Daily Practice Sheet 3 September 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• Mission Karmayogi
• Parliamentary questions
• Force Majeure
• Mass Spectrometer
• Ease of living Index
• Global Innovation Index
• Health Air

Daily Mapping

• Rezang la
• Mudra Port

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Geography

1. In the backdrop of increasing target of renewable energy, critically examine the future of coal in India. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Polity

1. Discuss the role of Parliament in making government accountable. How effective are Parliamentary questions in enforcing government’s accountability? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Parliament functions, in the real sense, through its committees. Discuss the role of Parliamentary committee in the context of recent controversy. What makes parliamentary committees more effective than the parliament? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

1. What do you understand by “Work from Home”? Can Government adopt this paradigm of work? How will it benefit the government? [Reference: Business Line]
2. What is “Mission Karmayogi”? How will it transform the civil service so that they become effective instruments of good governance? [Reference: Indian Express]
3. What do you understand by Human resource Development? Critically assess GOI’s effort in this regard.

GS 3: Economy

1. Critically examine the government’s response to the economic slowdown and covid crisis? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by ideal civil servant? Suggest measures to create ideal civil servants. [Reference: Indian Express]