Daily Practice Sheet 24 December 2020
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Daily Prelims Topic
- Deaths and diseases attributed to air pollution in India led to 1.4% GDP loss in 2019: Study
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Tansen Music Festival (MP)
- NSCN (K) and NSCN (IM)
- Baulgan or Baul folk music
- Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Corbett Tiger Reserve
- INS Vikramaditya
- Maitri and Bharti (Indian Antartic Stations)
- Compressed Bio Gas
- UMANG or Unified Mobile Application for New Age Governance
Daily Facts
Trade balance of India
Employment/Contract labour
According to the Annual Survey of Industries (2017-18), contract workers accounted for 36.4 per cent of total production workers in the registered factory sector
Daily Mapping
- Rechin La
- Silent Valley National Park
- Cyprus
Daily Mains Mantra
NEWSPAPER
GS2: Polity
- Discuss significance of Delhi HC’s judgment on victims’ right to restitution. What are the concerns in its implementation? [Reference: Indian Express]
GS2: International Relations
- In context of India’s withdrawal from RCEP and efforts for trade agreements with the WEST, examine if the latter can be a substitute for closer ties with the EAST. [Reference: Financial Express]
GS3: Economy
- What do you understand by Price Deficiency Payment? Discuss the features of PM-AASHA. How it help solve MSP controversy? [Reference: Business Line]
- What is fixed term employment? In context of recent violence at Winstron’s iPhone manufacturing facility at Bangalore discuss potential of fixed term employment in addressing concerns of contract labours. [Reference: Indian Express, The Hindu]
- In context of US and EU’s against big tech companies for abusing their dominant position, discuss regulatory regime for big techs in India. What are the implications of such developments for India? [Reference: Indian Express]
- The Companies amendment bill, 2020 with the attempt to initiate decriminalisation of much non-compliance is a step in right direction. Discuss India’s corporate Governance regime in this context. [Reference: Financial Express]