WSDP Bulletin (06-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Centre launches software to enrol names in ration cards READ MORE
2. Banks can’t rely on RBI money ‘perennially’ for credit demand: Governor Das READ MORE
3. RBI raises rates, vows nimble policy READ MORE
4. RBI flags global degrowth hit on trade, EMs READ MORE
5. Explained: As India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what’s new READ MORE
6. Record coral cover doesn’t necessarily mean the Great Barrier Reef is in good health READ MORE
7. China launches secret reusable spacecraft into low-Earth orbit READ MORE
8. DRDO successfully test fires indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Caste-based differences in self-help groups: Evidence from a rural livelihood programme READ MORE
2. Migration crisis READ MORE
3. History, memory and identity READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. A fresh opportunity: Bill’s withdrawal is a chance to check lacunae, but a data protection law brooks no delay READ MORE
2. Reboot bureaucracy to make it effectual READ MORE
3. India’s lower courts are sitting on 4 crore cases. Filling judicial vacancies must be a priority READ MORE
4. India’s drug approval system is broken but a proposed new law does nothing to fix it READ MORE
5. A President of Presence? India’s first tribal president reveals the potentials as well as pitfalls of representative democracy. READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Queer Rights: Sec 377 Is Down, but Urgent Reforms Are Required for Equality and Dignity READ MORE
2. Socio-economic Inequality in Longevity in India READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Addressing the challenges in new-age digital commerce READ MORE
2. How to see growth, inflation after the latest repo rate hike READ MORE
3. Rebuild agriculture to make it future-ready READ MORE
4. Defence ‘Atmanirbharta’ key to robust Indian economy READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Tackling marine plastic pollution READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Flood-fighting inept: Regular losses expose poor state of preparedness READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Have you ever wondered who you are? READ MORE
2. Contented, conscious READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. The mantra to make bureaucracy pro-people and proactive is, ‘Refurbish, reform and restructure’. Comment.
2. ‘If the Government is indeed committed to a comprehensive legal framework on data privacy and protection, it must revert to the baseline provided in the Justice Srikrishna Committee recommendations’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.
• Online Dispute Resolution, or ODR, can help mitigate litigation risk and provide insights into consumer problems.
• If the Government is indeed committed to a comprehensive legal framework on data privacy and protection, it must revert to the baseline provided in the Justice Srikrishna Committee recommendations and enact a law within a reasonable timeline.
• RBI’s hawkish stance, at some cost to growth, may be driven by persisting external volatility.
• The civil servants are appointed to implement laws not hinder them.
• The RBI has to ensure that inflation is reined in soon and GNPAs continue to move southwards. And the government must expedite economic reforms to maintain the momentum.
• If India addresses its institutional and policy failures, reduces its inequalities and addresses its iniquities over the next 25 years, that would truly make it an Indian century.
• Despite the Drugs Controller General of India having functioned in a whimsical and opaque manner, the draft bill does not curb its vast discretionary powers.
• India’s first tribal president reveals the potentials as well as pitfalls of representative democracy.
• The studies on socio-economic inequalities in longevity are relatively few when it comes to developing countries in general, and India in particular.

50 WORD TALK

• With Green Revolution having outlived its utility, it’s time to move to the next stage. The 75th anniversary of Independence provides an excellent opportunity to rethink and redesign the road map. This will call for moving away from the economic thought that has always relied on sacrificing agriculture for the sake of industry. The focus has to be on making the village the hub of hopes & aspirations.

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.