WSDP Bulletin (01-08-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. New e-waste rules threaten jobs, collection network READ MORE
2. Meghalaya favours Chinese smart meters: Trinamool READ MORE
3. Chinese research vessel to dock at Hambantota port in August READ MORE
4. HAL to supply 12 light utility helicopters to armed forces READ MORE
5. CoWin to gird universal immunisation READ MORE
6. Electoral bonds: Parties mop up over Rs 10,000 crore since 2018 READ MORE
7. Neighbour’s envy: India’s jute economy is faltering while Bangladesh’s is flourishing; here’s why READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. India’s natural farming policy should recognise women’s new role READ MORE

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. PMLA verdict, an erosion of constitutional buffers READ MORE
2. Making ease of justice a reality READ MORE
3. Regulate, not ban, for safe drinking READ MORE
4. Reassert democratic values READ MORE
5. ED just got more teeth READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

1. NEP 2020: execution is key to its success READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. Diplomacy comes of age: India poised for integration into the international system READ MORE
2. How Does the Sanction Waiver to India Aid US’ Strategic Interests? READ MORE
3. Bringing Eurasia closer: The International North South Transport Corridor, which aims to bring Eurasia closer together, is a laudable initiative READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. India’s ‘wheat waiver’ WTO demand is risk-fraught READ MORE
2. Core constraints: Infrastructure sectors’ headline growth may be robust, but is not broad-based yet READ MORE
3. Explained: India’s unique jobs crisis READ MORE
4. On food inflation, the humble tomato has challenged the mighty RBI READ MORE
5. Prepare well for rupee internationalization READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Karnataka plans to de-notify large tracts of forest land even as it sets ambitious green targets READ MORE
2. The Supreme Court verdict on mandatory eco-sensitive zones will help forest conservation in India READ MORE
3. Why the Bedti-Varada river inter-linking project is not technically feasible READ MORE

TECHNOLOGY

1. 5G auction: Who is the winner? READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. The great Indian paradox READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Are you putting your time to good use? READ MORE
2. VIOLENT BELIEFS MUST BE REJECTED BY ALL READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘India’s ‘wheat waiver’ stand in WTO will dilute its core agenda of pushing for a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security’. Critically examine.
2. How far do you agree with this view that Indian policymakers in international affairs are facing moral indecisiveness, diplomatic reticence and ideological confusion and this is making a shift in foreign policy from non-alignment to multi-alignment? Analyse your view.
3. ‘Monetary policy cannot bring food inflation under control thus, curbing inflation requires streamlining value chains’. Justify.

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.
• PMLA verdict enables the reintroduction of an ‘unconstitutional’ law and also holds that the linked bail conditions are not arbitrary.
• India’s criminal justice system is built on a set of received axioms that are inherent to the basic precepts of justice and fairness.
• India’s ‘wheat waiver’ WTO a stand will dilute its core agenda of pushing for a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security.
• Negotiations at the WTO require crystal clarity of the core objectives that should be relentlessly pursued.
• Indian policymaking in international affairs has often been criticised for its moral indecisiveness, diplomatic reticence and ideological confusion.
• India’s founding role in both the INSTC and the Quad exemplify its departure from non-alignment to multi-alignment. The INSTC offers a platform for India to closely collaborate with Russia, Iran and Central Asian republics.
• Monetary policy cannot bring food inflation under control. Curbing inflation in tomatoes, onions and potatoes requires streamlining their value chains.
• Address the gaps in the judicial and police system to ensure all undertrials can access legal rights.
• The Supreme Court has upheld the amendments to PMLA with a caveat that it must be used judiciously.
• New Education Policy 2020, if implemented in true spirit, could help transform education for skill-based society.

50 WORD TALK

• Spurious liquor deaths in Gujarat are the result of the hypocritical moralism guiding India’s liquor policies. Prohibition, or high taxes on country liquor, only drive the poor to bootleggers. Three Indians, on average, die of toxic liquor every day. True, alcohol abuse kills—but prohibition is, perversely, adding to the death toll.

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.