WSDP Bulletin (08-03-2022)

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(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. DD India on Yupp TV – Global OTT Platform widens reach READ MORE
2. Labour Ministry launches ‘donate a pension’ scheme READ MORE
3. Russia declines to take part in case at International Court of Justice READ MORE
4. Campaign to bring back at least four lakh girls who dropped out of school READ MORE
5. Focus on health, ramping up Ujjwala scheme: Suggestions to curb NCR’s air pollution problem READ MORE
6. A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants READ MORE
7. Government approves continuation of Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana for Financial Years 2021-22 to 2025-26 READ MORE

Main Exam    

GS Paper- 1

1. Explained: The legacy of Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule READ MORE
2. Build sustainable society READ MORE
3. Why men are more equal than women READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. ‘Sealed cover’ jurisprudence is appalling: As the MediaOne case shows, a judiciary that is a mute spectator to any executive action highlights democratic decay READ MORE
2. More women in politics will strengthen democracy READ MORE
3. Self-help groups play a big role in the empowerment of women READ MORE
4. Insight into judiciary: How the legal system can be energised to be in sync with current times READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. NEP 2020: Making education gender inclusive READ MORE
2. Gender inequality a roadblock READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The coming storm: Russia-Ukraine fallout for India may be severe READ MORE
2. Only India has relatively good relations with NATO states, Russia, Ukraine. Ask for ceasefire READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Extension of RBI deadline: Welcome relief for NBFCs, and borrowers READ MORE
2. De-SWIFTING Russia: India may be less impacted as it isn’t a major trading partner READ MORE
3. Is the Economy Heading towards Stagflation? READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. UNEA 5.2: Environment ministers call for integrating ecosystem protection with public health policies READ MORE
2. How Proposed Changes to the Biodiversity Act Lie On the Wrong Side of the Law READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Curb fratricide: Need to effectively address mental health issues of troops READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. How satellites are helping us understand deadly avalanches like the Chamoli disaster READ MORE

GS Paper- 1

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Women’s Ideas Transforming the World! READ MORE
2. Going Beyond The Limitations of Gender READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Promoting gender equality and improvement in the status of women are specifically stated to be the central goals of development and social policy in India’. Discuss the statement.
2. How the present conditions of accelerating inflation and the deceleration in growth will push the country towards stagflation? How India can tackle this situation?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Wars don’t bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
• A court that sits as a mute spectator to any executive action is a crude manifestation of democratic decay.
• When an action is alleged to have curtailed fundamental rights, the court is bound to examine the legality of the action through the lens of proportionality.
• There is already greater voter turnout of women than in past decades. There must now be push for more women to be elected to legislative bodies and hold decision-making positions in political parties.
• Collateral-free micro-loans offered by Self Help Groups are among our most vital tools for women to achieve socio-economic self-reliance.
• To overcome social stigmas around employment and give women the agency to break out of the shackles of subordination, entrepreneurship is an innovative and simple tool.
• Emerging as important micro-finance systems, SHGs work as platforms that promote solidarity among women, bringing them together on issues of health, nutrition, gender parity and gender justice.
• The most important causes of gender inequality are rooted in poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, social customs and an anti-female mindset. In India, among the 30 per cent people who are below the poverty line, 70 per cent are women, leading to economic dependence on men that becomes a root cause of gender disparity.
• Promoting gender equality and improvement in the status of women are specifically stated to be the central goals of development and social policy in India.

50-WORD TALK

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes he’ll convince President Vladimir Putin to take an emergency exit out of the Ukraine crisis. Gambling on a quick win, Putin’s instead got crippling sanctions which also hurt friends like India. Finding a way out, though, means losing face, which Putin isn’t—yet—ready for.
• The world needs to move from ritual and rhetoric to genuine actions for safe and healthy existence of half of the world’s population that faces gender-based inequality, discrimination and violence. Before the onset of Covid-19, a staggering 243 million women and girls (aged 15-49) were globally subjected to sexual or physical violence. This has only worsened during the pandemic.

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.