Daily Practice Sheet 14 February 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

14 February 2022

Daily Prelims Topic

• CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• PROBIOTICS YOGHURT FOR A LONG & HEALTHY LIFE
• COSMIC SWEET SPOTS
• EMISSIONS FROM PADDY CULTIVATION
• ILO CONVENTIONS
• SRI LANKA DEBT CRISIS
• INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
• FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN INDIA
• CAPITAL GAINS TAX (CGT)
• EOS-04
• INDIA’S FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATON UNIT BY 2024

Daily Facts

• In India, only 45 per cent of farms use agricultural machinery and farm implements.

Health Spending:

• The Fifteenth Finance Commission echoes the National Health Policy 2017 to assert that public spending on health should account for 2.5 per cent of the GDP — 1 per cent by the Centre, 1.5 per cent by the States. The Economic Survey (ES) 2021-22 observes that in keeping with the NHP’s goal of 2.5 per cent, “Central and State governments’ budgeted expenditure on health reached 2.1 per cent of GDP in 2021-22, against 1.3 per cent in 2019-20.”

Climate Change and Agriculture:

• As per the national GHG inventory, the agriculture sector emits 408 MMT of carbon-dioxide equivalent and rice cultivation is the third highest source (17.5 per cent) of GHG emissions in Indian agriculture after enteric fermentation (54.6 per cent) and fertiliser use (19 per cent).
• Paddy fields are anthropogenic sources of atmospheric nitrous oxide and methane, which have been reckoned as 273 as and 80-83 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in driving temperature increase in 20 years’ (Sixth Assessment Report IPCC 2021). The amount of methane emitted from paddy fields of India is 3.396 teragram per year or 71.32 MMT carbon dioxide equivalent.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 2: Polity

1. The shift of Indian federalism from co-operative to combative has been one of the major changes in Indian polity. Comment. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. What do you understand by Cooperative Federalism? Discuss constitutional provisions and institutional mechanism

GS 3: Economy

1. What do you understand by CSR? Discuss how CSR can help achieve inclusive growth.
2. Discuss the impact of agriculture on climate change. What do you understand by smart farming? [Reference: Indian Express]
3. What do you understand by smart farming? Discuss technologies which can help achieve it. [Reference: Business Line]
4. About 30% of the household in rural household still depend on non-institutional sources for their needs. In this context, discuss the trend in agriculture credit. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by business ethics?
2. What do you mean by CSR? Analyze the ethical principles of CSR.
3. Why integrity is important in governance
4. What do you understand by leadership? Do you possess any leadership qualities? [Reference: Business Line]