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(The Gist of PIB) India ideas summit 2020


(The Gist of PIB) India ideas summit 2020

 [August-2020]

India ideas summit 2020

  • PM to deliver keynote address at India Ideas Summit on 22 July.
  • The Summit is being hosted by the US-India Business Council.

Key highlights:

  • The Summit will witness discussions on areas including India-US cooperation and future of the relation between the two counties in a post pandemic world.
  • The Council’s mission is to promote trade relations between India and the United States.
  • Council supports pro-growth policies and increased bilateral engagement, focusing in two-way trade.
  • To create an inclusive bilateral trade environment between India and the United States by serving as the voice of industry, linking governments to businesses, and supporting long-term commercial partnerships.
  • This will nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship, create jobs, and successfully contribute to the global economy.
  • The theme for this year’s India Ideas Summit is ‘Building a Better Future’.
  • The virtual Summit will feature high-level presence from Indian and US government policymakers, state-level officials, and thought leaders from business and society.
  • Other key speakers at the Summit include Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Mike Pompeo
  • The India Ideas Summit will be held virtually by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 22, 2020.

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केंद्रीय सशस्त्र पुलिस बल (CAPF AC) Exam Hindi Model Questions : SET-10

1. निम्न कथनों पर विचार कीजिए 

1. 52वें संशोधन 1985 द्वारा संसद सदस्यों की अयोग्यताएं के बारे में वर्णन है
2. चुनाव के बाद यदि कोई स्वतंत्र सदस्य किसी दल को सदस्य बनेगा तो वह अयोग्य घोषित होगा
3. संसद में स्थान ग्रहण करने के 6 माह बाद यदि कोई नामाँकित सदस्य कोई राजनीतिक में सम्मिलित होता है तो वह अयोग्य घोषित हो जाएगा।  

उपर्युक्त कथनों में सही कथन है 

a. केवल 1
b. केवल 2 एवं 3
c. 1 एवं 3
d. उपर्युक्त सभी

2. निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए ।

1. अयोग्यता संबंधी कानून से पहली बार राजनीतिक दलों की संवैधानिक स्थिति की पुष्टि हुई।
2. केन्द्र में प्रधानमंत्री सहित कुल मंत्रियों की संख्या लोकसभा की सदस्य संख्या क 15ः से अधिक नही हो सकती है।

उपर्युक्त कथनों में सही कथन है 

a. केवल 1
b. केवल 2 
c. 1 एवं 2
d. उपर्युक्त में कोई नही 

3. निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए ।

1. अनु2 एवं 3 के अंतर्गत 1990 में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा अन्तर्राज्यीय परिषद का गठन किया गया  
2. राष्ट्रपति अन्तर्राज्यीय परिषद का अध्यक्ष होता है
3. अन्तर्राज्यीय परिषद मे गृहमंत्री सहित 6 केन्द्रीय मंत्री होते  है जिनकी नियुक्ति राष्ट्रपति करता है

उपर्युक्त कथनों में सही कथन है 

a. 1 एवं 3
b. केवल 1
c. केवल 1 एवं 2
d. उपर्युक्त सभी

4. क्षेत्रीय परिषद का मुख्य उद्देश्य है

1. देश का मानसिक एकीकरण करना 
2. देश के विभिन्न भागों के बीच राजनीतिक संतुलन बनाना
3. सामाजिक और आर्थिक मसलो पर केन्द्र एवं राज्यों के मध्य सहयोग को बढ़ाना 

उपर्युक्त कथनों में सही कथन है 

a. केवल 1 एवं 3
b. केवल 1 एवं 3
c. 2 एवं 3
d. उपर्युक्त सभी  

5.निम्न कथनों पर विचार कीजिए 

1. उत्तर क्षेत्रीय परिषद का मुख्यालय नई दिल्ली है 
2. मध्य क्षेत्रीय परिषद का मुख्यालय मध्य प्रदेश है
3. उत्तर पश्चिम क्षेत्रीय परिषद का मुख्यालय मेघालय है

उपर्युक्त कथनों में सही कथन है 

a. केवल 1
b. केवल 2 एवं 3
c. केवल 1 एवं 3
d. 1, 2 एवं 3

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ANS: 1(d), 2(a), 3(b), 4(d), 5(a)

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1. By which Act was the public service commission established for first time in India?

