Daily Practice Sheet 9 September 2020
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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
- Analyze the challenges specific to elderly population in India. In this context discuss the concept of healthy aging. [Reference: Indian Express]
GS 1: Geography
- Discuss the growing issues in sustaining livelihood of people in Himalayan region and suggest measures to overcome it? [Reference: The Hindu]
GS 2: Polity
- 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
GS 3: Economy
- Critically assess the various measures taken by the government to alleviate the suffering of small and medium farmers. [Reference: Indian Express]
- 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]
- What do you understand by land reforms? Why even after seven decades it still remains an unfinished agenda? [Reference: Indian Express]
- In the backdrop of falling landholding, discuss the need for land consolidation. [Reference: Indian Express]