Daily Practice Sheet 8 March 2021

  • March 8, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

8 March 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 

On this day

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world

Daily Prelims Topic

  • COMMONWEALTH
  • JANAUSHADHI SCHEME
  • I4C
  • SAVITRIBHAI PHULE
  • BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER
  • CALM 2 MUTATIONS

Daily Mapping

  • Iraq

Daily Facts

Gender Equality

  • Between 1997 and 2012 the amount of unpaid care work carried out by women fell by just 15 minutes a day while men did 8 minutes a day more
  • Women under 30 are less than 1 per cent of parliamentarians worldwide. 
  • Women are Heads of State or Government in 22 countries, and only 24.9 per cent of national parliamentarians are women. At the current rate of progress, gender equality among Heads of Government will take another 130 years.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

  1. Discuss the numerous factors preventing women from entering remaining and progressing in the labour force. Also discuss the strategies to counter them. [Reference: Business Line]
  2. Critically examine various issues in care economy? Is it fair to women? [Reference: Business Line]
  3. What do you understand by empowerment? Discuss how women empowerment is essential for achievement of sustainable empowerment.
  4. What do you understand by glass ceiling effect? How does it affect women career prospects?
  5. Corona pandemic is a disaster for feminism. Comment. [Reference: The Atlantic]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Can digitization be a substitute for the fundamentals of public health i.e. – infrastructure, human resources, quality? In this context critically examine National Digital Health Mission. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Differentiate between monetary and fiscal policy. Discuss the need for coordination between them. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Do you think recent Haryana Government decision to reserve jobs for local would lead to “Balkanisation of the Indian labour market”? Critically discuss its impact. [Reference: Indian Express]

Daily Ethics

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