(a) Indian Council Act 1892
(b) Council Act 1909
(c) Government of India Act 1919
(d) Government of India Act 1935

2. When was the Anti- defection Act passed?

(a) 1985.
(b) 1986
(c) 1987.
(d) 1988

3. According to Article 1 of the constitution, India is a:

(a) Group of states
(b) Federation of states
(c) Confederation of states
(d) Union of states

4. National Development Council was constituted on

(a) 6 August 1950
(b) 1 April 1951
(c) 6 August 1952
(d) 16 August 1952

5. Consider the following statements:

1. When the sun, the moon and the earth are in straight line the height of the tide will be lower.
2. Twice in a month, when the moon’s orbit is close to the earth unusually high and low tides occur.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) only 1
(b) only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANS: 1(d), 2(b), 3(b), 4(b), 5(d)

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 02 September 2020 Inevitable collapse: on steepest contraction of GDP (The Hindu)



Inevitable collapse: on steepest contraction of GDP (The Hindu)


Mains Paper 3: Economy 
Prelims level: Dynamic nature of personal data
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment

Context: 

  • India’s GDP suffered its steepest contraction on record in the April-June quarter, as output shrank 23.9% from a year earlier, provisional data show.

Grim scenario:

  • It is evident that the stringent COVID-19 lockdowns in force through the first third of the quarter, and substantially in May, hollowed outdemand.
  • Private consumption spending, which accounts for almost 60% of GDP, contracted 26.7% as consumers abjuredalmost all discretionary spending.
  • And exports, which contribute to a fifth of GDP and reflect overseas demand for Indian goods and services, shrank by nearly 20%.
  • Investment activity was the worst-hit, collapsing 47% and shrinking in share of GDP to about 22% from 32% a year earlier as larger businesses conserved cash and refrained from any capital spending in the face of uncertainty, and smaller firms prioritised survival.
  • Across the real economy, every single industry and services sector shrank with the solitary exception of agriculture, which grew 3.4% and outpaced the year earlier quarter’s 3% expansion.
  • Construction suffered the most, plunging50%, followed by the omnibusservices category — trade, hotels, communication, transport and broadcasting — which shrank 47%, hit by the pandemic-linked restrictions.
  • Manufacturing too took a severe beating, contracting 39% as demand for products deemed non-essential evaporated, and factories, even after reopening, struggled to run amid shortages of labour and added safety norms.

Dilemma:

  • It was left to the government to keep the bottom from falling out on demand as the Centre’s pandemic mitigation expenditure helped expand its consumption spending by 16.4% year-on-year and softened the overall blow to GDP.
  • The fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year’s budgeted target in just the first four months, and also the revenue receipts are impacted by the economic contraction.
  • Given the situation, the government is unlikely to maintain a similar trend in expenditure growth over the next three quarters.
  • Unless, of course, it is prepared to forsake its vauntedfiscal conservatism and finds innovative ways to mobilise resources.
  • The still rising trajectory of new COVID-19 infections and a high level of job losses and income erosion are also sure to retard any recovery in momentum.
  • If the latest survey-based data from IHS Markit show manufacturing PMI for August signalling growth for the first time in five months, the same researcher’s findings also stress that “job shedding continues at a strong rate” in the industry.
  • Equally significantly, the output numbers which are expected to undergo revision given the acknowledged difficulties in collecting data, do not capture a swathe of informal sector activity that was severely impacted.
  • Agriculture too faces headwinds in the form of higher-than-ideal rainfall in August in several key crop growing regions in western and central India.
  • And with the impact of recent farm market ordinances yet to play out, it may be a while before the end of the tunnel is sighted.

Conclusion:

  • With COVID-19 hitting private consumption, demand recovery willhingeon govt. spending.

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Prelims Questions:

Q.1) With reference to the Astrosat, consider the following statements:

1. It is India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem.
2. It has recently detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Mains Questions:

Q.1) Analyse the key reasons behind the fall of GDP figures. What are the steps taken by the government, challenges/hurdles and solution to bring the GDP on the right trajectory?

