Daily Practice Sheet 18 November 2021

  • November 18, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

18 November 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

  • 10 Tribal Museums
  • Fairs in India
  • Odisha Temple Architecture
  • Animal Husbandry Dept signs MoU with Food Processing Ministry
  • One District One Product (ODOP) of Ministry of Food Processing Industries
  • Strategic Oil Reserves
  • Rural Connectivity Boost
  • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
  • COP26 Coal Reference
  • WTO Farm Talks
  • Countries of Particular Concern: US
  • The International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Bill, 2021
  • ASER Report 2021
  • Arogya Sanjeevani Scheme
  • Anglo – Indians
  • Memorandum of Procedure(MoP)

Daily Facts

Informal Economy

  • In 2017-18, as per the latest official statistics, India’s informal sector accounted for approximately 52 per cent of its GDP, employing 82 per cent of the total workforce. These ratios have broadly remained unchanged over the last decade. A recent study by SBI has reported that the Indian economy witnessed accelerated formalisation under the distressed conditions of the pandemic and the lockdown last year. The study estimates that the share of the informal economy has fallen to a mere one-fifth of GDP — a figure comparable to many advanced economies.

CSE 2021

Day 9

  1. Food security and gender equality and women’s empowerment are concomitant and inextricably interlinked. 15 Marks

CSE 2022

Day 20

Topic: Issues related to Direct and Indirect Farm Subsidies

  1. Rising subsidies are crowding out resources for investment and innovation in agriculture. In this context critically examine PMKISAN.

Mains Master Notes on Subsidies

  1. What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and state levels? Critically analyze the agriculture subsidy regime with the reference to the distortions created by it.

Mains Master Notes on Subsidies

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Most of the art and architectural remains that survive from Ancient and Medieval India are religious in nature. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. In a constitutional democracy state and civil society are at least in principle complementary rather than substitutes for each other. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

  1. What does is Agreement on Agriculture of WTO? In this context examine the divide between G 33 and developed world. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

  1. A recent study by SBI has reported that the Indian economy witnessed accelerated formalisation. Critically examine factors responsible for increase in formalisation and decline in informal size of economy. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Animal husbandry and food processing are interlinked and complementary in nature. Discuss. [Reference: OrrisaDiary]

GS 3: Science and Technology

  1. Why Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is considered a global public health threat? [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. Discuss ethical issues in surrogacy. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Explain the constitutional values that underpin the Indian constitution. [Reference: Indian Express]
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