Daily Practice Sheet 29 October 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

29 October 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• UNESCO World Heritage forests
• Heat Waves
• Agni-5 ballistic missile
• SWAMIH Fund
• Meme Coins Floki Currencies And Dogecoin-Killers
• Home Ministry
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes
• GST Compensation cess
• Nagar Van (Urban Forests)
• Agreement on Safeguards
• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill 2021
• Rigorous Imprisonment
• Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA)
• Tajikistan Mapping

Daily Facts

Climate Change:

• The world needs an investment of around $2.5 trillion per year to transition our economies and energy complex to where we need to be to keep temperatures down.

Tax evasion:

• The tax losses caused by the shell companies in tax havens are huge. Some estimate the wealth stashed in tax havens by indivi­duals to range between $9 trillion and $36 trillion. Other estimates indicate that as much as 10% of the global output is held in tax havens by shell companies which exist only on paper. 

CSE Mains 2021

Day 11

1. What do you understand by Genome? How genome sequencing can help? In this context discuss IndiGen initiative.

Mains Master Notes

2. What is CRISPR gene editing technique? Discuss its applications.

Mains Master Notes

3. What do you understand by compulsory licensing? Analyze related provisions in the Indian Patent Act, Intellectual Property Policy and WTO TRIPS.

Mains Master Notes

CSE Mains 2022

Day 7

1. What do you understand by biodiversity? Discuss its significance. What are the factors responsible for decline of biodiversity? Suggest measures to reverse the decline.

Mains Master Notes

2. Discuss the debate between conservation and tribal rights? How can both be balanced?

Mains Master Notes

3. Critically examine the proposed amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980. Are they opposed to FRA 2006?

Mains Master Notes, Reference: DownToEarth

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

1. How serious is drug abuse problem in Indian society? Should NDPS act be amended?

GS 2: Polity

1. The way water as a resource has been viewed in the policies of India has evolved significantly over the years. Examine in the context of National Water Policy 2020. [Reference: India Water Portal]
2. Analyze the draft National Waster Policy 2020. Will it be able to fill the gap? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

1. Startup ecosystem in India has transformed in the last 5 years. What has led to this transformation? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Tax havens continue to derail the global tax system. Discuss

GS 3: Environment

1. Why—despite all the sound and fury and a little loud progress here and there—we are failing in the goal of halting climate change? [Reference: EPW]
2. What do you understand by blue carbon?

GS 3: Security

1. Assess various challenges to coastal security in India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. Differentiate between retributive and reformative approach towards punishment. [Reference: The Hindu]