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 02 September 2020 Treating data as commons(The Hindu)



Treating data as commons(The Hindu)


Mains Paper 2: Governance 
Prelims level: Dynamic nature of personal data
Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability

Context: 

  • The Gopalakrishnan Committee set up by the government on developing a governance framework for non-personal data recently put out its draft report for public consultation.
  • The report’s main purpose is to ensure wide sharing and availability of data in society.
  • To ensure that companies share the required data, it was found necessary to develop strong conceptual and legal basis for data-sharing requirements and obligations.
  • To understand why data sharing is needed, and its importance to a strong and fair digital economy, we must first recognise the infrastructural nature of data.
  • Industrial age infrastructure — roads, electricity, etc. — were often publicly owned.
  • Even if there was some private role, these were run as closely regulated public utilities.
  • The idea was to ensure widespread availability of such infrastructural elements to all, and avoid wasteful duplications. Society’s data have a similar nature for a digital economy.

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 02 September 2020 Resurrecting the right to know (The Hindu)



Address the Trust Deficit (Indian Express)


Mains Paper 3: Environment 
Prelims level: Environmental regulatory system
Mains level: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment

Context: 

  • No industry can survive in Kerala. Well, not many companies are mature enough to operate in Kerala.
  • The state also has a high debt ratio and in recent times, has been one of the slow economic growth states.
  • It is not that the industrialised states of India are much better, but there is something not quite right.
  • The pandemic presents an opportunity for us to think of a new recovery path, one that can decouple economic growth and environmental degradation.
  • It becomes more important as India sees opportunities on the global call to diversify the supply chain and its internal call for Atmanirbhar Bharat.
  • For that, we need to strengthen our production and manufacturing capabilities.

Monitoring and implementation:

  • Indian cities feature high in the list of polluted cities in the world, and the country features very low on quality of life.
  • At the same time, any discussion on more production facilities, mining, utilities and construction evokes fears about where we are going wrong.
  • We have all the environmental regulations we need, but the biggest gap lies in monitoring and implementing them.
  • Take the municipal solid waste rules. Two decades after the regulations came into effect, their status is for all to see.
  • A comparatively recent regulation, centred around Extended Producer Responsibility, has also posed challenges in monitoring and implementation.
  • In a recent ruling, the judiciary not only ruled against the industry but also blamed officials responsible for implementing the regulations. This will not help us in capitalising on the current opportunity.
  • Regulatory infrastructure is supposed to be the bridge of trust between the community and industry.
  • If the bridge is not stable, the community and industry feel the impact, which, over a period of time, spreads to the nation.
  • No community wants an industrial facility, a key economic engine, shut unless there are very serious issues.
  • Other than an accident, such problems don’t happen over a day. When early signs from the environment are neglected, they reach thresholds leading to a community upsurge. Then the political system intervenes.
  • It is a battle that nobody wins. Even as a nation, we have shown inability to showcase growth in a sustainable manner.

Improving the system capabilities:

  • Diluting regulatory requirements is not a solution — in the long run, it will create more adverse impacts resulting in greater community upsurge.
  • The focus has to be to improve the system’s capabilities to monitor and implement regulatory requirements.
  • There needs to be greater transparency and accountability; there is no dearth of technology to facilitate this. Around the world, we are also debating another issue of extreme surveillance.
  • Since somebody is always watching, spotting, noticing or identifying the problem should not be a challenge. But what happens after that is a challenge. The intention and capacity to take action, rectify and diffuse is critical.
  • The right ecosystem between the industry, community and regulator is crucial — if the three stakeholders remain isolated and get activated only in a crisis, we will not make any progress towards solving the issue.
  • We need similar maithri, an improved level of trust, between the regulator, community and industry on environmental protection.
  • The conventional manner of waiting for an agitation, investigating and then knocking on the doors of justice is not the way to sustainable development.

Environmental health:

  • Any anthropogenic activity will have impacts. It is important to understand whether we have a net positive effect from all stakeholders’ perspectives, wherein the future generation is also a key stakeholder.
  • The way forward is to decouple economic growth and environmental degradation.
  • However, it would be more right to say that we need to couple growth and environmental protection. Environmental health will be the key enabler of socio-economic growth in the future.
  • It is important for us to get this right quickly. Community activism in terms of environmental damage is surging and we will have more judgments from the courts. Nobody benefits from such outcomes in the long run.
  • We need to grow to keep progressing, and for that we need industries.
  • When trust between the industry and community erodes, there are more agitations.
  • By focusing on the bridge element of the regulatory system, I am not undermining the role of industry and the community.
  • Industry needs to realise that it is a part of an ecosystem and not at the centre of it. Communities get impacted, either positively or negatively.
  • They need to empower themselves through education, so that they are not driven by the agenda of individuals with vested interests.
  • We need to accept that we have a challenge in implementing environmental regulations. The community does not trust that the industry is meeting its compliance requirements.
  • The regulatory system’s role is to improve this trust quotient.
  • There is a need to evolve a more effective implementation involving all stakeholders, and a more transparent monitoring system. There is, thus, a necessity for a maithri system.

