategic risk? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-strategic-vulnerability-in-indias-lpg-supply-model/article70885313.ece

📌 Judge Recusal and Judicial Sanctity: Balancing Impartiality and Institutional Integrity

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ Recusal jurisprudence safeguards judicial impartiality. Critically examine the legal framework for judge recusal in India, and discuss the tensions between judicial discretion and litigant rights. (250 words, 15 marks)

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/


📌 Manipur Crisis: Internal Security, Law and Order, and Border State Vulnerabilities

UPSC Mains Practice Question

✍️ The Manipur crisis reflects the nexus between ethnic identity, internal security, and porous borders. Critically examine the causes of ethnic violence in Manipur. How do cross-border linkages with Myanmar intensify the conflict, and what measures are needed for lasting peace? (250 words, 15 marks)

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/in-manipur-old-wounds-call-for-repair-not-containment-10649014/