WSDP Bulletin (09-02-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA READ MORE
2. The Governor’s role in approving a Bill READ MORE
3. Meet India’s newest mammal: White Cheeked Macaque READ MORE
4. India to help Sri Lanka launch its version of Aadhaar READ MORE
5. Centre issues new media accreditation guidelines, journalists can lose it over defamation and other clauses READ MORE
6. 50 Cheetahs to be introduced in India in next 5 years: Environment Minister READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. What arguments in marital rape case reveal about the insecurity of patriarchy READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why opinion polls need regulation READ MORE
2. Democracy should bridge economic chasm READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Domicile quota is not a remedy READ MORE
2. Addressing India’s education crisis READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Explained: The China-Russia relationship READ MORE
2. Russia, China closing ranks: Deepening ties complicate India’s foreign policy challenges READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Step up agri-spending, boost farm incomes READ MORE
2. Moving to an era of better regulation READ MORE
3. How to build a new innovation structure READ MORE
4. Reducing edible oil imports READ MORE
5. Opinion: Without lowering unemployment rates, India cannot effectively address inequality READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger READ MORE
2. Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful: A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered READ MORE  
2. Human to Human Conduct READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Rights and duties are conceptually linked to one another. There are no rights without duties.’ Argue.
2. ‘Despite Election Commission’s efforts opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections’. In the light of the statement discuss whether the opinion polls need to be regulated?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The heart of manipulation is to empathise without being touched.
• India’s poor AOI is a stark reminder of the need to attain a key sustainable development goal of higher agri-growth.
• The intensification in government spending towards the agricultural sector is the key to attain the sustainable development goals of higher agricultural growth and farm income.
• These duties are not antagonistic to rights; they are moral, non-justiciable.
• Powerful men have explicitly laid out their view that sex against the wishes of their wives is not a crime, legal or moral, while others are in the mood for a marriage strike against what they perceive as a men’s rights issue.
• Despite EC’s efforts, broad consensus from political parties, opinion and exit polls continue to undermine elections.
• Carrying out regulatory impact assessment not only improves the quality of regulation but is also cost effective for the regulated and the ecosystem.
• One of the most moving and defining images of the current times is that of a girl bursting into tears after she returned to the classroom as schools reopened earlier this month in India.
• High rates of unemployment point to an economy whose circulatory system is malfunctioning. Because it is through wages, or in other words wages resulting from employment, that the working population can partake in the value that they help generate in the economy, popularly measured through GDP.
• The violent protests in Bihar and UP are telling us something grave and urgent: the economy is ailing from clogged arteries. And we’ll be wise to take the message seriously, not just for the health of ‘the economy’ but for that of our society.

50-WORD TALK

• Israel’s police, it has been revealed, used Pegasus software to spy on elected politicians, businesspeople and activists — even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son. This shows how easily surveillance capabilities can be abused. Israel has ordered an investigation into what went wrong; the Indian government should stop stonewalling and follow suit.

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 news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and also 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.