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Daily Practice Sheet 17 April 2021

  • April 17, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet

17 April 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Monsoon prediction
  • Extradition
  • Dust storm
  • Oxygen crisis
  • MK-4482
  • ECLGS
  • SUVAS and SUPACE
  • MGNREGA
  • RTPCS Test
  • NGT

Daily Data

Aadhar glitches related denial of benefits

  • On analysing the responses of those from ration-card-holding households, (four-fifths of the 12,000+ electors interviewed said their household held one), it turned out that 28% or over one in four households denied foodgrains due to non-possession/production of an Aadhaar ID or because their Aadhaar biometric details didn’t match or on account of technical or server issues. (Lokniti-CSDS survey 2019)
  • While 28% of respondents belonging to ration card-holding households in rural areas were refused ration due to Aadhaar-related issues at some point, in urban areas this was 27%.
  • In both rural and urban areas, the poorest were worst affected – 39% of households with a monthly income below Rs 2,000 said they were at some point denied PDS ration due to Aadhaar problems.

Judicial Pendency

  • There are nearly 4.4 crore cases pending in Indian courts at all levels—the Supreme Court, the high courts and the district/taluka courts.
  • Lower courts are short of more than 20% of the sanctioned strength.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS1: Society

  1. Judiciary as a male bastion is a disservice to justice. Onus is on the institution not women to fix this gender deficit. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS2: Governance

  1. With educational institutions shut for over a year, how does the future of education look in a Covid-altered world? Is the idea of a university as a physical space under threat? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS2: Polity

  1. Critically examine the role of the government schemes in restoring purity and biodiversity of river Ganga over the years with focus on Namami Gange. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS2: IR

  1. What is vaccine diplomacy? How does it go with the concept of National Interest? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Security

  1. Discuss the mandate of Assam Rifles. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS4: Ethics

  1. Gujarat HC observed the government must be transparent to gain public trust for its handling of Covid-19 numbers. In this context discuss transparency as the foundational value of governance with example. [Reference: MSN]
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