Daily Practice Sheet 1 March 2021

  • March 1, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

1 March 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • PSLV-C51
  • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
  • National Science Day
  • Phase 2 of the Covid vaccination
  • Maritime India Summit 2021
  • Child Welfare Committee (CWCs)
  • Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mollem National Park (GOA)
  • Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine (JNJ-78436735 or Ad26.COV2.S.)
  • Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM report)
  • TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme)
  • Cloud Computing
  • Mission Poshan 2.0:Saksham Aganwadi schemes, National Crèche Scheme

Daily Mapping

  • Mormugao Port

Daily Data

Environment

  • In 2020, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissed a total of 22 appeals, mostly by local residents against green clearances issued to 20 projects. As many as 11, half of these dismissals were on the technical ground that appellants did not approach the Tribunal in time.
  • The average maximum temperature in Delhi in February was 27.9 degrees Celsius, the second highest since 1901, (fewer Western Disturbances this year) lower than 29.7 degrees recorded in February 2006 and equivalent to what it was in 1960, IMD data shows.

Corporate Governance

  • 3/4th of the CPSUs flouts SEBI’s norms for independent directors as 55 of 72 major CPSUs, banks/FIs don’t meet SEBI’s independent director norms.

Electricity

  • DISCOMs dues to generation companies rose by 24% in current financial year.

Vacancy in technical institutions

  • Countrywide, there is a 45% vacancy level in technical faculty.

Daily Mains Mantra

IAS 2022

  1. What is government? Discuss various types of government.
  2. What is Panchayat Raj? Discuss its structure.
  3. Discuss the significance of Gram Sabha.

GS1: Geography

  1. Explain why sugar mills are opened in drought prone districts.

GS1: Society

  1. Discuss the challenges of reopening schools in context translating the vision of the New Education Policy (NEP) into practice. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Establish a relation between health improvements and economic growth in developing countries.

GS2: Polity

  1. What is lateral entry scheme? Critically examine its potential role in improving governance. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Discuss the challenge of “Parallel Judicial System” due to tribalization of the judicial process. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. Discuss the role of Aganwadi Centres in fighting malnutrion?

GS2: IR

  1. Critically analyze India – China trade relations. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Economy

  1. How far the “Operation Green” has been effective in checking price volatility, building efficient value-chain, reducing post-harvest losses. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS3: Science and Technology

  1. Throw light on the contribution of C V Raman for Indian science and technology. Also, discuss the power of science in driving Atma Nirbhar Bharat. [Reference: Google]

GS3: Environment

  1. What is meant by decarbonization? In context of recent Uttarakhand flood and Texas crashing of electricity grid due to cold wave discuss issues and limitations of the current decarbonization strategies. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by code of ethics?
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