Daily Practice Sheet 15 December 2020

  • December 15, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).
  • Emergency provisions in Indian Constitution
  • Polavaram project
  • UAPA
  • Mucormycosis fungus
  • Postal voting
  • Roshni Act
  • Project 17A/Himgiri
  • World’s biggest Renewable Energy Park (Kutch)
  • Breach of Privilege Notice
  • Forced confessions: violation of Article 21 and 25?
  • Five Eyes
  • Sushrut Samhita
  • Digital Nations Initiative
  • Artemis Accord
  • Fiscal consolidation
  • North Atlantic Air current/ Rosby waves trigger dought in India
  • Fuel Pricing
  • NFHS-5 Survey

Daily Mapping

  • Polavaram project

Daily Facts

Nutrition

  • According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 13 states and UTs of the 22 surveyed registered a surge in the percentage of stunted children under five years of age in comparison to 2015-16. These states are Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
  • Wasting percentage increased in under 5 children in 12 states and UTs in comparison to NFHS-4. According to survey there is a rise in wasting in Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Lakshadweep, while Maharashtra and West Bengal showed no change.

 Parliament

  • The Parliament’s Monsoon session (2020) proved to be one of the most productive sessions of Parliament, with 27 Bills passed by both Houses in 10 continuous sittings.

Population Control

  • All 17 states have witnessed an increase in the use of modern contraceptives of family planning.
  • Of 17 states analysed in the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS), except for Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya, all other states have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility

Inequality:

Between Jan-June 2020, more than 85 Indians were added to High Net Worth Individual.

Climate Change:

India has achieved 21% reduction in emission intensity over 2005 (Target 25%-33% by 2030)

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Society

  1. The worsening of nutritional status including proportion of severely acute malnourished children reflects that enough efforts were not made for prevention and management of malnutrition in the states reported increased prevalence of under notion, stunting and wasting. Discuss possible causes of the trend and measures to overcome it. [Reference: Indian Express, Live Mint]
  2. Analyze the basic determinants of malnutrition in India. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

  1. The recent agitation against Agriculture reform Acts highlight need for prior consultation with affected stakeholders before bring a new law. In this context discuss the need for an institutional framework for Pre-legislative Consultations. [Reference: Clpr, Business Line]
  2. Discuss the emergency provision in the Indian Constitution. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. Why medical association is opposing the policy decision of allowing Ayurvedic practitioners to perform certain surgery? Discuss the concerns. [Reference: Indian Express, Money Control, Times Of India]
  2. Discuss the growing challenge of NCDs in India. Examine governments efforts to manage it.

GS 3: Economy

  1. Achieving a $ 5 trillion economy is contingent on strong financial sector. Discuss the concerns in financial sector and reforms needed. [Reference: Business Line]
  2. What do you understand by fiscal management? Discuss the strategy to manage fiscal woes of corona pandemic. [Reference: Business Line]
  3. Compare the reforms path taken by China and India and bring out the role of creation of incentives and institutions for market economy as the first step in any reforms. [Reference: Indian Express]
  4. India a needs to reform and modernize its archaic taxation policy in the wake of fast changing technology to manage growing inequality. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]
  5. Electricity must be treated as a commodity rather than right. Examine this statement in the light of reforms needed in electricity sector. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Environment

  1. Discuss India’s progress in achieving INDCs of Paris Agreement. [Reference: The Hindu]
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