Daily Practice Sheet 9 September 2020

  • September 9, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • PM Kisan
  • Health in India report
  • Svanidhi Samvaad
  • Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
  • Jigyasa programme
  • Schemes of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • Biodiversity hotspots
  • FDI and Rountripping
  • Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha
  • Infrastructure investment trusts 
  • Fiscal Deficit
  • Green Blue Infrastructure

Daily Mapping

  • Char Dham (four shrines) — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and KedarNath.

Daily Facts

  • The average holding size in 1970-71 was 2.28 hectares (Ha), which has come down to 1.08 Ha in 2015-16. 
  • A recent report on the latest National Statistical Organization (NSO) survey shows across India, only one in 10 households have a computer — whether a desktop, laptop or tablet. 

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER 

GS 1: Society

  1. Analyze the challenges specific to elderly population in India. In this context discuss the concept of healthy aging. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 1: Geography

  1. Discuss the growing issues in sustaining livelihood of people in Himalayan region and suggest measures to overcome it? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Attenuation of Parliament, overshadowed by a strong executive has been a concern. In this context, critically analyze the role of Indian parliament in controlling executives. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: International Relations

  1. What is NAM? Discuss its relevance in present global order? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Critically assess the various measures taken by the government to alleviate the suffering of small and medium farmers. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Coordination between monetary and fiscal authorities has been a thorny issue globally in recent years, particularly after the global financial crisis. India is no exception. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What do you understand by land reforms? Why even after seven decades it still remains an unfinished agenda? [Reference: Indian Express]
  4. In the backdrop of falling landholding, discuss the need for land consolidation. [Reference: Indian Express]
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