Daily Practice Sheet 29 August 2020

  • August 29, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • State vs UGC (Disaster management Ac)
  • Abuse of dominant position
  • Question Hour and Zero Hour
  • Sec 18 of 101stCAA
  • GST Compensation Act
  • Role of PCI
  • Declining population of Great Andamanese:
  • Protease Inhibitors
  • National Digital Health Mission
  • India’s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI)  

Daily Mapping

  • Iduki
  • Eravikulum National Park
  • Strait Port 

Daily Facts

  • Fourteenth Finance Commission allotted 42% of central government tax revenues to States. However, Accountability Initiative’s analysis of State Budgets show that States received only 30% of central tax collections during the 2015-19 period.
  • GST accounts for almost 42% of states’ own tax revenues, and tax revenues account for around 60% of states’ total revenues. 

Daily Constitution

  • 101st Constitution Amendment Act

Daily Commissions/ Committees

  • Fourteenth Commission

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

  1. Why few districts in Kerala like Idukki are prone earthquakes? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What do you understand by” cooperative federalism”? In the wake of recent controversy related to GST compensation, how far India has achieved cooperative federalism. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Has reservation policy created inequalities within the reserved castes itself? Discuss recent Supreme Court Judgment in this regard. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. NDHM is a purposeful step towards the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of Universal Health Coverage. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: International Relations

  1. What do you understand by realism in International Politics? Has India’s policy towards china realistic? [Reference: The Hindu] 

GS3: Disaster Management

  1. Discuss the salient features of Disaster Management Act? How it empowers state governments to manage unpresented challenges during disaster. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Discuss NDMA guidelines on landslide. [Reference: NDMA]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you mean by business ethics? Why it is important to ethical in business?
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