How to Prepare Current affairs For UPSC
To solve this problem of aspirants, we on a daily basis provide easy-to-read current affairs for UPSC IAS exam.
Factly: Daily Current Affairs Articles for UPSC Prelims
- Delhi CM launches website showing real-time data on sources of air pollution
- I&B Ministry issues advisory on private TV channels’ ‘public service broadcasting’ obligation
- Kelp forests losing unique traits due to climate change, says study
- Soliga ecarinata: New genus of wasp named after Soliga community in Karnataka
- Scientists spot 1st gamma-ray eclipses from strange ‘spider’ star systems
- Plan in place to eradicate invasive plant species from Kerala’s wildlife habitat
- Why are milk prices so high, and what can be done about it?
- Hindenburg report alleged fraud by its firms, Adani Group says ‘attack on India’
- India’s call to modify the Indus Waters Treaty
Current Affairs Compilations for UPSC IAS Prelims 2022
- Topic-Wise Questions Bank: Polity Quiz/MCQs for UPSC Civil Services Prelims
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs | Miscellaneous topics in news
- Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Climate Change, Pollution and mitigating measures in news
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs | Government Campaigns and Initiatives
- Important Environmental Initiatives – International and Domestic | Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Part -2
- Defense Exercises and other Important Topics | Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Part 2
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs| Projects, Operations and Missions
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief
- 21st century India needs a real-time fiscal data portal
- Hedging and entrenched attitudes from India and Pakistan are a reminder that technical agreements are only a partial solution
- ‘General Assembly divided over UN reforms’
- Education challenges of employment
- A problem of science at the Padma awards
- Tasks for India’s millet revolution
- Process to set up Sixteenth Finance Commission set to kick off soon
- Intellectual property rights sensitivity should not be at the expense of public health obligations
- Green debut – Green bonds can help lower borrowing cost
- In NREGA reforms, prioritise the worker and her dues
7 PM Daily Editorial
- Groundwater Use and Governance in India – Explained, pointwise
- [Kurukshetra January 2023 Summary] Cooperatives to FPOs: A Paradigm Shift – Explained, pointwise
- Ken-Betwa Link Project: Benefits and Challenges – Explained, pointwise
- Issues Related to the Office of Governor – Explained, pointwise
- Issues Related to Prisons and Prison Reforms – Explained, pointwise
- India-Maldives Relationship – Explained, pointwise
- [Kurukshetra January 2023 Summary] Cooperative Entrepreneurship – Explained, pointwise
- [Download] 7 PM Weekly Compilation -January 2023 – 1st and 2nd week
- [Yojana January 2023 Summary] India’s Wealth: Millet For Health – Explained, pointwise
- The Conflict Between Forest Rights and Forest Conservation – Explained, pointwise
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 31 – 2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 30 – 2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | Revision Test |January-29-2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 28 – 2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 27 – 2023
- [Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 3rd week
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 25 – 2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 24 – 2023
- 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |January – 23 – 2023
- [Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 –2nd week
Must Read News Articles
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 31st, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 30th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 28th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 26th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 25th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 24th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 23rd, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 21st, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 20th, 2023
- Must Read Current Affairs Articles – January 19th, 2023
Weekly Current Affairs Compilations
- [Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 3rd week
- [Download] Mains Marathon Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 3rd week
- [Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 3rd week
- [Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 3rd week
- [Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 – 2nd week
- [Download] 10 PM Weekly Compilation – January, 2023 –2nd week
- [Download] 7 PM Weekly Compilation -January 2023 – 1st and 2nd week
Monthly Current Affairs for UPSC
- [Download] 9 PM Monthly Compilation | December, 2022
- [Download] Prelims Marathon Monthly Compilation | December, 2022
- [Download] 10 PM Monthly Compilation | December, 2022
- [Download] Monthly Compilation of 7 PM Editorials December, 2022
- [Download] Mains Marathon Monthly Compilation – December, 2022
- [Download] 9 PM Monthly Compilation | November, 2022
- [Download] 10 PM Monthly Compilation | November, 2022
Current Affairs Compilations for UPSC IAS Prelims 2022
- Topic-Wise Questions Bank: Polity Quiz/MCQs for UPSC Civil Services Prelims
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs | Miscellaneous topics in news
- Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Climate Change, Pollution and mitigating measures in news
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs | Government Campaigns and Initiatives
- Important Environmental Initiatives – International and Domestic | Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Part -2
- Defense Exercises and other Important Topics | Current Affairs Compilation for Prelims 2022 | Part 2
- UPSC IAS Prelims 2022 Material| Current Affairs| Projects, Operations and Missions

Reading and understanding Current Affairs for UPSC examination is a must. It is not only a requirement of IAS exam preparation but also a job requirement of an administrator to stay aware and understand the issues appearing in Daily Current Affairs, to handle them efficiently and effectively.
