WSDP Bulletin (08-02-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Parvatmala-An efficient and safe alternate transport network READ MORE
2. PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY) READ MORE
3. Explained | When will new Vande Bharat trains be launched? READ MORE
4. Better habitat management helps tigers flourish in Sariska READ MORE
5. RPF launches nationwide operation to curb human trafficking READ MORE
6. Earth’s shrinking glaciers contain less ice than scientists thought, study shows READ MORE
7. E-fasting can minimise e-waste READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 1

1. In India, the dangers of a homogenous public culture READ MORE
2. The history and legacy of Netaji READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Upsetting the Centre-state balance READ MORE
2. Elections can’t ignore Constitution’s spirit READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India and the Great Power rivalry READ MORE
2. Economic diplomacy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. What the economy needed from this year’s budget READ MORE  
2. Is disruption ahead for the gig economy? READ MORE
3. India’s plan to launch a digital rupee needs more thought, less haste READ MORE

 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Explained: What are Ramsar Sites, and what is the significance of this listing? READ MORE
2. Climate and Us | Budget shows great promise, but needs greater scrutiny READ MORE
3. Reimagining Indian federalism in the climate crisis READ MORE
4. Plastic Pollution Affects 88% of Marine Species: WWF READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Be self-aware and empathetic: These qualities are the markers of high emotional intelligence READ MORE
2. Being alive to the present is enlightenment READ MORE
3. Face Critics Gracefully READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. What are the main components of emotional intelligence (EI)? Can they be learned? Discuss.
2. ‘The proposed amendment to the IAS cadre rules portends ill for Sardar Patel’s vision of the All-India Services as a unifying link between the Centre and the states’. Do you agree with this view? Justify your case.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• While high grades and skillsets are definitely important, the importance of someone with a high EI can in no way be overemphasised.
• Expenditure on social welfare, agriculture and rural infrastructure is the best strategy in an economy struggling with low demand and investment.
• Delhi has its own interests to keep in mind. It will struggle to tread the middle ground as Russia-China and US-led blocs consolidate their global coalitions.
• The proposed amendment to the IAS cadre rules portends ill for Sardar Patel’s vision of the All-India Services as a unifying link between the Centre and the states.
• Instead of taking on the larger challenge of delivering sustained growth and enough (and quality) jobs, states bringing such laws are trying to mislead restless, unemployed voters by suggesting that their employment woes are a result of people from other states.
• While the government has shown seriousness in its approach to the climate crisis, but scrutiny in implementation needs serious attention.
• The way in which you handle criticism is an important indicator of your maturity and poise as a human being.
• The Indian voter needs to take responsibility for all his constitutional duties, which include carefully electing representatives to legislatures.
• A digital rupee will be like banknotes, minus the ATMs. Users will be able to transfer purchasing power from their deposit accounts into their smartphone wallets in the form of online tokens.
• Expenditure should have increased to reduce the rural distress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trend prevailing in budgets of subsequent years does not support this expectation.

50-WORD TALK

• Imran Khan’s upcoming trip to Moscow—the first by a Pakistani Prime Minister in over two decades—shows the three-way partnership between China, Russia and Pakistan is deepening. Indian sentimentality about Russia, clearly, isn’t shared in Moscow. The rise of this Asian “Anti-Quad” will be a big challenge.

Things to Remember:

• For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
• Whenever any international place will be in the news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and exploring other geographical locations nearby, including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
• For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
• For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
• Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.