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The Hindu News Analysis – 03rd September 2020 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T
1 Mission Karmayogi to train govt. officials 10 10 10 10 10
2 A guide to flattening the curve of economic chaos (Editorial) 6 6 6 6 6
3 Economic growth will turn positive by Q1 of next year 13 13 15 13 13
4 State to declare 600 acres of Aarey as reserve forest - - 5 - -
5 Capping MEIS benefits will seriously affect traders: FIEO 13 13 15 13 13
6 Question Hour dropped in LS schedule of monsoon session 1,8 1,8 1,8 1,8 1,8
7 Move upsets Opposition parties 1 1 1 1 1
8 Right to question govt. will be lost: Opposition 10 10 10 10 10
9 Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times, says BJP 10 10 10 10 10
10 Mundra terminal deal under scanner 11 11 11 11 11
11 Prelims Practice Questions
@ end of the video
12 Mains Practice Questions
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram

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PAPER-III
Part A—Preliminary Examination General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity,
Social Justice and International relations
Paper I - (200 marks)
 Current events of national and international
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and
accountability, e-governance- applications, models,
importance.
successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters,
 Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political transparency & accountability and institutional and
System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, other measures.
etc.
• Role of civil services in a democracy.
Part B—Main Examination
PAPER-V
PAPER-III
General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity,
Social Justice and International relations
• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public
administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. and dilemmas in government and private institutions;
• Government policies and interventions for laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of
development in various sectors and issues arising out ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance;
of their design and implementation. strengthening of ethical and moral values in
governance; ethical issues in international relations and
funding; corporate governance.

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National Programme for Civil Services

• Core guiding principles
Capacity Building (Mission-Karmayogi)
 Supporting Transition from ‘Rules based’
• Aim: To prepare the Indian Civil Servant to ‘Roles based’ HR Management.
for the future by making them more
creative, constructive, professional,  Work allocation of civil servants by
transparent and technology-enabled etc. matching their role-based competencies
for efficient service delivery.
• Capacity building to ensure that civil
servants remain entrenched in Indian  Emphasize on 'on-site learning' to
Culture and sensibilities and remain complement the ‘off-site’ learning.
connected with their roots.  Calibrate all Civil Service positions to
• Integrated Government Online Training a Framework of Roles, Activities and
(iGOTKarmayogi) Platform Competencies (FRACs) approach.

 To bring state-of-the-art  Opportunity to all civil servants to build

infrastructure to augment the and strengthen their Behavioural,
capacities of over two crore officials Functional and Domain Competencies.
in India.

• Institutional framework of Mission Prime Minister's Public Human

Karmayogi Resources (HR) Council
 Prime Minister's Public Human • Chaired by the Prime Minister.
Resources (HR) Council.
• Composition: Select Union Ministers, Chief
 Capacity Building Commission. Ministers, eminent public HR
practitioners, Public Service
 Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for
functionaries, etc.
owning and operating the digital
assets • Role: Apex body for providing strategic
and the technological platform for direction to Civil Services Reform and
online training and, capacity building.
 Coordination Unit headed by the
Cabinet Secretary.

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Capacity Building Commission Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

• Function: To ensure a uniform approach in • Will be set up under Section 8 of the

managing and regulating the capacity Companies Act, 2013.
building ecosystem on collaborative and
• Own and manage iGOT-Karmayogi platform
co-sharing basis.
and all Intellectual Property Rights on
• Important roles: behalf of the GoI.

 Assist the PM Public Human Resources

Council in approving the Annual Capacity
Building Plans.

 Exercise functional supervision over all

Central Training Institutions dealing
with civil services capacity building.

 Create shared learning resources.

