Daily Practice Sheet 22 March 2021
- March 22, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet
22 March 2021
Daily Prelims Topic
- Scramble crossing or X-crossing
- Asia’s Largest Tulip Garden
- Nowruz festival
- Ken-Betwa Link
- Odissi dance
- Kambala
- Right to counsel in custody
Daily Constitution
- Art 324
Daily Mapping
- Ken-Betwa river
Daily Data
Indian Agriculture
- Despite 73.2% of rural women engaging in agriculture, only 12.8% are reported to own land.
- Among tribal communities, of the 20 million tribal families, less than 2 million have received individual forest rights pattas; the rest are ‘invisible’ and left out of government safety nets.
- Landless agricultural labourers and tenant farmers account for close to 150 million people in rural India
Daily Mains Mantra
GS 1: Society
- Critically discuss the problem of unpaid work. [Reference: The Hindu]
GS2: Polity
- Amid questions about the ECI’s autonomy critically evaluate the role of Election Commission of India over the years. [Reference: Indian Express]
- Critically examine the appointment system of Supreme Court Judges.
GS2: Governance
- Critically examine PM-KISAN scheme’s role in improving lives of rural population. Also discuss measures to reform PM-KISAN to make it more inclusive. [Reference: Financial Express]
- Discuss the issue of missing middle in terms of health insurance penetration in India. Also how taking care of this missing middle can be a big step towards the Universal heal care in India. [Reference: Financial Express]
GS2: International Relations
- Driven by shared threats from a rising China and united by a new geopolitical perspective on the Indo-Pacific, Delhi and Washington appear set to expand the scale and scope of the security partnership. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
- What is South China Sea dispute? Discuss its implications for geo-politics and geo-economics. [Reference: SCMP]
GS 4: Ethics