WSDP Bulletin (4/06/2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. The Digital India transformation READ MORE
2. How barcodes differ from radio-frequency identification tags READ MORE
3. What is the PM CARES scheme for children who lost parents to Covid? READ MORE
4. Reimagine disinvestment READ MORE
5. Control and delete: On government appellate panels for social media READ MORE

GS 1

1. Urgent Need to Develop Adaptation Options for Water and Agriculture Sectors READ MORE
2. Water security under threat READ MORE

GS 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Control and delete: On government appellate panels for social media READ MORE
2. The Digital India transformation READ MORE
3. 7 Years Later, and Still No Clarity on Green Clearance for Ganga Waterway. Why? READ MORE

SOCIAL JUSTICE

1. What is the PM CARES scheme for children who lost parents to Covid? READ MORE
2. Academic Distress’ and Student Suicides in India: A Crisis That Needs to be Acknowledged READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Gradual engagement: On India-Taliban ties READ MORE
2. Ukraine expects India to participate actively in post-war construction READ MORE
3. What’s Combined Military Forces-Bahrain? US-backed coalition India joined on Quad sidelines READ MORE

GS 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Level playing field READ MORE
2. Combating inflation while retaining growth momentum READ MORE
3. Reimagine disinvestment READ MORE
4. A job at hand READ MORE
5. Restaurants cannot add service charge in food bills READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. New rules spur opportunities for e-waste recyclers READ MORE
2. Keep eco-sensitive zone of 1 km around forests: Supreme Court READ MORE
3. By laminating our oceans, we are choking life READ MORE
4. Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts READ MORE
5. Extreme weather events in India may be transporting more plastic litter into oceans, warn experts READ MORE
6. Stockholm+50: We need decentralisation of ‘power’ READ MORE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. As India gets world’s first liquid-mirror telescope for astronomy, what is it and how will it be used? READ MORE
2. How barcodes differ from radio-frequency identification tags READ MORE

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Don’t act under anger READ MORE
2. Why not bring God into our schools & colleges? READ MORE
3. Align with intentions READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1.    Examine the causes behind India’s problem of e-waste. Also, find out the reasons due to which rules have been ineffective.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The universe will align other resources for us to taste success. Any resource we require to do anything in life is already there in the universe in some way. It is the purity of intentions that brings those resources together. If we are not confused about what we want and our actions align with our intention, we are on our way to success.
• Increasing the efficiency of water use especially in the agriculture sector is of utmost importance.
• Given the increased demand for water and declining water potential, it is necessary to make constructive efforts to increase its efficiency. Water has long been considered a free good and, therefore, water use efficiency is very low in all sectors. Although the pricing of water alone will not completely solve all water-related woes, its efficiency can be increased to a greater extent by fixing its prices on a volumetric basis.
• Of India’s total irrigated area of 98 million hectares, groundwater accounts for about 65 per cent. The reports published by the Central Groundwater Board warn that the uncontrolled overexploitation of groundwater is not only depleting water rapidly but also causes various environmental problems. Appropriate pricing of electricity with judicious rationing of electricity supply may help save water for future use.

ESSAY TOPIC

• Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
• Inclusive governance begets inclusive growth.

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 on 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.