WSDP Bulletin (10-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Centre bans export of broken rice due to domestic demand READ MORE
2. Direct tax mop-up rises 30% till Sept 8 READ MORE
3. Army in Arunachal Pradesh gets modern equipment READ MORE
4. India is not in the trade pillar of IPEF right now: US Trade Representative READ MORE
5. A river ruined: Are India’s mining laws deterrent enough? READ MORE
6. State of the Climate in Africa 2021: High water stress to displace up to 700 million Africans by 2030 READ MORE
7. A look into India’s first prototype of drone technology for organ transportation READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Moving out of the shadows, from silence to assertion READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Why sports management in India needs to include former players READ MORE
2. Challenge for CBI to tackle credibility crisis READ MORE
3. Courts’ turn to keep pace with the times READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. How Bharat is fighting TB through Jan Bhagidari: Health minister writes about govt & citizens working together to make the country TB-free by 2025 READ MORE  
2. Transgender woes READ MORE
3. Expansive Social Security Programmes a Top Priority READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. On China, India must be alert READ MORE  
2. Analysing Sri Lankan, Chinese, and Indian Perspectives: Sri Lanka–China Relations READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Why Modi govt needs to reconsider spending on physical rather than social infrastructure READ MORE
2. August Trade Gap Is an Early Warning of Currency and Forex Worries READ MORE

 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Climate finance for sustainable development goals READ MORE
2. Slowdown of continental plates linked to volcanic eruptions triggered mass extinctions: Study READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. The stark reasons why Bengaluru is sinking READ MORE
2. SECURITY IN THE TIME OF DISASTERS READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. S Radhakrishnan: A man of egoless impartiality READ MORE
2. Rule over your senses READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. Growing market uncertainties and recurring calamities demand higher social security. In the light of the statement explain how a Pan-India Social Security Programmes can secure citizens from these uncertainties?
2. ‘As sport administration becomes more demanding and training and skills more complex, the presumption that sports federations can be run by bureaucrats or judges needs a serious rethink’. Comment.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• A change of heart changes everything.
• Growing market uncertainties and recurring calamities demand higher social security.
• It is argued that given the geostrategic location of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, and proximity to India, an aspiration for infrastructural developmental and Chinese developmental assistance are primarily shaping the Sri Lankan foreign policy choice to adopt hedging to maximise benefits.
• As the power relationship in Asia is in a constant flux and given the power dilemma between India and China, New Delhi is increasingly more receptive to India–US–Sri Lanka collaboration to restrict China’s foray into the Indian Ocean.
• As sport administration becomes more demanding and training and skills more complex, the presumption that sports federations can be run by bureaucrats or judges needs a serious rethink.
• India and China have agreed on disengagement of their frontline troops in the Hot Springs area along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after months of protracted negotiations, but it is also obvious that serious differences remain between the two sides.
• It is high time now that we shifted our focus to a more down to earth, sustainable model of development that would place a lower burden on the planet.
• Addressing climate change requires investments in green bonds, instruments that finance green projects achieving decent returns, while simultaneously hedging against climate change risks.

50-WORD TALK

• The CBI’s decline started during the Emergency and gradually it became politicised. The Shah Commission of Inquiry, which probed the excesses perpetrated during the Emergency, criticised its questionable role in a number of cases and hauled up some of its shining stars. It also observed that the efficiency and transparency of an organisation depend much on the extent to which the executives of the organisation are allowed to function ‘freely and objectively’.
• The 20% duty on rice export is no cause for embarrassment or complaint. We’d wish more is done to discourage export of non-Basmati rice. It brings little value and costs too much water. Wean farmers away from producing surplus paddy for export, incentivise shifting to more remunerative, less water-guzzling crops.

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.