WSDP Bulletin (11-02-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court READ MORE
2. Clothing and the right to religious freedom READ MORE
3. RBI sticks to dovish policy path even as world turns hawkish to tackle inflation READ MORE
4. Water, Africa’s Gold: South Africa seeks to increase water through recycling, reuse READ MORE
5. Govt Bans Import of Foreign Drones to Promote Domestic Manufacturing READ MORE
6. Australia designates koalas as endangered species READ MORE
7. PM to address high-level segment of One Ocean Summit READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Suicide by unemployed: Centre, states not doing enough to curb joblessness READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Local job laws that raise constitutional questions: State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation READ MORE  
2. Protecting the right to voice one’s views READ MORE
3. MP Moves to Commissionerate System, but Will It Make Police More Accountable? READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUE

1. Poverty report card READ MORE

 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Saarc members must find way around roadblocks READ MORE  

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Frozen by uncertainty: RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy READ MORE
2. A growth-focussed monetary policy READ MORE
3. An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture: A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. Emissions Trading READ MORE
2. Union Budget Lacks Focus on Climate Change Adaptation READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. It’s Tough to Slow Down READ MORE
2. Over 60 social media accounts blocked for anti-India fake news READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens raises several constitutional questions and go against the idea of India being one nation. Critically analyse.
2. Analyse India’s recently announced semiconductor policy. Do you think that the new policy is the right direction to make self-reliance in chip manufacturing?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• State laws that limit the rights of out-of-State citizens go against the idea of India being one nation.
• RBI has forsaken its mandate of ensuring price stability to give an impetus to the economy.
• A decentralised plan would aid price stabilisation, offer income support, and also cope with the indebtedness of farmers.
• RBI stays the course despite risks to inflation, changing global environment.
• Due to heightened uncertainty, the monetary policy will largely remain data-driven. The RBI will have to keep its eyes peeled for price trends, which have, so far, surprised on the upside in many economies.
• A serious intent to redefine the perceived goal value may offer the secret sauce to those who are in the rat race to slow down.
• Poverty numbers and trends have traditionally been reported on a country-by-country basis. But in the contemporary world, low-income countries have significant corridors of prosperity while middle-income countries can have large pockets of poverty.
• An effort to replicate such bilateral agreements between other member nations of Saarc could potentially result in a paradigm shift in its performance.
• Placing an adequate price on GHG emissions is of fundamental relevance to internalise the external cost of climate change in the broadest possible range of economic decision making and in setting economic incentives for clean development.
• Even decentralisation of powers within this very system through the creation of distinct allocations, for handling crime and law-and-order functions, still has the effect of concentration of powers within the system.
• The announcements on low-carbon development are encouraging but don’t stipulate a strategy for climate-responsive budgeting.

50-WORD TALK

• A job guarantee scheme for urban areas, on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), needs to be worked out. With joblessness increasingly fuelling despair, anger and unrest, as witnessed during the recent protests in Bihar, this burning issue can no longer be put on the back-burner.
• The Supreme Court verdict reinstating a former woman judge who resigned following her alleged sexual harassment shows the judiciary too is not free from the vices of arbitrariness in its administrative decisions. The judgement instils confidence in women to fight back when wronged, but does it call for a seven-year-struggle?

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.