Daily Practice Sheet 10 February 2021

  • February 10, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

10 February 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
  • Private Members bill
  • Ujjwala Scheme
  • Election and Tenure of Rajya Sabha MP
  • Kotia dispute
  • Niti Valley and Niti Pass
  • National Commission for Minorities, Act 1992
  • Amal or HOPE/ Arab’s world first inter-planetary mission
  • SEDITION LAW
  • CDSCO
  • E COMMERCE REGULATIONS
  • BTIA

Daily Mapping

  • Dhauli Ganga
  • Chamoli
  • Warsaw

Daily Facts

Diversity in judiciary

  • While women represent 48 per cent of our population, they constitute only 28 per cent of district court judges. Similarly, India’s 200 million Muslims represent 14 per cent of the population but only 7 per cent of lower court judges. (Development Data Lab, a US-based research organisation)

Drug abuse by children

  • The five states in India with the highest number of children that need help for inhalant use problems are: Uttar Pradesh, 94,000; Madhya Pradesh, 50,000; Maharashtra, 40,000; Delhi,38,000; and Haryana, 35,000.

Accidents on road

  • India accounts for the highest road accidents globally, with 1.5 lakh people being killed and over 3.5 lakh crippled annually

Erosion of Government and public sector jobs

  • The number of civil service candidates shortlisted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) dropped by almost 40 per cent between 2014 and 2018, from 1,236 to 759

Energy:

  • India is the world’s sixth-largest economy and is expected to become the third largest by 2030. In terms of consumption, India currently is the third largest energy consumer in the world. As per BP Energy Outlook 2020, India’s share of global energy consumption is expected to rise from 6 per cent to 8 per cent by 2030.
  • Natural gas is also the least carbon intensive fossil fuel and has a high hydrogen/carbon ratio. Due to this, natural gas on combustion releases up to 50 per cent less carbon dioxide than coal and 20-30 per cent less than oil. Globally, the share of natural gas in energy mix is around 24 per cent while in India its only 6 per cent.
  • The government has a vision of increasing the share of natural gas in energy mix from 6 per cent to 15 per cent by 2030

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS1: Society

  1. Discuss the role of caste in Indian society and politics. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS1: Geography

  1. Discuss the potential of harnessing hydro power in India. Are hydro powers in Himalayan region safe? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS2: Polity

  1. Indian healthcare needs a complete overhaul for fixing the health gap. Elaborate. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Road accidents are the one of the biggest killers in India. In this context discuss causes of road accidents and examine measures taken by the Centre and states to address this menace. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. Critically examine the role of the Parliament’s role in examining the bills before it. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS3: Disasters

  1. In context of recent Uttarakhand floods discuss the risks and possible solutions arising from glacial lakes in India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS3: Economy

  1. Discuss the challenges of fertilizer subsidy in India. In this context also bring out the effectiveness of DBT in fertilizer subsidy. [Reference: Financial Express]
  2. What do you understand by strategic disinvestment? In this context critically examine execution of India’s disinvestment policy in the past. [Reference: The Hindu]
  3. What are crypto currencies? Why are their value skyrocketing? Should India allow them? [Reference: Business Line]
  4. What do you understand by de carbonization of the economy? Discuss its need in Indian context. [Reference: Business Line]
  5. What do you understand by revenue foregone? [Reference: Live Mint]
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