Conclusion:

Prelims Questions:

Q.1) With reference to the super app, consider the following statements:

1. A super app is a platform developed by a company offering various services under one umbrella.
2. Tata Group is planning to launch an all-in-one super app by early next year.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

(The Gist of PIB) Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising


(The Gist of PIB) Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising

 [August-2020]

Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising

  • The Supreme Court mandated Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA) has issued a notice to the Delhi Government on an advertisement of the Delhi Government which had appeared in newspapers on the 16th July, 2020. 

About:

  • The front page advertisement that was published in multiple newspapers across editions on July 16, publicised performance of Delhi government schools in Class 12 board exams. The advertisement also carries a photograph and quote of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
  • The committee has sought an explanation from the Delhi government within 60 days, explaining how this advertisement does not violate the Supreme Court guidelines of avoiding glorification of political personalities. 
  • Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA)?
  • Under the Supreme Court guidelines of May, 2015, “the content of government advertisements should be relevant to the governments’ constitutional and legal obligations as well as the citizens’ rights and entitlements”.
  • Subsequently to Supreme Court directives of May, 2015, the Government of India in 2016 had set up a Three Member Body consisting of “persons with unimpeachable impartiality and who have excelled in their respective fields” to look into Content Regulation of Government funded advertisements in all media platforms.
  • The Committee is empowered to address complaints from the general public on violation of the Supreme Court guidelines and make suitable recommendations. It can also take suo-moto cognizance of any violation of the Supreme Court guidelines.
  • Presently the CCRGA is chaired by Shri Om Prakash Rawat, former Chief Election Commissioner of India.
     

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(The Gist of PIB) Zoram Mega Food Park


(The Gist of PIB) Zoram Mega Food Park

 [August-2020]

Zoram Mega Food Park 

  • A mega food fark set up at the cost of Rs 75 crore in Mizoram will create 5,000 and will benefit 25,000 farmers, the government said on Monday. 

About:

  • The Zoram Mega Food Park (MFP) in Mizoram will provide direct and indirect employment to 5,000 persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC (Core Processing Centre) and PPC (primary processing Centre) catchment areas.
  • Zoram Mega Food Park located in Mizoram, the Minister of Food Processing said that the Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 Crore in about 30 food processing units in the park and would eventually lead to a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crores annually. 

Key highlights:

  • Zoram Mega Food Park has been set up in 55 acre of land at a project cost of Rs 75.20 crore.
  • The facilities created by the developer at Central Processing Centre (CPC) of this Mega Food Park include Cold Storage, Food Testing Laboratory besides state of art enabling infrastructure. 
  • The Park also has a common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs and 03 Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) at Champhai, Thingfal and Thenzawl having facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms in the catchment area to benefit farmers. 
  • This Mega Food Park will benefit the people of Kolasib-District as well as nearby Districts of Mamit and Aizawl of Mizoram and nearby districts of Hailakandi, Cachar of Assam.
  • Under the Mega Food Park Scheme, Government of India provides financial assistance up to Rs 50 crore per Mega Food Park project. Presently, 18 Mega Food Park Projects are under implementation in various states and 19 Mega Food Parks have already become functional in the States. 6 of them are in the Northeastern region. 2 MFPs in Northeastern Region are operational at Assam and Mizoram.
  • The Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 Crore in about 30 food processing units in the park and would eventually lead to a turnover of about Rs 450-500 Crores annually. 

