Daily Practice Sheet 11 August 2020

  • August 11, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

On 11thAug  1961 ,former Portuguese territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged to create the Union Territory of Dadra  and Nagar Haveli.

Daily Prelims Topic

  • COVAX facility
  • GST and related terms
  • Sunspots
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana 
  • National Building Code of India
  • World Elephant Day
  • World Biofuel day
  • Himalayan Geothermal Springs
  • Dexamethasone 
  • Round tripping
  • No confidence motion
  • EIA B1 and B2
  • Hezbollah militant group
  • GST Tax slab

Daily Mapping

  • Port Louis
  • Andaman and Nicobar
  • Pipavav
  • Lebanon

Daily Facts

  • The World Health Organization has said it needed at least US $100 billion for its programme that seeks to accelerate the development and manufacture of a novel Coronavirus vaccine, and ensure that it is equitably accessible to everyone. 

Articles:

  • Article 14

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 2: Governance

  1. Critically analyse the role of civil service in present India. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. How did New Zealand manage to control covid transmission? What lessons India can learn from it? [Reference: Business Line]
  3. Many States Governments further bifurcate geographical administrative areas like Districts and Talukas for better governance. In light of the above, can it also be justified that more number of smaller States would bring in effective governance at State level? Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: IR

  1. State of the border and the future of our ties with China cannot be separated. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Has WHO been successful in controlling pandemic? Discuss the state and relevance of WHO. [Reference: The Hindu, Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. The Goods and Services Tax (GST), rolled out in July 2017, marked a major shift from the traditional production-linked tax to a consumption-based tax.  Discuss.
  2. Post-harvest management is Achilles heel of Indian agriculture. Discuss the recent initiative of National Agriculture Infrastructure fund. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. In post-independence agriculture policy has focused on raising farm production and ignored post-harvest management. Discuss the impact of this. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Disaster management

  1. Bring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in Western Ghats. Suggest measures to mitigate landslides. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. What are the ill effects of oil spills in ocean? Discuss the technologies available to avert this disasters. [Reference: The Guardian]
  3. Is there an inherent conflict between industry and environment? How EIA does resolves this conflict? Critically examine draft EIA, 2020 in this regard. [Reference: Indian Express, Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

  1. What are the causes of man- animal conflicts? Suggest measures to avoid man animal conflict. [Reference: PIB]

GS 3: Security

  1. What do you understand by round tripping? How it aides in money laundering? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Discuss the misuse of social media in propagating

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by discretion? What are the implications of discretion in government decision making? [Reference: Indian Express]
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