Daily Practice Sheet 21 January 2022

  • January 21, 2022
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Daily Practice Sheet

21 January 2022

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Global treaty to cut plastic production needed
  • Supreme Court upholds 27% OBC quota in NEET
  • Brent at 7-year high
  • Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)
  • Variable Rate Repo auction under LAF
  • IAS officers and central posting
  • Agriculture Export Policy
  • Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Space Debris
  • OBC reservation in local bodies

Daily Facts

Demographic Dividend

  • The country’s working age population growth rate which was more than 2 per cent

Daily Constitution

  • Seventh Schedule
  • Article 246
  • Article 243 G

CSE 2022

Mains Mentorship

Day 73

Topic: Punjab Crisis

  1. Critically review the Punjab Subah system.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 2: Polity

  1. Is Indian federalism under strain? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Critically examine arguments in favor and opposition of All India Service? [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. Discuss various facets of the All India Services and examine the emerging patterns of conflicts and Cooperation between the Union and State in Indian federalism in the context of IAS cadre rule. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Has India’s so called demographic dividend turned into demographic drag? [Reference: Business Line, Scroll In]
  2. Mainstream economic thinking has not yet internalized that ‘grow first and clean up later’ is no longer a wise growth strategy. Comment. [Reference: Financial Express]
Daily Practice Sheet