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Songs of Shaman - Arunachal Pradesh

(GIST OF YOJANA) Songs of Shaman - Arunachal Pradesh

[August-2020]

Songs of Shaman - Arunachal Pradesh

  • Shamanism is prevalent among different tribes in Arunachal Pradesh. Every tribe in Arunachal Pradesh has its own kind of ritual expert for performing rites and sacrifices. In almost all the previous writings, the term (indigenous) priest or shaman is used for them. 
  • Tani people who trace their ancestry to Abo Tani, believe that antiquity of Shamanism is as old as the emergence of humankind. In Arunachal Pradesh among different tribes, Shaman is mostly seen as a diviner, communicator, negotiator, healer, ritual specialist, and religious expert but neither as a magician nor a mystic. S/he is the middleman between human and spirits who can communicate with the spirits on their behalf. 
  • As Tani people believe in the existence of spirits, they need human specialists, a shaman, who have experience and can get access to the spirit world as a communicator. Each clan has important religious specialists who initiate and foster contact with the spirits and divinities. 
  • They will contact the spirits and convey the messages between human and spirits. They are said to have the power to call the spirits for blessings, support and protection against evil and to enter into the spirit world and to communicate and negotiate with them that cause people to become sick. 
  • They are believed to enter into a dialogue with the spirits and ask for prosperity and health of the members of the clan. Shamans are also the storehouse of traditional knowledge in the form of legends, myths, ritual incantations etc. They are well-versed in ritual performances and knowledge and wisdom associated with it.

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Sowa-Rigpa (Knowledge of Healing or Science of Healing)

(GIST OF YOJANA) Sowa-Rigpa (Knowledge of Healing or Science of Healing)

[August-2020]

Sowa-Rigpa (Knowledge of Healing or Science of Healing)

  • The term Sowa-Rigpa is derived from Bhoti language which means Knowledge of Healing.  It is an ancient Indian medical system conceived and propounded by Lord Buddha in India and later was enriched in the entire Trans-Himalayan region. Sowa-Rigpa has been developed and incorporated into different environmental and cultural contexts through the centuries. (Sowa-Rigpa has moulded itself into the socio-cultural lineage since ages), where every village has had an Amchi family to look after public health. 
  • Today, Sowa-Rigpa is acknowledged as a traditional medical system by the governments of India, Bhutan, Mongolia and Tibet. The principle medical text “rGyud-bZi” (Chatush Tantra-a textbook of fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa in Sanskrit language) was pioneered by Lord Buddha and translated into Bhoti language around 8th-12th Century’ and amended by Yuthok Yontan Gombo and other scholars of Trans Himalayan region according to the socio-climatic conditions. 
  • The fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa is based on Jung-wa-nga (Panchmahabutha), Nespa-sum (Tridosha), Luszung-dun (Saptadhatu) etc. According to SowaRigpa health is an equation of balance of tridosha and five cosmophysical energies (Panchmahabhuta), balance within the body, balance with the environment, and with the Universe. 
  • Pulse examination and astrological evaluation/analysis of an individual are the unique diagnostic tools in SowaRigpa. The natural resources which are safe, effective and time-tested are used as the sources of medication.

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Chokri Naga Folk Songs - Nagaland

(GIST OF YOJANA) Chokri Naga Folk Songs - Nagaland

[August-2020]

Chokri Naga Folk Songs - Nagaland

  • The Chokri community is a sub community under the tribe Chakesang (Naga). 
  • Chakhesang tribe as a whole have a Chakesang cultural research center situated at Chethba town in Phek district. 
  • They cherish the folk song culture as their proud heritage, which forms as part of every walk of lifework, celebration, dances, folk media, war cry, solo, duet, trio and many such possibilities. In the absence of literary script and the medium being oral, the practitioners sing by memory.

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Rongkhli – Meghalaya

(GIST OF YOJANA) Rongkhli – Meghalaya

[August-2020]

Rongkhli – Meghalaya

  • Rongkhli or Tiger Festival is a religious festival celebrated by the people of Nongtalang village in the War-Jaintia region of Meghalaya. The War-Jaintias lives on the slopes of the west Jaintia hills district bordering Bangladesh. 
  • Like all other sub-tribes of the Khasis, the War-Jaintias too believe that they came to this earth from the sky through a golden ladder that was located at one point of time at Sohpetbneng mountain top in the northern part of the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. 
  • Rong means festival and Khli means tiger, in the local dialect, hence Rongkhli means Tiger Festival. Tradition has it that whenever any person from the village catches a tiger or its feline like, rituals have to be performed. 
  • The people of Nongtalang worship two goddesses namely; Ka Pyrtuh and Ka Kapong. The Dorbar is then summoned by the Chief of the village and a date is decided for the Festival. The festival is mainly held in the month of January to March.

