Daily Practice Sheet 17 February 2021

  • February 17, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

17 February 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Switch Delhi Campaign
  • Maharaja Suheldev
  • Grants by the Finance Commission
  • IMF’s Extended Fund Facility
  • Persevarance rover
  • Credit Default Swaps
  • Non-convertible debentures (NCD)
  • LG of Puducherry/UTs
  • Assets under Management
  • COVAX

Daily Facts

Environment

  • The largest share of CO2 emissions is accounted for by electricity production (54%), followed by manufacturing industries and construction (25%) and transport (12%). While India emitted 1.99 GT of CO2 in 2014, it emitted other GHGs as well like methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases.

Banking

  • Stressed assets of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to touch ₹1.5-1.8 lakh crore or 6-7.5% of their assets under management (AUM) by the end of this fiscal.
  • The RBI, in its Financial Stability Report released last month, had said GNPAs of NBFCs increased to 6.3% as of March 2020 from 5.3% as of March 2019.

Daily Mapping

  • Philippines
  • Turkey

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS1: Society 

  1. Tribals are fast becoming India’s “Invisible” migrant population. In this context discuss trends of tribal migration and factors leading to it. Evaluate impact of migration on tribals. [Reference: India Times]
  2. Violence against women is not mere a law-and-order problem. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Discuss India’s new Geo-Spatial Sector Policy. Also, bring out the challenges it entails. [Reference: Financial Express, Financial Express]
  2. Critically examine the relevance of Centrally Sponsored Schemes. Do you think they go against the basic principle of cooperative federalism?

GS 3: Economy

  1. Google’s battle against proposed Australia law could lead to a new template for the business of news in the digital age. [Reference: Indian Express, Indian Express]
  2. Farm protests are not only about MSP. Rather there is need to understand that regional and crop diversities in India may not need one law fit for all approach. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What is privatization? Evaluate India’s privatization efforts so far. What should strategy be in the current bout of privatization as announced in budget? [Reference: Financial Express]

GS3: Environment

  1. What is carbon neutrality? What are carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and how it can boost strategy to achieve aims of carbon neutrality? [Reference: Financial Express]

GS4: Ethics

  1. What is altruism? Explain with a real life example.
Daily Practice Sheet