Daily Practice Sheet 23 March 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet
23 March 2021
Daily Prelims Topic
- Legislative Council
- Gandhi Peace Prize
- Marine Aids to Navigation Bill-2021
- NALSA
- Houthis/Yemen war
- Chin community
- Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971
- Role of weather in Covid-19 Pandemic
- VVPAT
- UNHRC
- CCI
- Periodic labour force survey
Daily Constitution
- Art 217
Daily Mapping
- States sharing border with Myanmar
- Xinjiang
Daily Data
Judiciary (The Standing Committee for Ministry of Law and Justice Report)
- High courts currently have a sanctioned strength of 1,080 judges and are working with only 661 judges (39% vacancy).
- Out of the total vacancies in the High Court 211 recommendations were yet to be received from high court collegiums.
- Of the total 116 proposals pending with the Department of justice, 48 proposals (41.37 per cent) are awaiting clearance from the Intelligence Bureau.
Human action in climate change
- State of the planet’ study says that human action is now a significant threat to the resilience and stability of the biosphere, where all life exists.
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, say that, since the 1950s, human action has altered the biosphere significantly, with humans and the mammals they domesticate/consume making up 96% of the total mammalian weight of the planet.
MGNREGA and water conservation
- The rural development ministry noted in a release in 2019, meant 75% of the activities in the list of those permissible under MGNREGA “directly improve water security and water conservation efforts”.
- Over the past 15 years, nearly 30 million water-conservation related works—or 50/per Indian village—have been executed under the programme, creating a water conservation potential of close to 29,000 million cubic metres.
Daily Mains Mantra
GS2: Polity
- Pendency of the judicial appointment proposals is one of the many issues afflicting Indian judiciary. Examine. [Reference: Indian Express]
- Will the Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2021 reduce the elected government to a mere vestigial organ? [Reference: The Hindu]
GS2: International Relations
- Political stability and policy continuity have helped Delhi and Dhaka deepen bilateral ties. However, same has not translated in India-Pakistan relationship. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
GS3: Environment
- Discuss the role of MGNREGA in climate adaptation at time India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change risk. [Reference: Financial Express]
GS3: Security