Daily Practice Sheet 23 September 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• MSME
• Biomedical Park
• YuWaah
• Net neutrality
• State development loan
• Vaccine clinical trial approval
• Data Free Flow with Trust
• Immunity by vaccine vs infection
• K Shaped Recovery

Daily Constitution

• 8^th Schedule

Daily Facts

• In 1947, agriculture contributed 50 per cent to the national income and employed more than 70 per cent of the nation’s workforce. As of 2019, agriculture contributed 16.5 per cent to the national income while the sector still employs more than 42 per cent of the workforce. 

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER 

GS 2: Polity

1. Critically analyze the effectiveness of online education in India. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. The concerns of workers must be placed at centre of labour law changes. Critically analyze new versions of three labour codes, namely, the Industrial Code Bill 2020, the Code on Social Security Bill 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Bill 2020. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

1. Why there is demand for reform of UNSC? What reforms are needed in UNSC to meet the present needs of global order? [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Are concept of trade globalization and nation state competitive or mutually reinforcing? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

1. Happiness economics has finally received global recognition. In this context discuss the concept of Happiness Index by UN? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the well being of a country. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What is “Easterlin paradox”? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What do you understand by happiness? What are the different sources of human happiness?