Daily Practice Sheet 21 October 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• President assent to state bill
• Plasma therapy could be scrapped
• IT tax survey
• Transmission lower at weakly capitalized banks:
• Immunotherapy
• Kaleshwaram lift irrigation
• InvITs
• FDI surge
• World Investment Report

Daily Mapping

• Kaleshwaram lift irrigation

Daily Facts

Cybercrimes

• Cybercrimes in India caused Rs 1.25 lakh crore loss in 2019

Indian Banking system: 

• Indian banks have Rs 144 lakh crore in bank deposits and  Rs 110 lakh crore in bank loans .
• Banks have 210 crore deposit accounts but only 27 crore loan accounts.
  

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 2: Polity

1. What are foreign tribunals? Discuss their mandate and critically examine their working in context of NRC. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

1. What are the factors that attract FDI? Assess how far India has been able to attract global FDI. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Critically examine loan interest waiver. [Reference: Indian Express]
3. What are SEZs? Critically examine India’s SEZ policy and assess how far SEZs have been effective in boosting exports and creating employment. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Security

1. What do you understand by narco terrorism? Assess the threat to India. [Reference: Tribune India]
2. Cybercrime has emerged as the major threat to the economy. In this context, discuss the National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS). [Reference: Economic Times]
3. Critically assess India’s Defence offset policy. Has it succeeded in achieving the intended objective? How will the recent changes in the offset clause impact the indigenisation defense production in India? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by biasness? [Reference: Indian Express]