WSDP Bulletin (22-01-2022)

(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)

Prelim and Main

1. Amar Jawan Jyoti now merged with National War Memorial flame, says Government READ MORE
2. Brent at 7-year high: how are economy, markets and investors impacted? READ MORE
3. Explained: The concern over 5G and flight safety READ MORE
4. Why India is unwilling to discuss forests at international fora READ MORE
5. India-Israel to widen scope of Industrial R&D & Technological Innovation Fund READ MORE
6. RBI holds special repo auction as GST outflow tightens liquidity READ MORE

Main Exam   

GS Paper- 2

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Wrong remedy: States have rightly raised questions about proposed rule changes on IAS, IPS deputation READ MORE
2. The ground rules of ‘the one land of many’: Today, some in positions of power in India seem to be questioning those rules — which makes it crucial to reaffirm them READ MORE
3. How to fix the anti-defection loophole READ MORE
4. The medium: To teach in English or in mother tongue? A multilingual approach is the answer READ MORE
5. Why the Supreme Court Said Reservation is Not at Odds With Merit READ MORE

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1.  How the Quad can help climate action READ MORE
2. How Ukraine standoff can impact India READ MORE

GS Paper- 3

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. FCRA, NGOs and the Question of Which Foreign Funding Is in National Interest READ MORE
2. The Gandhian path can help farmers and consumers READ MORE
3. Income and Livelihood Promotion through Individual Assets under MGNREGA READ MORE

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY  

1. States have an important role to play as India sets sights on net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 READ MORE

SECURITY

1. Why India needs a single agency to guard its borders READ MORE

GS Paper- 4

ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY

1. The way to be free from worldly pressures READ MORE
2. Tagore and Development READ MORE

Questions for the MAIN exam

1. ‘If India polity wants to get rid of open corruption, it needs to take urgent steps to fix the Tenth Schedule’. In the light of the statement discuss how to fix the loopholes in anti-defection?
2. ‘Effectively confronting climate change as a shared responsibility of the Centre and the state as a collaborative effort within the federal system represents our best hope’. In the light of the statement, discuss how states can play an active role in achieving net-zero by 2070?

QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS

• The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.
• States have rightly raised questions about proposed rule changes on IAS, IPS deputation.
• The idea of India as a modern nation based on a certain conception of human rights and citizenship, vigorously backed by due process of law, and equality before law, is a gift of the Constitution.
• In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value.
• If our polity wants to get rid of open corruption, it needs to take urgent steps to fix the Tenth Schedule.
• The most commendable commitment is their focus on increasing the Indo-Pacific region’s resilience by improving critical climate information-sharing and disaster-resilient infrastructure.
• In a country where most children live their lives in two or three languages, multilingual teaching methods provide a level playing field for diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds while reconciling the desires of both parents and the NEP.
• If foreign funding promotes an agenda inimical to the national interest, what about foreign investment which the government has been welcoming.
• If merit is a social good that must be protected, we must first critically examine the content of merit.
• In response to the global and national discourse, climate change is increasingly becoming a priority for state governments.
• Effectively confronting climate change as a shared responsibility of the Centre and the state as a collaborative effort within the federal system represents our best hope.
• Despite the tremendous potential for livelihoods based on the creativity of villagers and particularly women in this work, this path has been steadily abandoned.

50-WORD TALK

• Supreme Court should be applauded for its landmark judgement separating quotas from merit. Its call to socially contextualise merit couldn’t have been more timely considering the new learning faultlines the pandemic has created. It also deflates all the hype about competitive exams. This should settle the reservation debate for now.
• Nitish Kumar government’s move to amend Bihar prohibition law to dilute irrational and draconian penalty provisions is overdue. Frequent hooch tragedies exposed the failure of this law while courts choking with bail applications underlined its arbitrariness. Kumar must cut his losses and stop investing political capital in a failed law.

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 also 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.