Daily Practice Sheet 15 June 2021

  • June 15, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

15 June 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Significance of Tulu Language in India
  • Government report flgs ‘lapses ‘ in Nagaland bat study
  • Retail Inflation breaches RBI Comfort Zone
  • One dose enough for those infected with Covid
  • Two Indians selected to CEPI scientific advisory committee
  • India on track to achieve national commitment of land degradation neutrality: PM
  • Appoint Loksabha Deputy Speaker : Congress to Om Birla
  • SPACE TOURISM
  • PYROSTRIA LALJII
  • RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
  • Global nuclear warhead stockpile appears to be growing, SIPRI warns
  • At NATO meet, Biden vows to defend Europe
  • Novavax announces efficacy of about 90% for its vaccine
  • MoS Jal Shakti Urges All MPs To Participate And Support Jal Shakti Abhiyan-2

Daily Constitution:  

  • Articles 14 and 21

Daily Facts

Per capita GSDP:

  • States are classified into high-income (12) and low-income (6). States with higher per capita GSDP than the national average (₹_1,08,620) are considered high-income.
  • The 12 high-income States in descending order are:

Sikkim, Haryana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Kerala, Mizoram, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh.

  • The six low-income States, with less than the national average per capita GSDP, in descending order are:

Tripura, Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Land degradation:

  • India’s land is undergoing degradation or desertification. In 2011-2013, it stood at 29.3 percent of the total land, representing an increase of 0.57 percent (which is 1.87 million hectares in area) compared with 2003-2005, according to a report-cum-atlas by ISRO’s Space Applications Centre.
  • Soil erosion due to water and wind, and degradation of vegetation cover were the main processes that has led to land degradation.
  • Almost 90 percent of the states experienced a rise – notably Delhi and the northeastern states – in land degradation in 2011-2013 compared with 2003-2005 while four states showed slight decreases in land degradation.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

  1. Land is the fundamental building block for supporting all lives and livelihoods and the web of life functions as an interconnected system. In this context, discuss the problem of land degradation in India. [Reference: Mongabay]
  2. What do you understand by desertification? Is India doing enough to battle desertification? [Reference: Mongabay]

GS 3: Science and technology

  1. What do you understand by space tourism? Discuss its potential? Should India venture out in space tourism? [Reference: Business Line]

Daily Ethics:

  1. What do you understand by fair play? [Reference: Hindustan Times]
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