Daily Practice Sheet 22 March 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

22 March 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Scramble crossing or X-crossing
• Asia’s Largest Tulip Garden
• Nowruz festival
• Ken-Betwa Link
• Odissi dance
• Kambala
• Right to counsel in custody

Daily Constitution

• Art 324

Daily Mapping

• Ken-Betwa river

Daily Data

Indian Agriculture

• Despite 73.2% of rural women engaging in agriculture, only 12.8% are reported to own land.
• Among tribal communities, of the 20 million tribal families, less than 2 million have received individual forest rights pattas; the rest are ‘invisible’ and left out of government safety nets.
• Landless agricultural labourers and tenant farmers account for close to 150 million people in rural India

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

1. Critically discuss the problem of unpaid work. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS2: Polity

1. Amid questions about the ECI’s autonomy critically evaluate the role of Election Commission of India over the years. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Critically examine the appointment system of Supreme Court Judges.

GS2: Governance

1. Critically examine PM-KISAN scheme’s role in improving lives of rural population. Also discuss measures to reform PM-KISAN to make it more inclusive. [Reference: Financial Express]
2. Discuss the issue of missing middle in terms of health insurance penetration in India. Also how taking care of this missing middle can be a big step towards the Universal heal care in India. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS2: International Relations

1. Driven by shared threats from a rising China and united by a new geopolitical perspective on the Indo-Pacific, Delhi and Washington appear set to expand the scale and scope of the security partnership. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What is South China Sea dispute? Discuss its implications for geo-politics and geo-economics. [Reference: SCMP]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by stereotypes? How do they impact women? [Reference: The Hindu]