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Bamboo: Cultural Linkage

(GIST OF YOJANA) Bamboo: Cultural Linkage

[August-2020]

Bamboo: Cultural Linkage

  • Pena is a single stringed musical instrument. It consists of two parts, the penamasa or dhorr which is a bamboo pole attached to a coconut shell and pena cheijing or chorr, which is a bow used to produce friction on the string.
  • The pena player, called Pena Asheiba/Pena Khongba, also sings along while playing. Pena is an indispensable part of Meitei society in Manipur, used in ritualistic functions like Lai Haraouba and Lai Ikouba.

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(GIST OF YOJANA) Zadipatti and Dashavatar – Maharashtra

(GIST OF YOJANA) Zadipatti and Dashavatar – Maharashtra

[August-2020]

Zadipatti and Dashavatar – Maharashtra

Zadipatti:

  • Zadipatti is practised in the rice cultivating region/Eastem region of Maharashtra, which includes Chandrapur Bhandar and Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha, during the harvest season and derives its name from the local name zadi for rice. The theatre art of this region is known as Zadipatti Rangbhumi.
  • It is a blend of commercial and folk theatre form. Live music is a vital part of the form and the actors are singers as well. 
  • Although practised by various theatre groups these days, the region is inhabited by tribes like Gond, Korfu and Pardhi; and Zadipatti was born out of the tribal performing art called Dandar, which was a theatrical performance combining music and dance.

Dashavatar: Traditional Folk Theatre Form

  • Dashavatar is a folk theatre form practised by farmers in the Sindhudurg district of the South Konkan region of Maharashtra and the North Goa district of Goa. 
  • Dashavatar is a popular form of drama in rural areas. Initially popularised in the Konkan area, today it come to be looked upon as part of the classes. 
  • The performance uses bright make-up and costumes. It is accompanied by three musical instruments: a paddle harmonium, tabla and zanj (cymbals).
     

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THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 01 September 2020 On Education, Looking Ahead (Indian Express)



On Education, Looking Ahead (Indian Express)


Mains Paper 2: Health 
Prelims level: New Education Policy
Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education

Context:

  • As our young nation strides towards development and advancing our capabilities globally, it becomes imperativeto take inspiration from our ancient heritage and cultural values to transform the existing status quo with a modern and futuristic approach.
  • The recently approved New Education Policy is a much-needed guiding light to nurture our demographic potential.

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 01 September 2020 The Age Trap(Indian Express)



The Age Trap(Indian Express)


Mains Paper 2: Governance 
Prelims level: Not much 
Mains level: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

Context:

  • Should women’s legal age for marriage be raised?
  • The answer to this seemingly simple question is not so simple, because the question is not simply about replacing age 18 with 21.
  • Rather, it deals with the social origins of a “problem” not easily amenablefor policy pruning, however progressive its intent might be.

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 01 September 2020 Demand and supply(Indian Express)



Demand and supply(Indian Express)


Mains Paper 3: Economy 
Prelims level: Non-performing assets 
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment

Context:

  • RBI Governor has warned banks against becoming “overly risk-averse”, which will be “self-defeating”.
  • Bankers have reacted by saying the real problem isn’t risk aversion, but lack of demand for credit.

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 01 September 2020 The right keys: On Unlock 4(The Hindu)



The right keys: On Unlock 4(The Hindu)


Mains Paper 2: Governance 
Prelims level: Unlock 4
Mains level: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors

Context:

  • The Unlock 4 guidelines of the Home Ministry allowing all but a few activities that attract large crowds, with supportive measures by States, reflect deep economic distress.
  • India resorted to the world’s most rigorouslockdown early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, when infection spread had just begun; there were just over 600 cases on March 25.

THE GIST of Editorial for UPSC Exams : 01 September 2020 Quantum not a solace: On Prashant Bhushan contempt case(The Hindu)



Quantum not a solace: On Prashant Bhushan contempt case(The Hindu)


Mains Paper 2: Governance 
Prelims level: Contempt of Court 
Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability

Context:

  • The penalty may be mild, but its import is quite grave.
  • SC has imposed a nominal fine of one rupee on advocate Prashant Bhushan for criminal contempt of court.
  • In the event of default, SC has asked him to serve a three-month simple prison term and be debarred for three years from legal practice.
  • By doing so, the Supreme Court has bared its dark, intolerant side.

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