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Part A—Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks)
 Current events of national and international importance.
 Economic and Social Development - Sustainable
Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social
Sector Initiatives, etc.
Part B—Main Examination
PAPER-III
General Studies-II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social
Justice and International relations
• Government policies and interventions for development in
various sectors and issues arising out of their design and
implementation.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social
Sector/Services relating to Health,
PAPER-IV
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development,
Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization,
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Suggestions from the Editorial

• A fiscal package that focusses on generating • Universalise the Public Distribution System

aggregate demand.  to provide free food grains of 10 kg per

• Increase liquidity through bank credit household per month for at least the next

particularly to those who could not avail loans six months.

at present - MSMEs and farmers. • Double the number of days of employment per

• centre to provide adequate resources to the household under the MGNREGS to 200 days per

states year - at least for the current year.

 providing GST compensation • Start an urban employment guarantee

programme.
 cover for the pandemic-required spending
and also to deal with other health • Extend the debt moratorium and make sure

concerns. that people need not pay interests for the

moratorium period.

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Suggestions

• Invite the companies that are to shift from

China.

• Cut red tapes (Bureaucratic hurdles).

• Steps to cut the cost of logistics to make

Indian goods competitive at the global level.

• Reduce the cost of power for the industrial

sector.

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Reserved forest 5. Bar of accrual of forest-rights.—After the

issue of a notification under section 4, no right
• Dealt in Chapter II of the Indian Forest
shall be acquired in or over the land comprised in
Act, 1927. such notification, except by succession or under a
• The power to constitute any forest-land grant or contract in writing made or entered into
by or on behalf of the Government or some person
or waste-land as a reserved forest is
in whom such right was vested when the
with the State Government by issuing a notification was issued; and no fresh clearings for
notification in the official gazette - cultivation or for any other purpose shall be made
under sections 3 and 4 of the Indian in such land except in accordance with such rules
forest act of 1927. as may be made by the State Government in this
behalf.

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26. Acts prohibited in such forests.—

(1) Any person who—
a) makes any fresh clearing prohibited by section 5, or
b) sets fire to a reserved forest, or, in contravention of h. clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any
any rules made by the State Government in this behalf, other purpose;
kindles any fire, or leaves any fire burning, in such
manner as to endanger such a forest; or who, in a i. in contravention of any rules made in this behalf by
reserved forest the State Government hunts, shoots, fishes, poisons
water or sets traps or snares; or
c) kindles, keeps or carries any fire except at such seasons
as the Forest-officer may notify in this behalf; j. in any area in which the Elephants’ Preservation Act,
1879 (6 of 1879), is not in force, kills or catches
d) trespasses or pastures cattle, or permits cattle to elephants in contravention of any rules so made;
trespass;
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
e) causes any damage by negligence in felling any tree or may extend to six months, or with fine which may
cutting or dragging any timber; extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, in addition
f) fells, girdles, lops, taps or burns any tree or strips off to such compensation for damage done to the forest as
the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages, the the convicting Court may direct to be paid.
same;
g) quarries stone, burns lime or charcoal, or collects,
subjects to any manufacturing process, or removes, any
forest-produce;
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Protected forest

• Dealt in Chapter IV of the Indian Forest

Act, 1927.

• The power to constitute any forest-land

or waste-land which is not included in a
reserved forest as a Protected forest is
with the State Government by issuing a
notification in the official gazette -
under section 29 of the Indian forest act
of 1927.

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News Directorate General of Foreign Trade

• Directorate General of Foreign Trade has (DGFT)
notified that the total benefit under the
• Role: Responsible for formulating and
MEIS scheme shall not exceed Rs.2 Crore
implementing the Foreign Trade Policy of
per exporter for exports made in the
India.
period 1.9.2020 to 31.12.2020.
• FTP aims at promoting India’s exports in
line with the principles of liberalization
and globalization.

• DGFT is attached to the Ministry of

Commerce and Industry.

• Under FTP, DGFT operates various Export

promotion schemes such as MEIS and
SEIS.

