WSDP Bulletin (02-09-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. To China’s fury, UN accuses Beijing of Uyghur rights abuses READ MORE
2. New PMO project gets green clearance READ MORE
3. Vostok-2022 commences in Russia with India, China participating READ MORE
4. Tech innovations for accessibility awarded READ MORE
5. IMF-Sri Lanka reach staff level agreement, Fund provisionally agrees on $2.9 billion loan READ MORE
6. What’s on the menu for India’s most endangered canid? READ MORE
7. La Nina’s rare ‘triple dip’ likely to affect weather patterns globally READ MORE
8. Greenhouse gas, sea levels reached record highs in 2021: NOAA Report READ MORE

Main Exam

GS Paper- 1

1. A revert to the mean: Increase in violent crimes, suicides in 2021 points to indirect consequences of pandemic READ MORE
2. Debate: Care Work Support is Essential to Bring Women into Paid Work READ MORE
3. How the rural employment guarantee scheme is a double-edged sword for women READ MORE   

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Set up an independent body to dissect poll promises READ MORE
2. Towering corruption: Time to punish guilty READ MORE

SOCIAL ISSUES

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

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The big-picture takeaways from China’s Taiwan drills: The PLA has still to cover some gaps before it gains the confidence and warfare proficiency in any planned invasion READ MORE
2. INDIA MUST DEVELOP A NARRATIVE FOR WORLD READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. On freebies: We are asking the wrong questions READ MORE
2. Slow improvement: Fiscal authorities should spur consumption and investment to aid faster recovery READ MORE
3. Gati Shakti will ramp up logistics efficiency READ MORE
4. What is the state of the Indian economy today? READ MORE
5. Sole emphasis on GDP growth is misguided policy READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

1. Climate Change for Us READ MORE
2. Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by 1% READ MORE

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Community radio helps fight disasters READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. Can civil servants express their views on law, governance? READ MORE
2. Memories & Imagination 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

• Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
• Fiscal authorities should spur consumption and investment to aid faster recovery.
• The PLA has still to cover some gaps before it gains the confidence and warfare proficiency in any planned invasion.
• Increase in violent crimes, suicides in 2021 points to indirect consequences of pandemic.
• Maintaining momentum next year could be more challenging, with global growth slowing and lagged impact of monetary tightening in economy.
• It aims to seamlessly integrate data and logistics projects across the nation, to achieve greater global competitiveness.
• It is not extremely divergent from India’s stated targets at multilateral forums. It can always tweak the priority areas to make them more relevant for the evolving geopolitical order.
• Animal and climate justice groups pointed out that almost 60 per cent of the menu at the Conference was made up of high-carbon, meat and dairy products.
• While demand-side changes, such as the creation of job opportunities, are certainly needed to increase female participation in the labour force, there is an equivalent need to share the care work burden that is disproportionately thrust on women.

 50-WORD TALK

• Even though the IMF’s agreed to bail out economically-devastated Sri Lanka, the country’s far from safe harbour. The IMF requires that foreign creditors agree to restructure Lanka’s debts. Big-lender China, though, is reluctant to share the burden. The IMF’s also demanded tough fiscal and policy reforms. Testing times lie ahead.
• The path of zero growth and degrowth is more valid for highly industrialised countries which have gone through overgrowth, leading to global environmental degradation. The developing countries still need some growth to meet the basic needs of millions of its poor people, but that growth must be environmentally informed and equitable in nature. Sustainable and equitable development must replace the prevalent obsession with maximising economic growth.

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.