Daily Practice Sheet 23 October 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

23 October 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

1. Turkey under FATF Grey-List
2. Plastic Pollution
3. Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
4. RBI caps IPO funding by NBFCs at ₹1 cr per borrower
5. Indian Telegraph Right of Way (Amendment) Rules, 2021
6. RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee member Varma diverged from policy stance
7. Global Oil Boils
8. Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang
9. Madhubani Paintings
10. Net-Zero Emissions
11. CBI investigating powers inside state
12. Public Safety Act (PSA)
13. Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2021
14. Consumer Disputes Fora
15. Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Daily Facts

Plastic Pollution:

According to UNEP, The amount of plastics in the oceans has been estimated to be around 75-199 million tonnes at present. Without meaningful action, emissions of plastic waste into aquatic ecosystems are projected to nearly triple by 2040

CSE 2021 MAINS (Static)

DAY 5

Time: 30 Minutes 

1. Shanta Kumar committee recommends for gradual introduction of cash transfers in PDS starting with large cities with more than 1 million population; extending it to grain surplus states, and then giving option to deficit states to opt for cash or physical grain distribution. Do you think that it plugs the leakages and save the government exchequer?

Source: Mains Master Notes

2. The purpose of National Food Security Act was to give nutritional security to the people however the progress has been halting. Discuss the challenges in the implementation of the Act.

Source: Mains Master Notes

3. Rain-fed agriculture accounts for 68% of India’s cropped area providing livelihoods to 40% of people. With huge tract of land in the country falling under arid and semi-arid climatic region, explain the importance of Watershed Management in the country.

Source: Mains Master Notes

4. What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing the water use efficiency.

Source: Mains Master Notes

CSE 2022 MAINS (Static)

DAY 2

Time: 15 Minutes

1. Critically analyze the salient features of FRBM Act. In this context, the escape clause.
2. “Public Borrowing produces different effects on the economy.” Examine.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. What are floods? Discuss the factors behind them. Also show flood prone regions on a map of India.

GS 2: Polity

1. What are political parties? How do they differ from pressure groups? What role do they play in democracy? Discuss the need for inner party democracy in India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

1. Discuss the mandate of FATF. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. Plastic pollution is the most widespread problem affecting the marine environment.  Discuss. [Reference: DownToEarth, IUCN]
2. Discuss the risks and impacts of the commodification and financialisation of water on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 3: Disaster Management

1. Climate change has made natural disaster a seasonal phenomenon in India. In the light of the statement explain the problem of flooding in India. [Reference: QZ com, DownToEarth, DownToEarth]

GS 3: Security

1. Terrorism finance has aptly been termed as the lifeblood of terrorism. Explain. Also examine international and national effort to curb it. [Reference: IDSA]