How many Social Issues topics are covered on Vaidra?

Vaidra covers 215 comprehensive Social Issues topics for UPSC IAS preparation. Each topic includes detailed notes, AI-generated visual diagrams, previous year question mapping, and practice questions — giving you complete syllabus coverage.

Is Social Issues important for UPSC Prelims and Mains?

Yes, Social Issues is a core subject in the UPSC Civil Services syllabus. It appears in both Prelims GS Paper I and Mains GS Papers, requiring deep conceptual understanding and the ability to write analytical answers. Vaidra's 215 curated topics cover every aspect mapped directly to the official UPSC syllabus.

How should I study Social Issues for UPSC?

To master Social Issues for UPSC: (1) Start with foundational topics to build conceptual clarity, (2) Use Vaidra's AI-generated visual diagrams to understand complex relationships, (3) Link each topic to previous year questions to understand exam patterns, (4) Practice answer writing for Mains using the integrated practice questions, (5) Revise regularly using Vaidra's progress tracking to cover all 215 topics systematically.

Does Vaidra provide Social Issues notes aligned with UPSC syllabus?

Yes, all 215 Social Issues topics on Vaidra are directly mapped to the official UPSC syllabus for both Prelims and Mains. Each topic includes difficulty level, page references from standard textbooks, PYQ (previous year question) linkage, and AI-enhanced visual learning to help you retain concepts efficiently.

Social Issues

50 Years of Chipko Movement

7 th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2024

Abetment of Suicide: Key Supreme Court Judgments

Amendment to Surrogacy Rules

Anaemia: Causes, Impact, and Mitigation Strategies

Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI)

AYUSH Schemes: Quality, Manufacturing, Medicinal Plants & Promotion

Basic literacy focuses majorly on the acquisition of 3Rs, i.e., reading, writing and arithmetic skills.

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme: Addressing Declining Child Sex Ratio

Brothel Definition: Section 2 and Key Elements

Building An Inclusive Society Through SMILE

Cancer: Burden, Causes, and Global Access to Treatment

Cervical Cancer

Chenchu Tribe: MGNREGS Impact, Livelihoods, and Vulnerable Status

Chipko Movement: Philosophy, Impact, and Key Figures

Chipko Movement: Relevance of Gandhian Ecology & Community Empowerment in 2024

Civil Society and Women’s Movements

Constitutional & Statutory Safeguards for Vulnerable Sections

Definitions: Manual Scavenging & Sanitation Workers

Deletion of MGNREGA Job Cards

Empowerment Schemes and Programs

Equality in Business: Judicial Interpretations & Article 21

Eradicating Manual Scavenging

First All-India Survey on AYUSH

Fundamental Rights: Sex Workers' Rights - Gaurav Jain Case

Gaps in Implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012

Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

Global Burden of Cancer: WHO

Global Gender Gap Report 2024

Global Hepatitis Report 2024

Global Hunger Index 2024

Global Polio Resurgence

Global Status on Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage

Global Tuberculosis Report 2024

Government Initiatives for Manual Scavengers & Sanitation Workers

Government Initiatives to Promote Gender Parity

Health, Nutrition & Education

High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule

Hindu Succession Act, 2005: Daughters' Inheritance Rights

Hindu Succession Act: Applicability and Scope

HIV/AIDS: Severity and Progression to AIDS Stage

HIV Transmission: Modes and Mechanisms

HIV: Understanding the Virus, its Impact, and Implications

How is India Fighting Against Tobacco?

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act: Penalties Under Section 5

Important Reports and Data

India currently does not have a standard definition

Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA)

Indian Initiatives to Reduce Gender Gap in Social, Economic and Political Life

Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD)

India's Efforts to Combat Tuberculosis: Key Programs & Initiatives

India's Efforts to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027

India’s First Comprehensive Cancer Multi-Omics Data Portal

India TB Report 2024

Inheritance Laws in Other Communities

Inheritance Norms in Hindu Succession Act, 1956

Inheritance Norms in Hindu Succession Act, 1956

International Day of Indigenous Peoples

International Day of the Girl Child and BBBP

Islander people)” were forcibly removed from their families to assimilate into White culture.

Kala Azar Elimination Progress in India: Status and Challenges

Key Anti-TB Drugs: Isoniazid, Rifampicin, and Delamanid

Key Facts about Tobacco Usage

Konda Dora Tribe

Ladakh Achieves Full Functional Literacy

Leprosy in India: Status, Initiatives, and Global Strategies

Lymphatic Filariasis

Lymphatic Filariasis

Manual Scavenging: Constitutional Safeguards & Efforts to Reduce

Manual Scavenging: Legal Framework & Rehabilitation Efforts

Multidimensional Poverty Index: NITI Aayog

Multidimensional Poverty Index: NITI Ayog

NAMASTE Scheme: Caste & Manual Scavenging Data

National Awards for e-Governance

National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) 2007

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

Network Readiness Index 2024

Nicobarese Tribe