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BharatNet Project
About BharatNet is the Government of India’s flagship rural broadband programme aimed at providing high-speed broadband connectivity to Gram Panchayats and extending connectivity to…
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Articles from August 2026
Notes, editorials and exam explainers written by the Riyasat IAS mentor team — syllabus-mapped reading for UPSC Civil Services aspirants.
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Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
About The Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) was launched on 21 January 2015 as a Central Sector Scheme with an outlay of…
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Smart Cities Mission
About The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched on 25 June 2015 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to improve the…
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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin & Urban
About Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is the Government of India’s flagship affordable-housing programme aimed at achieving the vision of “Housing for All” by…
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Swachh Bharat Mission
About The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched on 2 October 2014 to fulfil the vision of a cleaner India by 2 October 2019,…
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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
About The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in December 2000 by the Government of India to provide all-weather road connectivity to…
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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
About The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) was launched by the Ministry of Power in December 2014 to strengthen rural electricity distribution…
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Common GS preparation mistakes UPSC 2027 aspirants
UPSC GS preparation for the 2027 cycle is being started by thousands of aspirants right now. Many of them will make the same identifiable…
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UPSC 2027 GS revision strategy for beginners
The biggest preparation mistake that UPSC 2027 beginners make is treating revision as something that happens after the syllabus is covered — a separate…
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GS Foundation and personal mentorship UPSC 2027 strategy
GS Foundation courses and personal mentorship are frequently positioned as alternatives in the UPSC preparation market — aspirants are asked to choose between structured…
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