WSDP Bulletin (01-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Urban unemployment rate dips to 7.6% in April-June 2022: Survey READ MORE
2. Only 16% of human trafficking cases in 2021 saw convictions: NCRB data READ MORE
3. First-quarter GDP up 13.5%, lower than RBI estimate READ MORE
4. Explained: Bhang, ganja, and criminality in the NDPS Act READ MORE
5. Govt approves signing of MoU with Nepal on biodiversity conservation READ MORE
6. Most number of saltwater crocodile births in Bhitarkanika this year READ MORE
7. An Arunachal Pradesh town has swapped its water pollution problem for air pollution READ MORE
8. The monsoon has ended, so why are Kerala & Karnataka still receiving intense rainfall? READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Stuck in semantics: How confusions over forest land definitions keep benefits away from forest dwellers READ MORE
2. The State must focus on transformational change in the lives of women READ MORE

 GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Electricity Amendment Bill 2022: A mixed bag READ MORE
2. India is still awaiting key police reforms READ MORE
3. Benthamite approach to good governance READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. NCRB data shows COVID-19 pandemic made children more vulnerable to crime READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Gorbachev unmade the USSR and made the modern world READ MORE
2. How to end the China dispute READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. GDP number is disappointing READ MORE
2. A six-point guide for government to regulate freebies READ MORE
3. Making India competitive: Growth should be sustainable and equitable READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. An Arunachal Pradesh town has swapped its water pollution problem for air pollution READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Personal data protection: Firms need to do more READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Flood protection calls for a comprehensive approach READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Prepare yourself for the inevitability of death READ MORE
2. The true knowledge is – Everything is gold READ MORE
3. Insensitive society: A BJP leader tortures a domestic help, a security guard is abused in Noida, another thrashed in Gurugram READ MORE
4. INDIVIDUAL GOOD FOR THE COMMON GOOD READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘Some Indian states, heavily burdened with high fiscal deficit and debt levels, have performing better on developmental outcomes’. In the light of the statement discuss whether the states should be allowed to make their own decisions on welfare and freebies?
2. How far do you agree with this view that the New Criminal Identification Act will Create a Surveillance State? Analyse your view.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.
• Concerns of states on some provisions of the new Electricity Bill are justified. But the legislation proposes welcome correctives to longstanding problems of the power sector.
• Collapse of the Soviet Union meant that India had to recalibrate its foreign and industrial policy and open up to foreign capital.
• It is encouraging that the Centre is trying to improve the criminal justice system with new steps. But these changes will remain peripheral unless the system of policing is reformed. As a starter, implement the directives given by the top court and ensure autonomy.
• A comprehensive and inclusive approach to development can pave the way for India’s emergence as an economic powerhouse in the next couple of decades.
• Providing support to the domestic industry should go hand in hand with all-out efforts to make India an attractive destination for trade and investment.
• Reward and punishment can be easily employed as tools to ensure good governance with high success rate.
• Our nation is going through a very difficult time so also the world is facing the hardest time. The time has come for each one of us to contribute to the collective wellbeing and to project that we are one when we fight united.
• The forming of governments by defection rather than election has now become a new normal and sadly touted as ‘masterstroke’ throwing morality and democratic norms to winds.
• The increasing variability of water can weigh heavily on communities and represents a significant risk facing Indian farms, firms, and families.

50-WORD TALK

• The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, who tore down the Iron Curtain, comes as a new Cold War looms. The last Soviet president had a complex legacy, but made the world safer by successfully negotiating limits on nuclear-weapons arsenals. Even competing superpowers can cooperate, Gorbachev showed—a lesson for today’s leaders.

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.