IE Articles

• IE Articles are like NCERTs of key current affairs issues.
• It will give you a strong foundation of important current affairs topics through big-picture analysis.
• They are prepared by analyzing at least 3-4 years of news from major news sources like The Hindu, Indian Express, Yojana, etc. It is because UPSC no longer asks questions from the last one-year news only (see 2018 & 2019 paper) + it requires candidates to have in-depth knowledge of important issues. So IE article is an initiative to satisfy this demand of UPSC.
• Relevant links to static syllabus mindmaps are also provided for integrated learning.
• Whenever there is an update to a particular issue, we don’t write an entirely new article with different words. Instead, we re-publish the existing ones with additional notes so that it would be easier for you to understand and revise those issues better.
• Sometimes we may miss covering some important issue/topic, in that case, you can suggest that topic by clicking the contact button on the bottom-right of any page. We’ll post an article on that issue within a week.
• IE Articles will be useful to solve analytical/in-depth questions in Prelims (see 2019 question paper).
• It will be useful to solve almost all questions in Mains (Essay and General Studies).
• It will be useful for writing excellent answers in mains (essay & GS).
• Articles are written in a notes based format with question-answer based arrangement = you can easily recall concepts in the exam/interview.
• Mindmaps are provided for easy understanding and faster revision before the exam.
• So regular reading and revising IE articles would be a game-changer in your UPSC preparation journey.
• Please note that we post only about 4-5 articles on most-probable topics per week but with more quality and in-depth analysis. Because quality is more important than quantity in this exam.
• One more thing, don’t restrict yourself to reading only articles from June this year – June next year. Because each and every article is important for the exam. Also, we provide mindmaps for a quick overview if you face time constraints. So you need to read all articles from August 2018 (IE Started) itself.
• Hope you enjoy reading the articles. All the best!!

• Don’t solely depend on these articles for the mains exam!!!
• Because we provide in-depth articles only on important topics.
• Also, we don’t provide each and every data that you see in the news. But such data may be relevant at some point in the exam.
• So these articles should be used as complementary to your own reading of daily editorials in newspapers. IE Articles are only like the NCERT of key current affairs issues.
• If you think an important topic is not already covered by us, use the chat icon at the bottom to inform us. We’ll publish it within a week or two. Note- You can use the search bar to find articles.
  
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If you come across a topic in news editorials, for example – Universal Basic Income (UBI). Then visit IAS EXPRESS and use the search bar to find the article on Universal Basic Income.

In this way, you will get both updated info (from editorials) and also the background and in-depth analysis (from IE Articles).

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