Welfare and Protection — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

Focus on memorizing specific details of welfare schemes - PBBY coverage amounts (₹15 lakh medical, ₹10 lakh accidental death), ICWF funding sources, OCI vs PIO differences, and recent evacuation operation names with years.

Create a timeline of major operations: Operation Sukoon (Lebanon 2006), Operation Safe Homecoming (Libya 2011), Operation Raahat (Yemen 2015), Operation Ganga (Ukraine 2022). Memorize constitutional articles (Article 11), key acts (Citizenship Act 1955), and institutional changes (MOIA 2004, MEA merger 2016).

Pay attention to current affairs connections - new bilateral agreements, MADAD portal updates, recent policy changes. Use elimination techniques by understanding the scope of each scheme and avoiding confusion between similar-sounding programs.

Practice questions on institutional roles, distinguishing between MEA functions, mission responsibilities, and scheme implementations.

Also build Paper II skills

Dense constitutional and IR passages mirror CSAT-style comprehension and argument evaluation—build those skills in parallel. CSAT hub.

• Valid & invalid arguments
• Syllogisms
• Critical reasoning