Daily Practice Sheet 16 February 2022

  • February 16, 2022
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Daily Practice Sheet

16 February 2022

 

Daily Prelims Topics

  • PUBLIC ORDER
  • NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE (NSE)
  • La-NINA
  • RAVIDASSIA DERA
  • CHEETAH TRANSLOCATION
  • RUBBER BILL 2022
  • EXPENDITURE ON R&D
  • INDIAN FEDERATION
  • RBI’s Prudential Norms on Income Recognition- ‘Asset Classification and Provisioning’
  • India to make digital maps of all villages
  • RESERVATION TO STs IN J&K
  • BT BRINJAL
  • GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET

Daily Facts

Pollution:

Pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is causing widespread human rights violations as well as at least nine million premature deaths a year- UN Report.

Inequality

The   total wealth of billionaires increased by roughly 60% during March 2020 to November 2021. This was a bigger increase than in the previous 14 years combined-Oxfam report

Poverty

97 million people worldwide fell into extreme poverty in 2020 and are now living on less than $2 a day. The number of the world’s poorest also rose for the first time in over 20 years- World Bank

CSE 2022

Day 91

Topic: Communalism and Secularism

  1. Pluralism and secularism is extremely important for diverse democracy like India. Elaborate.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 2: Polity

  1. Indian federation is a union because it is indestructible. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. The Indian constitution is social contract for a new India. [Reference: The Wire]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Cooperatives can play an important role in achieving inclusive development. [Reference: Business Line]
  2. How can fiscal policy help in reducing the inequality in India? [Reference: Financial Express]
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