Daily Practice Sheet 4 February 2022

  • February 4, 2022
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Daily Practice Sheet

4 February 2022

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  1. BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS
  2. BOND YIELD
  3. SURETY BONDS
  4. NEET BILL
  5. MAP OF INDIA ON WHO’s WEBSITE
  6. JOB RESERVATIONS FOR LOCALS
  7. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
  8. INDIA-SRI LANKA DISPUTE
  9. STARLINK NETWORK
  10. TAX ON DIGITAL ASSETS UNDER INCOME TAX ACT
  11. Planetary boundaries
  12. Forever chemicals
  13. BPA

Daily Facts

Inequality

  • Even before the pandemic, every second agricultural household was mired in debt, per the 2019 NSSO Situation Assessment Survey. Further, to cope with Covid-19 and continue to feed families, in 2020-21 the household debt is estimated to have increased to 37 per cent of GDP (SBI report).
  • One out of every three Indian children is stunted due to malnutrition, per the latest National Family Health Survey.
  • The recent Oxfam report on inequality highlights that while incomes of 84 per cent of households declined in 2020 and 46 million Indians fell into extreme poverty, the number of Indian billionaires increased from 102 to 142. In a deeply unequal country, the richest 10 per cent of Indians now own nearly half the country’s wealth. The World Bank estimates that India will contribute to nearly half the additional poor globally. The 2020 Hunger Watch Survey, too, showed that one of every three homes skipped meal

Plastic Waste

Worldwide, at least 8.8 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans each year — the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the sea every minute

CSE 2022

Day 82

Topic: Geography

  1. Why most polluted Indian cities are located in the Indo gangetic plain?

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 3: Economy

  1. Discuss the legal status of crypto currencies in India. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Examine the economic implications of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. How deep is the economic inequality in India? Argue. How could have the Budget 2022 done to make it more inclusive? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Science

  1. Digital technology will be the backbone for India’s socioeconomic transformation. Discuss

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What is scientific temper? Why it is important? How can it be built? [Reference: Indian Express]
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