Daily Practice Sheet 23 February 2021

  • February 23, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

23 February 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 Daily Prelims Topic

  • Bond Yield
  • CBI and Consent of States
  • SAGAR
  • Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA)
  • Genome Valley
  • 6G
  • National Company Law Tribunal
  • Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)

Daily Constitution

  1. Fundamental Right to Health under right to life under Article 21 (Bombay HC while granting bail in Elga Parishad Bhima-Koregaon case)

Daily Mapping

  1. Mauritius
  2. Mandovi river

Daily Data

Hunger:

The trend of hunger was still upwards: according to the FAO, the number of hungry people increased by 60 million between 2014 and 2019.

More than 2 billion people across the world, or around a quarter of the world’s population, were unable to afford a nutritious diet in 2019. And this was more widely spread, with evidence of such food insecurity in Europe and North America (88 million), Latin America (192 million) and South-East Asia (123 million) and the MENA region (148 million).

Of course, South Asia (692 million) and Sub Saharan Africa (605 million) continue to dominate the food-insecure population, accounting for two-thirds of the world’s total.

Indian Railways

  • Indian Railways has projected an operating ratio of 96.96
  • Without compromising on safety and security, it has projected savings of `22,000 crore in revenue expenditure.
  • It is expected that Rs 14,500 crore will be saved through electrification of broad-gauge routes

5G adoption

Currently, the 5G network covers around 7% of the world population and it is expected that by 2025, it will cover 20% of the world’s population.

Animal husbandry and dairy sector

The animal husbandry and dairy sector collectively employs more than 100 million people.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS2: Polity

  1. What do you understand by democratic exceptionalism attributed for Indian democracy sometimes? Is there a challenge to democratic centralism in India? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. The Migrant crisis during pandemic has given an opportunity to reimagine labour-capital relations. Discuss. Also, comment how far a new Policy on Migrant Workers can help achieve better rights for migrant workers. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What is sedition in Indian context? Discuss how over the years the courts have interpreted sedition laws? Does a democracy like India need sedition laws today? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Governance

  1. What do you understand by food insecurity? Comment upon the state of food insecurity in the world especially focusing upon

GS2: International relations

  1. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has presented the country a unique space to mainstream science and technology in its foreign policies. In this context discuss how Indiscuss how far India’s S&T has influenced its foreign policy and how India can use it to achieve foreign policy objectives more effectively. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Economy

  1. Indian Railways has been the lifeline of Indian people and economy. In this context discuss challenges facing Indian Railways and examine the recent reform efforts in this direction. [Reference: Financial Express]
  2. To increase its role in the growing global market for digital information-technology services India needs investments in human and physical digital infrastructure. In this context critically examine Digital India mission achievements so far. [Reference: Financial Express]
  3. Discuss socio-economic, nutritional and environmental impacts of investment in animal husbandry. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Ethics

  1. How does conflict of interest and questions of propriety against a public servant breeds corruption? [Reference: Indian Express]
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