Daily Practice Sheet 14 September 2020

  • September 14, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • Hybrid warfare
  • Nerve agent
  • Continental shelf
  • Backwaters
  • Fiscal Deficit and its adverse impact
  • Business Advisory Committee
  • Charter Act 1853
  • Indian Council Act 1862
  • Indian Council Act 1892
  • Indian Council Act 1909
  • Montagu Chelmsford ReformAct

Daily Mapping

  • Depsang, Gogra-Hotsprings, Galwan and Pangong Tso
  • Greece, Cyprus and Turkey
  • Backwaters 

Daily Facts

Malnutrition:

  • As per the combined report of FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on “The state of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” there were 673 million undernourished people globally, of which 189.2 million (28 per cent) were in India in 2017-19.
  • India accounts for 28 per cent (40.3 million) of the world’s stunted children (low height-for-age) under five years of age, and 43 per cent (20.1 million) of the world’s wasted children (low weight-for-height) in 2019
  • As per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS, 2015-16), the proportion of underweight and stunted children was as high as 35.8 per cent and 38.4 per cent respectively.
  • In several districts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and even Gujarat, the proportion of underweight children was more than 40 per cent. 

Source:  [Reference: Indian Express]

Daily Constitution

  • Art 75(3)

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Geography

  1. Discuss the socio-economic significance of backwaters of kerela. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Discuss the methods of parliamentary oversight on executive. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Discuss the growth of parliamentary tradition and constitution under the British India. How far British rule in Indian was responsible for the adoption of parliamentary system in India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. Malnutrition remains a big challenge in India. Discuss how POSHAN Abhiyan will contribute to malnutrition free India. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Malnutrition is a multi-dimensional problem. Comment 

GS 2: IR

  1. The ongoing crisis in eastern Ladakh has raised many issues on the range and trajectory of India-China relations. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What is fiscal deficit? Why is fiscal deficit considered a big problem in government financial management? [Reference: Live Mint]
  2. Do we need a flexible fiscal deficit target? Argue your case. [Reference: Business Line]
  3. Discuss the need to overhaul agri credit. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Security

  1. What do you understand by hybrid warfare? Is India prepared? [Reference: Indian Express]
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