Daily Practice Sheet 1 January 2021

  • January 1, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet 1 January 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

  1. Foreign tribunals
  2. Agriculture Infrastructure Development Fund
  3. Macrophages (lung immune cells)
  4. Core Industries
  5. Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme
  6. Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN), Open Health Services Network (OHSN)
  7. FATF
  8. Fiscal Deficit
  9. Brahmo Samaj and Kesab Chandra Sen
  10. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Daily mapping

  1. Gulf of Aden

Daily Constitution

  1. Art 25

Daily facts

Unemployment

PLFS survey on urban unemployment:

  • Urban jobless rate rises to 9.1% in Jan-Mar from 7.9% in Oct-Dec ’19 (marginally lower than 9.3 per cent in January-March 2019).
  • Female unemployment rate in urban areas was recorded in double digits at 10.5 per cent and for male it was 8.7%.
  • Labour force participation rate rose to over a five-quarter high of 37.5 per cent, as against 37.2 per cent in the previous quarter.

Digital infrastructure/IT BPM economy

  • Mobile broadband speeds in India are barely 31% globally (Speedtest.net, October 2020).
  • IT-BPM economy in India contributes an incredible $167 billion, with exports reaching $126 billion (India Brand Equity Foundation)
  • According to NASSCOM, around 40% of Indian start-ups were forced to stop their operations.

Leopord Population:

India’s leopard population increases by 60% in 4 years

Climate Change:

A recent report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water found that 75% of districts in India, home to over half the population, were vulnerable to extreme climate risks.

India witnessed 250 extreme climate events between 1970 and 2005, the country recorded 310 extreme climate events after 2005 alone. Further, between 1990 and 2019, India incurred losses exceeding $100 billion

Drought-affected districts have increased by an yearly average of 13 times over the last two decades. The frequency of cyclones has also doubled. Over 40% of Indian districts now show a swapping trend: flood-prone areas are becoming drought-prone, and vice-versa

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS1: History

  1. Bring out some of lessons from the Indian history as a possible approach to fight current economic crisis. [Reference: The Better India]
  2. Discuss the contribution of Brahmo Samaj and Kesab Chandra Sen in modernising India. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS1: Society

  1. Caste discrimination still continues unabated in spite of legal safeguards. In this context discuss challenges of caste discrimination and what more needs to be done? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Why was Special Marriage Act enacted? Discuss its significance in the context of uniform civil code. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS2: Welfare schemes

  1. PM-WANI has all the potential to usher in universal digital revolution India needs today. Discuss. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS3: Economy

  1. Discuss the idea of allowing corporate in banking. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Environment

  1. Analyze the vulnerability of India due to climate changerisks. In this context discuss the need to build climate resilience. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Science and technology

  1. How Artificial intelligence and technology can potentially alter businesses in India and what steps are being undertaken to be prepared for AI-led economy. [Reference: Financial Express]
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