Daily Practice Sheet 25 December 2020

  • December 25, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • Architecture of IIM Ahmedabad/Louis Khan
  • First ever driverless metro train in India
  • Visva Bharti
  • Eco-sensitive zones
  • Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • Open Market Operations (OMO)
  • Finance Commission
  • New code for co-ops to kick in
  • Shipping, airlines and logistics firms sign charter with Unicef, WEF for Covid-19 vaccine delivery
  • Zero Liquid Discharge

Daily Facts

Urban Local Bodies finances

  • As against the municipal revenue of Rs 4,624 per capita, own-source revenue was only Rs 1,975 in 2018 (ICRIER, 2019).
  • Although it is envisaged that municipal revenue should be 1% of GDP, between 2010 and 2018 revenues declined from 0.48% to 0.43%.

RBI’s State of the Economy report

  • Indian economy will clock a growth rate of 14.2 per cent in the first half of 2021-22 on top of 0.4 per cent in the second half of 2020-21
  • The above-the-line fiscal stimulus will likely boost growth by close to 2 per cent of GDP in 2020-21

MGNREGA/Employment

  • About 420 crore person days are set to be created in 2020-21 against 265 crore in 2019-20.
  • 60% of person days in Pandemic period in 6 states of UP, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.

Daily mapping

  • Narmada and tributaries

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS2: Polity

  1. The first step in saving public university in India is governance reforms for autonomy and accountability. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. The inability of Urban Local Bodies to raise own revenue is a major impediment in urban self-governance. In this context discuss a comprehensive strategy to make ULBs more sustainable by raising own fund. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS3: Economy

  1. Examine how Retrospective taxation has been a major barrier in the Make-in-India effort. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Discuss potential of 3C approach to Atma Nirbhar Bharat in changed world order. [Reference: Financial Express]
  3. In the context of current farmers protest suggest strategy for bringing out of farm distress through structural transformation. [Reference: Financial Express]
  4. What do you understand by retrospective taxation? Considers its implications on economy. [Reference: Indian Express]
  5. What do you understand by contract farming? Discuss the perils. [Reference: Business Line]

GS3: Science and Tech

  1. In a world of disruptive technology India needs to focus on growth of science talent pool. Examine government efforts in this direction so far and what more needs to be done? [Reference: Financial Express]
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