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Indian Express Editorial Analysis for IAS/UPSC Exam

03 Oct
2025

In US, Attempts to Tighten H-1B Visa Norms Have Long, Bipartisan History

The H-1B visa program, designed to allow US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers, especially in technology and specialized fields, has been the subject of intense debate for decades. While recent US administrations, including that of Donald Trump, have pushed proposals to restrict or reform the system, such attempts have a much longer bipartisan history.

03 Oct
2025

The Curious Case of GDP Data

India’s GDP growth in real GDP (which adjusts for inflation) has consistently outpaced expectations. Policymakers have pointed to these high growth rates as evidence of India’s economic resilience, even amid global slowdown concerns. However, a closer examination reveals several anomalies that make India’s GDP story rather puzzling.

02 Oct
2025

Can Diaspora Please Stand Up

Indian-American diaspora face dilemma as U.S. policy toward India becomes more adversarial. Despite being one of the most successful and affluent immigrant groups in the United States, Indian-Americans have remained surprisingly silent in the face of recent American measures against India. This silence reflects deeper tensions between assimilation and allegiance, practicality and principle, and identity and advocacy.

02 Oct
2025

RBI Rate Cuts and Growth

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced its Monetary Policy Review and decided not to reduce the policy repo rate. At first glance, this might seem like a missed opportunity to spur growth. However, the central bank’s decision indicates a shift in strategy,  away from relying solely on interest rate cuts as a stimulus and toward promoting deeper, structural reforms in the economy.

01 Oct
2025

Trump Gaza plan: Peace, deal

US President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious 20-point peace plan aimed at resolving the long-standing conflict in Gaza. Framed as a bold initiative for peace in West Asia, the plan has triggered debate across the region and beyond, given its far-reaching proposals and the geopolitical stakes involved.

01 Oct
2025

Census Must Count Sub-Caste In

India’s upcoming first fully digital census in 2027 presents a unique opportunity to collect sophisticated metadata on caste and sub-caste structures. If census data remains limited to broad categories like Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), the exercise will waste advanced technological capabilities and fail to address the real socio-economic realities of Indian society.

30 Sep
2025

The Company Pakistan Keeps

Pakistan has increased its engagement with US and signed the military pact with Saudi Arabia. This changing geopolitics situation provide India valuable lesson of how pragmatically tweak its foreign policy to prioritize its domestic interest.

30 Sep
2025

The Indian Ocean Mineral Exploration Push

India has emerged as a key player in deep-sea mineral exploration, becoming the first country to secure two contracts with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for exploring polymetallic sulphides (PMS) in the Indian Ocean. These resources—rich in copper, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements—are vital for renewable energy technologies, green infrastructure, and advanced electronics, making the initiative geopolitically and strategically significant.

HOW TO READ INDIAN EXPRESS EDITORIAL TODAY

INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper, especially the editorial section, covers a wide range of topics that are really relevant to the UPSC CSE syllabus. It helps to inculcate a dynamic approach in mains answer writing and fetch good marks.

Here we will analyze three different pages of INDIAN EXPRESS newspaper that can help aspirants in dealing with current burning issues. These pages are – Explained, Editorials, and Ideas.

  • Explained – This page of the newspaper deals with day-to-day issues in the news that people might be aware of but lack detailed knowledge of. These are common yet important topics such as; NPA, CRYPTOCURRENCY, CYCLONES, POLICY RATES BY RBI, RECESSION, etc.
  • Editorials – Editorials are the expert opinion of different government policies and actions. They provide both positive and negative aspects on decisions taken by the government, thereby helping students to come up with their own viewpoints. Topics covered here are; Agriculture, International Relations, Indian Economy, Government Schemes, High/Supreme Court verdicts, etc.
  • At the top of the editorial page, under the WORLDLY WISE section a quote related to issues covered in the below editorials get mentioned every day. Aspirants can use those quotes to enrich their answers.

  • Ideas – Under ideas experts provide their own take on how a particular problem like Communism, Climate Change, Indian Education System, Caste system, Issues in Health Sector, Religious tensions etc. can be tackled.

Besides these above sections you can keep yourself updated on what to read on a daily basis from INDIAN EXPRESS you can click on the link below –

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