Daily Practice Sheet 2 January 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

2 January 2022

Daily Prelims Topic

• India appeals against WTO dispute panel ruling
• Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu
• Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement
• FCRA Registration
• PM-KISAN
• Mushroom Farming
• Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR)
• Hate Speech
• Corbevax and Covovax

Daily Facts

Population density

• Population densities in last 40 years have more than doubled.

MAINS OPTIMA 2022

Day 54

Health Sector

1. The two big challenges of the healthcare industry — access and affordability. Discuss strategies to overcome them.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 3: Economy

1. Critically examine India’s subsidy regime in the backdrop of the adverse report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on India’s sugar and sugar cane subsidy. [Reference: Business Line]
2. What do you understands by subsidies? In WTO terminology subsidies in general are identified by ‘boxes’ which are given the colours of traffic lights. Explain the different boxes. [Reference: WTO]

GS 3: Environment

1. Is population growth a major factor behind environmental destruction? What is an optimum level of demographic pressure to promote community-based environmental management?
2. What do you understand by common property resources? Explain their significance in sustainable development. In this context, explain tragedy of common. [Reference: Egyankosh]