Daily Practice Sheet 5 September 2020

  • September 5, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

This day since 1962 is celebrated as teacher’s day.

Daily Prelims Topic

  • SCO meet
  • Parliamentary forum:
  • Project Dolphin and why it is important?
  • Hydroponic
  • Darknet
  • What counts as Act of God?
  • Habitat corridor
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • INA
  • Reasons for fall of Indus valley civilization: Climate change
  • National Dairy plan
  • Mission Milk 

Daily Mapping

  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Orang National Park
  • Nameri National Park

Daily Facts

  • Phase III of Operation Flood (1970-96) had transformed India from a milk-deficit nation to the world’s largest milk producer.
  • The Socio-Economic Survey of NDP-I carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) estimated that the average annual income of a typical project household was 10 per cent higher than non-project households and significantly higher at 38 per cent for the landless. NDP-I contributed to social inclusion of weaker sections and empowerment of women engaged in dairying.
  • According to ‘Implementation Completion and Result Report’ of the World Bank, the economic rate of return (ERR) was estimated at 60 per cent as compared to ex-ante ERR of 23 per cent.
  • The report lauds the achievement of the physical and financial targets of NDP-I.

Source: Business Line

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

  1. Critically examine the role of Subhash Chandra Bose in the freedom struggle movement? Do you think he was right in collaborating with the Nazis and Japanese during World War 2? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Discuss the role of all the three organs of the government. [Reference: The Hindu] 
  2. What are parliamentary forum? Discuss their functions. [Reference: The Hindu]
  3. Political parties play an integral part in the functioning of India’s Constitution. Critically examine the functioning of political parties in India. Should Election Commission be empowered to regulate political parties? [Reference: The Quint] 

GS 2: IR

  1. Is indo pacific only geographical concept or a strategic concept? Critically analyze India’s approach towards Indo Pacific in the context of QUAD. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What do you understand by priority sector lending? Discuss its significance in achieving the goal of inclusive growth. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. What do you understand by economics of animal rearing? Assess the achievement under National Dairy development Plan. [Reference: Business Line]
  3. Animal husbandry can help achieve inclusive growth. Discuss. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by partisanship? [Reference: Indian Express]
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