Daily Practice Sheet 20 January 2022

State Finances, Study of Budgets of 2021-22 observed that with the third-tier governments in India playing a frontline role in combating the pandemic by implementing containment strategies, healthcare, their finances have come under severe strain, forcing them to cut down expenditures and mobilise funding from various sources.

Urban local bodies:

An RBI survey of 221 municipal corporations (2020-21) revealed that more than 70% saw a decline in revenues; in contrast, their expenditure rose by almost 71.2%

Food Insecurity and malnutrition:

According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report 2021, India recorded the highest child wasting rate of any country at 17.3 per cent in 2020. Moreover, recent data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019- 21) show that roughly 35 per cent of children under five are affected by stunting.
The UN Policy 2018 reports that nearly four out of 10 children in India do not meet their full human potential owing to chronic malnutrition. Besides, with one in every three children malnourished, malnutrition is also thought to be the predominant risk factor for deaths in children under five, accounting for 68.2 per cent of the total under-five deaths.

CSE 2022

Day 72

Topic: Popular Movement

The genesis of the problem of separatist movement in Punjab was communalism in Punjab. Discuss

GS 2: Polity

Child malnutrition is one of the most pressing public health issues currently in India. Examine the cause and critically assess government’s effort to tackle this problem. [Reference: Business Line] (Question of the day)
The general approach towards urban empowerment, including financial capabilities, has remained piecemeal in India. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

GS 4: Ethics

Great leaders are risk takers. Comment. [Reference: Business Standard]
What are values? How has religious values served humanity? Explain with example. [Reference: Business Standard]