Daily Practice Sheet 23 August 2022
- August 23, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPS
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Daily Practice Sheet
23 August 2022
Daily Prelims Topics
- The privatization of public sector banks
- Overseas Investment
- Declining State Financial Health
- National Labour Conference
- 23rd meeting of Central Zonal Council
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Health mission
- Scientists track cause of mystery paddy dwarfing in Punjab and Haryana
- Kerala Assembly passes unanimous resolution to counter divisive forces
- India and Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries
- Covid-19 and Tomato flu show similar symptoms, know how to differentiate
- Who was Pandurang Khankhoje, Ghadarite revolutionary and a hero of Mexico?
Daily Mains Mantra
GS 1: Geography
GS 2: Polity
- Assess the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is achieving nutritional security with emphasis on critical gaps in its implementation. [Reference: The Hindu]
- Recent controversies in All India Football Federation (AIFF) symbolises the mess in sports governance in India. Discuss. [Reference: Business Line]
- What are Zonal Councils? How effective they have been in cooperative federalism. [Source: Pib]
- Indian fiscal federalism suffers from vertical and horizonal imbalances. Discuss.
GS 2: IR
- India’s stance on the Rohingyas is not independent of its strategic engagement with Myanmar, with which it shares a 1,600-km border. [Reference: Financial Express]
GS 3: Economy
- With the GST compensation period coming to an end, many States are facing a fiscal crisis, putting a question mark over the GST regime.
- Discuss various issues pertaining the labour sector in India.
GS 3: Environment
- Climate change could impact India’s renewable energy potential over the next 50 years. [Reference: Mongabay]
- The digital sequence information provides a loophole through which developed countries can circumvent the Convention of Biodiversity. Analyse. [Reference: DownToEarth]
GS 4: Ethics