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Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)
Aim: To promote the manufacture and export of notified
goods / products.
Offsets infrastructural inefficiencies and associated
costs involved in exporting goods/products which are
produced/manufactured in India.
Incentives through Duty Credit Scrips.
Duty Credit Scrips and goods imported/ domestically
procured against them shall be freely transferable.
Duty Credit Scrips can be used for,
 Payment of Basic Customs Duty and Additional
Customs Duty for import of inputs/goods, including
capital goods.
 Payment of Central excise duties on domestic
procurement of inputs/goods
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Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)
Aim: To encourage and maximize export of notified
services from India.
Offsets infrastructural inefficiencies and associated
costs.
Incentives through Duty Credit Scrips.
Duty Credit Scrips and goods imported/ domestically
procured against them shall be freely transferable.
Duty Credit Scrips can be used for,
 Payment of Basic Customs Duty and Additional
Customs Duty for import of inputs/goods, including
capital goods.
 Payment of Central excise duties on domestic
procurement of inputs/goods
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Part A—Preliminary Examination

Paper I - (200 marks)
 Current events of national and international
importance.
 Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political
System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues,
etc.
Part B—Main Examination
PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity,
Social Justice and International relations
• Parliament and State legislatures—structure,
functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges
and issues arising out of these.

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Question Hour Zero Hour

• The first hour of a parliamentary sitting. • Immediately following the Question Hour.

• Asking questions is an inherent and unfettered • For raising matters during the ‘Zero Hour’ in Lok
parliamentary right of members. Sabha, Members give notice to the Speaker.

• Members can ask questions on every aspect of • Not formally recognised in our parliamentary
administration and Governmental activity. procedure.

• Mentioned in the rules of procedure of house. • An Indian innovation in the field of parliamentary
procedures.
• Questions are of three kinds - starred, unstarred
and short notice.

• Starred question - requires an oral answer;

supplementary questions can follow.

• Unstarred question - Requires a written answer;

supplementary questions cannot follow.

• Short notice question - By giving a notice of less

than ten days - answered orally.

UPSC Prelims Question – 2017

Q. The Parliament of India exercises control over
the functions of the Council of Ministers
through
1. Adjournment motion
2. Questions hour
3. Supplementary questions
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q1. Which of the following place(s) is/are located in
the western coast of India?
1. Deendayal Port Trust
2. Vizhinjam Port
3. Mundra Port
4. Atomic Power Stations
5. Strategic Petroleum Reserves
Select the correct answer using the codes given
below:
(a) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
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(c) 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Ports in the western coast of India

Practice Question – Prelims (1) Deendayal Port Trust, Mundra Port,
Gujarat.
Q1. Which of the following place(s) is/are located in
the western coast of India? (2) JNPT, Mumbai Port and Ratnagiri Port,
Maharashtra.
1. Deendayal Port Trust
(3) Karwar Port and Mangalore Port, Karnataka.
2. Vizhinjam Port
(4) Kochi and Vizhinjam Port, Kerala.
3. Mundra Port
Atomic Power Stations
4. Atomic Power Stations
(1) Kakrapur, Gujarat.
5. Strategic Petroleum Reserves
(2) Tarapur and Jaitapur, Maharashtra.
Select the correct answer using the codes given
(3) Kaiga, Karnataka.
below:
(4) KAMINI and Kudankulam,Tamil Nadu.
(a) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
Strategic Petroleum Reserves
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 3, 4 and 5 only (1) Visakhapatnam, Mangalore and Padur –
Existing.
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(2) Chandikhol (Odisha) and Padur (Karnataka).

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q2. Consider the following statements with
reference to Indian Forest Act, 1927:
1. Both the reserved forest and protected
forest mean one and the same.
2. The State Government may constitute
any forest-land or waste-land which is the
property of Government as a reserved
forest.
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

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Q3.Consider the following statements regarding
Export promotion schemes in India:
1. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade is
responsible for formulating and implementing
both Merchandise Exports from India Scheme
(MEIS) and Services Exports from India Scheme Answers
(SEIS).
1. Option ‘d’.
2. The Duty Credit Scrips given to exporters under
MEIS and SEIS are freely transferable and could 2. Option ‘b’.
be used for Payment of Basic Customs Duty for 3. Option ‘c’.
import of goods.
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

Practice Question – Mains

GS-III
Q. How the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the
contraction of Indian economy? Give your
suggestions to reverse the same.
(150 words, 10 marks)

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