Daily Practice Sheet 5 January 2022

  • January 5, 2022
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Daily Practice Sheet

5 January 2022

Daily Prelims Topic

  1. Government securities (G-Secs)
  2. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
  3. Blizzard
  4. New Covid variant ‘IHU’
  5. India to surpass China as 3rd largest user of Ethanol
  6. Green Hydrogen
  7. 5 Sikh takhts
  8. Residual Pandemic
  9. Trash into a Volcano
  10. Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara
  11. Multi AgencyCentre (MAC)
  12. Mud Crab Reovirus (MCRV)

On this day

On this day in 2014, launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.

Daily Facts

Manufacturing:

  • China’s share of contribution to world manufacturing in 2018 was 28 per cent, the highest among all countries. But in the same year, the US, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Italy, France, UK, and Mexico contributed 16.6 per cent, 7.2 per cent, 5.8 per cent, 3.3 per cent, 2.3 per cent, 1.9 per cent, 1.8 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively to world manufacturing.
  • In 1951, the primary sector of agriculture and allied activities like forestry, fishing contributed to 56.4 per cent of India’s GDP, the secondary sector of manufacturing, construction, mines, and quarry contributed 15.01 per cent and the tertiary sector of services contributed 28.59 per cent. In 2021, the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors contributed 20.2 per cent, 24.3 per cent and 53.9 per cent, respectively, of the GDP of India. Fast growth is propelled first by the secondary sector, and thereafter by the tertiary sector

Renewable energy

  • India’s renewable energy targets have steadily become more ambitious, from the 175 GW by 2022 declared at Paris, to 450 GW by 2030 at the UN Climate Summit, and now 500 GW by 2030, announced at COP26. India has also announced the target of 50 per cent installed power generation capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030, raising the existing target of 40 per cent, which has already been almost achieved. India will not lag in terms of new cutting-edge renewable technologies and has already announced a Hydrogen Energy Mission for grey and green hydrogen. In energy efficiency, the market-based scheme of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) has avoided 92 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions during its first and second cycle

CSE 2022

Day 57

Topic: RTI (Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability) Citizen Charter

  1. Transparency is a cornerstone of democracy. Discuss the transparency regime of India. Do you think culture of secrecy still exists in India?

Hint: Transparency as the cornerstone of democracy and good governance is focus of any democratic country. Here, you have to discuss transparency regime of India (laws, Constitutional provisions, role of civil society etc) and then argue for and against if culture of secrecy exists in India.

Introduction (I): Introduce with the significance of transparency in a democracy or 2nd ARC statement on democracy etc.

Body (B): 1) Now discuss various aspects of transparency regime and give facts and examples (when you talk of civil society talk of something like MKSS)

2) Argue for and against the presence of culture of secrecy in India.

Conclusion (C): Based on your arguments take position about if culture of secrecy reign supreme in India or it is otherwise.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Discuss the contribution of Saint Chavara. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Argue for increasing share of manufacturing in Indian economy. Discuss favorable factors and also examine the challenges. [Reference: Business Line]
  2. Normally countries shift from agriculture to industry and then later to services but India shifted directly from agriculture to services. What are the reasons for the huge growth of services vis-a-vis industry in the country? [Reference: Business Line]
  3. Why India’s share in world’s manufacturing is just 3% where as China’s share is 28% despite both having comparatively same population? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Environment

  1. What do you understand by carbon capture? Explain how it is useful in managing the challenge of climate change? [Reference: Business Line]
  2. How effective are market mechanism in achieving climate change goals.
  3. India’s journey on the low-carbon pathway towards net-zero requires the active participation of all stakeholders. [Reference: Indian Express] 
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