In the Civil Service examination, be it Prelims or Mains, the weightage of questions asked directly or indirectly from the daily current affairs has increased manifold over the years. In the Prelims examination, while UPSC is asking 20+ questions every year directly from monthly current affairs, the portion of the questions based on topics appearing in daily current affairs news is significant.
Below is the table describing the trend of direct current affairs for upsc questions asked by UPSC in Prelims examination.
Current affairs weightage in Prelims 2016-2020
we are providing Daily Current Affairs material for UPSC & IAS Exams
ForumIAS always providing daily Current Affairs study materials for free to the UPSC aspirants in the form of brief Current Affairs and Editorial. It is not a new initiative, Since its inception, ForumIAS is committed to providing, aspirants with the monthly current affairs material. ForumIAS has been one of the first platforms that started providing summaries and comprehensive analysis of the Daily Current Affairs for UPSC in the form of 9 PM brief and 7 PM Editorials.
For practice, ForumIAS started providing Current affairs based Mains Marathon for Mains Practice and current affairs based Prelims Marathon for Practice of prelims.
All our initiatives are, to this date are running consistently and successfully. Lakhs of students have been benefitted from these current affairs initiatives and will keep on providing such benefits for many upcoming years.
Daily Must Read Current Affairs Articles
One of the challenges aspirants face is which article is important from the exam point of view. Our Must-Read Current Affairs Article Initiative Provides a list of the most important Current Affairs articles of the Day.
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief
Our daily 9 PM brief provides Daily Current Affairs summaries in notes format. In this initiative, our editorial team tries to make the task easier for you by sifting through 4 to 5 relevant newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Times of India, etc., skimming Current Affairs articles, and presenting the details in a concise form. These entire articles briefed and brought together for the day that we call as 9 PM Daily Brief. You don’t need to look anywhere more for your daily news bytes.
7 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials
For mains examinations, aspirants require an in-depth understanding of the daily issues appearing in Current Affairs. You need to understand the issue itself and its Causes, impacts, and way forward. Under this initiative, our editorial team provides you with an in-depth analysis of the most important daily current affairs issue in the news. You will be able to build an overall understanding of the issue by reading these news articles.
How to Prepare Current Affairs Notes For UPSC?
Methods of Current Affairs Notes preparation: Techniques and methods of preparing current affairs notes differ from aspirant to aspirant. Some prefer handwritten notes, while others like to make online notes of current affairs for revision purposes. No method is the best one, the selection of the method totally depends upon the comfort level of an aspirant.
Limit sources of reading current affairs today: This is one of the crucial aspects of the Current Affairs Preparation. Aspirants sometimes start using so many sources for current affairs that it becomes impossible for them to cover everything important properly and unmanageable after reading that. Thus aspirants must limit their daily current affairs source to 3-4 only i.e. 1 good newspaper like Indian Express or The Hindu, PIB, 1 good current affairs compilation website like ForumIAS or any other website.
How long to read? Many aspirants spend 5-6 hours of their daily time on just reading newspapers and other sources of current affairs, leaving them with very little time to spend on the static part and their optional. Ideally, 2-3 hours should be more than sufficient to read current affairs today
thoroughly.
How to read current affairs? If you go through the question papers of UPSC asked in the previous years, simply reading the news will not help to crack this examination. You should also read the aspects around the topic of the news and should not involve yourself in political debates. You should try to find out the background of the issue, Socio-Economic-Political-Environmental impacts of the issue, reasons behind the issue, and solutions for that. For example:
If you are reading an issue related to Compensation Cess, Other than the conceptual aspects of the compensation Cess, you must read: –
- Background of the issue i.e. covers from the intro of GST and the commitments made by centre to states regarding Compensation cess to present.
- Provisions in the constitution, related to the division of financial powers between centre and states
- Reasons for shortfall in Compensation cess
- Cover Impacts of the shortfall from different dimensions, for example: On the federal structure, on the Socio-economic status of states, etc.
- Recommendations and way forward by economists and experts
