Daily Practice Sheet 21 September 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

21 September 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• COVAX
• Dementia
• Monsoon Withdrawal
• Plant Discoveries 2020
• National Florence Nightingale Award
• Vishnuonyx
• Pre-Budget Meetings
• United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Waste-to-Energy
• Securities Transaction Tax (STT)
• Equalisation Levy
• Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)
• Reserve Bank of India

Daily Facts

Cyber Crime:

• An average so-called agricultural household earned a total monthly income of Rs 10,218 during 2018-19 (July-June), of which net receipts from crop production (Rs 3,798) and farming of animals (Rs 1,582) together contributed hardly 53 per cent.
• The single-largest income source was actually wages/salary, at Rs 4,063. The average farmer, in other words, was more a wage labourer than a seller of produce from his/her land.
• Out of the country’s estimated 93.09 million agricultural households, over 70 per cent possessed less than one hectare land. It shouldn’t surprise, then, that wages generate up to 60 per cent of their incomes. But the share of agriculture — crop production plus animal husbandry — to total income was higher (about 62 per cent) for households with 1-2 hectares land, rising further to 73, 82 and 91 per cent for those having 2-4, 4-10 and above 10 hectares, respectively.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

1. Trace the evolution of farmer’s movement in post-independent India till present time. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 1: Society

1. The relation between land and caste between caste and labour has not been broken yet. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

1. What do you understand by hate speech? Does it come under freedom of speech guaranteed in the constitution? [Reference: The Hindu]
2. A legislation that perpetuates stereotypes in relationship and institutionalizes discrimination is a clear violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. In the light of this statement discuss the need to criminalize marital rape. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: IR

1. Analyze India – Saudi relations. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

1. Discuss the significance of livestock for small and marginal farmers. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Achieving good regulatory outcomes is almost always a cooperative effort by the government, regulators, the regulated and the broader community. Discuss the regulatory role of the RBI. [Reference: Business Line]