WSDP Bulletin (02-03-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. India expects West sanctions on Russia to impact key sectors, defence, engg could take big hit READ MORE
2. Investments through P-notes decline to ₹87,989 crore in January READ MORE
3. Explained: Why rule change in BBMB has become a flashpoint between Centre and Punjab READ MORE
4. UNEA 5.2: UN assembly to come up with an agreement on plastic pollution READ MORE
5. AFSPA extended in Assam for 6 more months with effect from Feb 28 READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. A history of clothing and why it matters: Understanding clothing and defiance of dress codes can build greater civility and respect for difference READ MORE
2. How Gandhi Offered an Antidote to Our Sanitised Economic Inequality Discourse READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Data mine: The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency READ MORE  
2. Bombay HC Directs POCSO Act Offender to Compensate for Upbringing of Child Born Out of Sexual Assault READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The Ukraine war, India and a stand of non-alignment: New Delhi’s present position apart, the only lasting principle in foreign policy is the principle of national interest READ MORE
2. Ukraine challenge in changing global order READ MORE
3. Changing geopolitics: India must focus on creating a genuinely market-oriented economy READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India Economic recovery still needs policy support READ MORE
2. DUET: A proposal for an urban work programme READ MORE
3. Unemployment crisis: Job creation a big challenge for governments READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. A cautionary tale: India must heed the warning of the IPCC report and shore up adaptation measures READ MORE
2. What the New IPCC Climate Report Portends for India and South Asia READ MORE
3. UNEA 5.2: Australia dumping plastic in ASEAN countries despite ending exports in 2020, shows report READ MORE

SECURITY

1. The history of the Kuki insurgency in Manipur READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Policies and People | The RE sector must be mindful of its impact on people READ MORE
2. Beware of the Avalanche of Stupidity Threatening to Bury Us All READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency’. Comment.
2. Recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia shows that UNSC is failed as facilitators of global peace. In the light of the this development analyse the reforms required in UNSC.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
• Modest growth signals in third quarter point to need for continuing stimulus.
• The role of fiscal and trade policy will be dominant, but monetary policy will continue to have a crucial role in maintaining stable financial markets to reduce at least one component of uncertainty.
• The proposed data use policy is good on intent but lacks clarity on critical aspects of privacy and transparency.
• The Centre can convert the data use policy itself into a Bill and get it enacted as a law by the Parliament given that public funds will be used to set up the institutional framework to implement it.
• As India transitions towards a low-carbon economy, it is critical that its future energy systems are designed to foreground ecological health, human dignity and well-being.
• Russia’s unprovoked assault on the territorial integrity of Ukraine has ramifications for global political stability. It raises once again the profoundly important question about the role and relevance of the UN and its instrumentalities as facilitators of global peace.
• Contemporary India will do well to urgently move away from a technocratic Kuznets Ratio world and embrace the normative and political promise of the Gandhi-Irwin Ratio.

50-WORD TALK

• Slower Q3 GDP growth and lower forecast for the full year is bad news for India’s economic recovery. Tackling the fallout of the Ukraine crisis and containing inflation should be Modi government’s priority. For starters, it should cut taxes to prevent petrol-diesel prices from soaring after voting ends in UP.

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.