WSDP Bulletin (01-12-2022)

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Prelim and Main

1. Why constitutional validity of J&K Reorganisation Act clause went unchallenged: Supreme Court READ MORE
2. Over 160-200 million Indians could be exposed to lethal heat waves annually: World Bank READ MORE
3. RBI’s modified digital lending norms to come in effect from December 1 READ MORE
4. Manufacturing shrinks, slowing Q2 GDP growth to 6.3% READ MORE
5. From bonds to banks: Large industry drives credit growth READ MORE
6. Supreme Court floats idea of ‘Project GIB’: What is this endangered bird READ MORE
7. India lost 6 people daily to extreme weather events in October READ MORE
8. IMD predicts low-pressure area over south Andaman Sea READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. Mahatma Phule: Great doyen of social justice READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Unseemly conflict: On Supreme Court-government tussle over the Collegium system READ MORE
2. Order, order: NJAC better than collegium. But the current GoI-SC standoff must end. Both must offer something to the other READ MORE
3. Data Protection Bill still has loose ends READ MORE
4. Constitution was a product of freedom struggle READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. EWS are well represented in higher education READ MORE  
2. The case for welfare schemes READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. India’s G20 agenda will be inclusive, decisive READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Time is right for a digital rupee READ MORE
2. G20 can create value chains led by farmers READ MORE
3. Unorganised must form the core of economic growth READ MORE
4. Soaring Bad Loans, Abysmal Recoveries Show Bankruptcy Code Is Itself Bankrupt READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Waste disposal needs all hands on deck READ MORE
2. Climate Change Will Worsen Spread of Invasive Species Resilient To Warming READ MORE
3. Look beyond COP for climate action READ MORE

INTERNAL SECURITY

1. The AIIMS cyber attack is a wake-up call for national security READ MORE

 GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. ‘Humanity’s challenges can’t be solved by fighting … but by acting together’: The PM says India’s G20 presidency will reflect its tradition of seeking harmony between all READ MORE
2. The world needs empathy more than sympathy READ MORE
3. How to prevent humanity’s surrender to AI READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. How far do you agree with this view that anti-conversion laws are not coherent with fundamental rights and breach the right to privacy of individuals? Analyse your view with the help of relevant examples.
2. ‘If India is to seize the advantage of its burgeoning young workforce, it needs to strategically implement economic and industrial policies’. Comment.
3. The role of Parliament in drafting laws has been diminishing in recent times and India seen the rise of administrative state. Critically examine.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.
• If India is to seize the advantage of its burgeoning young workforce, it needs to strategically implement economic and industrial policies.
• The Anti-Conversion law should be coherent with the fundamental rights guaranteed under the constitution and should not be based on vagaries.
• Only 13% recovery on loan defaults of Rs 10 lakh crore shows that all is not well with the operation of the bankruptcy reforms.
• There is no doubt the energies of India’s young women and men can be tapped to lift the entire country’s prospects. But this can be achieved only with strategic investments and interventions by the government, alongside well-directed social, employment and industrial policies.
• Parliament needs to take back its core responsibility of drafting legislation. It also needs to provide for adequate space for healthy debate on its proposed statutes.
• Government must form a committee comprising agency chiefs and prosecution to monitor high-profile cases.
• Institutional solutions on weighty issues like inter-institutional balancing and efficiency enhancement require a balanced, institutionalised approach.
• In the Supreme Court of India’s verdict on the economically weaker sections case, it is the dissenting judgment that imparts strength to fight for the promise of equality forming the core of the Constitution.
• Notwithstanding the geopolitical difficulties that India faces today, India is a pivotal power in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, with an ability to help tackle security, climate and other challenges of global consequence.

ESSAY TOPIC

• The best social reform in the world is a job.

50-WORD TALK

• COP27 has ended with little to show in terms of progress, barring the creation of a loss and damage fund. The familiar attempts by rich, more polluting countries to obfuscate, distract and offload their responsibilities on developing countries spell trouble and tragedy for the planet. This is a cop-out.
• By seeking recall of Supreme Court orders setting free Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins, the central government has pushed back against a dangerous precedent. Ethnic and religious groups have long lobbied for lenient treatment of terrorists who kill in their name. India cannot afford to be soft on such claims.

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.