Weekly Current Affairs Mains (23rd to 30th DECMBER, 2019)
Topic : Steel Sector of India: Crucial in India’s ascent to $5 Trillion economy
Topic in Syllabus: General Studies Paper 1: Indian Economy
Context:
The Government’s vision to achieve a $5 trillion economy by 2024 entails investments worth INR 100 lakh crore in infrastructure sectors, including several steel intensive sectors like Housing for All, 100% electrification, piped water for all etc. Steel has several inherent advantages of durability, faster completion time, reduced environmental impact, and creation of a circular economy. Steel will have a crucial role to play in India’s rise to a $5 trillion economy.
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Topic : Lessons from PISA 2018 for India
Topic in Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3: Indian Society
Context:
The world’s richest countries’ education systems were assessed under The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). India participated in the 2009 round but pulled out after being ranked 72nd among 73 countries. This time, The Ministry of Human Resource Development is preparing well in advance for 2021. Students from the Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country and students in Chandigarh are being trained to answer PISA-style questions.
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Topic : Steps to revive Indian economy
Topic in Syllabus: General Studies Paper 1: Indian Economy
Context:
From the level of 8.1% in the fourth quarter of 2017-18, quarterly GDP growth fell to 4.5% in the second quarter of 2019-20, a fall of 3.6 percentage points. This steady decline had an adverse impact on employment and poverty reduction. With recession, job loss and companies winding up operations, 2019 has proved to be a bad year for India’s economy.
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Topic : The Data Protection Bill and User Rights
Topic in Syllabus: General Studies Paper 2: Science & Technology
Context:
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 which is currently under parliamentary process for approval is criticised to be of heavily tilted towards security and revenue generation of the state rather than Right to Privacy which is the basic reason for a Data Protection Regime.
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Topic : UDAY scheme loses power
Topic in Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3: Schemes and Programmes
Context:
Four years after it was launched, UDAY —to revive electricity distribution companies (discoms) — is unravelling. Currently, The UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme now seems to be charting the same course as the earlier two unsuccessful attempts to set right the distribution sector
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