Daily Practice Sheet 31 January 2021

  • January 31, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

31 January 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • PETN explosive
  • Beema Bamboo
  • Cess and surcharge
  • K-shaped recovery
  • Dutch Tulip bubble burst:
  • Niti Governing council
  • Shree Lingaraj temple
  • Chandrayaan
  • Neutrinos in death of massive stars
  • Tropical cyclone
  • Saturn and titan
  • Abraham accord

Daily Constitution

  • Article 213

Daily Facts

  • Economic year estimated 7.7% contraction in economy for year 2020-21.

Civil aviation

  • The total fleet strength of Indian carriers increased to 713 as of November 2020, compared to 669 as of March 2020 bucks COVID distress trend. (Economic survey 2020-21)

Credit growth

  • 3% Growth in credit to medium industries, compared to 2.5 percent a year ago. (RBI)

Man-animal conflict

  • As per the records of the Uttarakhand forest department, 62 people died and 286 were injured in man-animal conflicts in 2020

Daily Mains Mantra

Economic Survey Special

GS 3: Economy

  1. What do you understand by External Commercial Borrowing? Discuss its challenges in Indian fiscal policy and how it should be productively employed for growth. [Reference: Financial Express]
  2. Examine the role of PM-JAY in taking incremental steps for India’s healthcare towards universal healthcare. [Reference: Live Mint]
  3. What is subsidy? How subsidy has become one of the critical challenges for government expenditure in India. Suggest a comprehensive approach to rationalize food subsidy in India.
  4. What do you understand by Bad Bank? Can it solve the problem of NPAs? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Environment

  1. What do you understand by green tax? Discuss in the context of automobile section.[Reference: The Hindu]
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