Daily Practice Sheet 2 May 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

2 May 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Rajya Sabha elections controversy
• Biosafety level 3 facility
• Activities against the security of the state under Art 311 (2) C
• Jaipur Senia Gharana
• SDRF
• P 8I aircraft
• Putola Nach
• Xylophisdeepaki
• SDRF
• Pole wandering
• Moderna vaccine
• Variants of concern

Daily Data

GST collections at all time-high

• GROSS Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections touched a record high of Rs 1.41 lakh crore in April, surpassing the previous high of Rs 1.23 lakh crore in March. The April collections, which account for sales in March, mark the seventh month where the monthly GST collections have crossed the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark. GST revenue had dipped to an all-time low of Rs 32,172 crore in April 2020.
• This has happened as the nature of the pandemic has pushed the smaller, unorganised sector players across several sectors out of business. Their share of business has moved to the bigger, organised sector players.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS2: International Relations

1. What do you understand by geo-politics? Discuss the geo-political tussle between USA and China and how it threatens the world. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS3: Security

1. The world, in a sense, has been fighting two pandemics: One caused by the virus and the other by the “info-demic”. In this context discuss the role of social media in current pandemic. [Reference: Indian Express]