WSDP Bulletin (04-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Centre increases Fair and Remunerative Price on sugarcane READ MORE
2. India to host UNSC members for special meeting on counter-terrorism in Oct READ MORE
3. Services sector growth slipped to four-month low in July: S&P Global PMI READ MORE
4. Supreme Court calls for a panel to look into freebies issue READ MORE
5. Govt gives nod to stronger climate targets for 2030 READ MORE
6. SC collegium decides: Freeze on new postings until next CJI takes over READ MORE
7. Artisanal gold mining in South Africa is out of control. Mistakes that got it here READ MORE
8. PM to inaugurate projects under Shrimad Rajchandra Mission READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Colonialism infected religion too READ MORE
2. The paradox of secularism READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why the President of India is also Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces READ MORE
2. Sober liquor policy: Delhi shows why all states need smart alcohol regulation and 100% private retail trade READ MORE
3. A draconian Act READ MORE
4. Fortify the justice system to ensure bail is the norm READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Reaping the demographic dividend: India needs to invest in quality school and higher education as well as healthcare READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Bring back the dhow route: Revitalising regional trade networks will help maintain peace and stability in the Indian Ocean READ MORE
2. Why US-China tensions may lead to strategic instability READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Trade worries: The burgeoning trade deficit is set to swell the current account deficit READ MORE
2. Stop women from quitting workforce READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Explained: As India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what’s new READ MORE
2. Tonga volcano spews enough water to fill 58,000 pools into stratosphere, likely to add to global warming READ MORE

SECURITY

1. No compromise on security READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Guru can show you the straight path to happiness READ MORE
2. To confront or adjust READ MORE
3. Testing boundaries of national tolerance READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. How far do you agree with this view that the provisions of PMLA are against the concept of natural justice? Analyse your view.
2. ‘While designing the Constitution, the framers were both following certain British traditions while simultaneously trying to break with them’. Examine.
3. ‘Making a new law much like a Bail Act is desirable, but there is an immediate need for effective regulation on fixing accountability’. Analyse the statement in the light of the recent debate on the new bail law.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• While designing the Constitution, the framers were both following certain British traditions while simultaneously trying to break with them.
• India needs to invest in quality school, higher education, and healthcare.
• India must seize the moment and not be incremental in its approach. Given the will it can initiate and see through a transformation that will stun the world, even more than China’s has so far.
• Revitalising regional trade networks will be for the advantage of not only the port city economies in distress but also to maintain peace and stability in the Indian Ocean.
• Manufacturers and retailers need a stable and transparent policy like any other industry, which will have a positive spin-off on agriculture, a key raw material supplier. We need a sober regulatory system and 100% private retail for alcohol.
• Labour force participation of Indian women is dropping precariously and urgent policy actions are needed to address this.
• Making a new law much like a Bail Act is desirable, but there is an immediate need for effective regulation on fixing accountability. No new law for bail will be effective if our system has little inclination to fix accountability.

ESSAY TOPIC

• A change of heart changes everything.

50 WORD TALK

• The pointer to future economic prosperity is ‘Make in India’. The Indian armed forces are a prominent stakeholder in its success. The numbers related to equipment and wherewithal of the services are huge. The making of military equipment gives a push to the industry. It also builds up a dual-use ecosystem of many smaller items, which in turn, boosts entrepreneurship and generates employment.

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 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.