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The Hindu News Analysis – 24th June 2022 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

1 Women need greater say in panchayats 6 - - - -

T&C T&C T&C T&C

2 Open network for digital commerce 1 1
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1 1

3 The silver anklet hub 6 - - - -

4 Gov. Said to aim to keep deficit at 6.7% 16 16 16 14 14

6 Prelims Practice Questions

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7 Mains Practice Question
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram; F – Flap;

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Pg: 6 – c;

Women Local Representatives

• Most calls of select women village Panchayat

presidents are answered by husbands.

• Continues to work as proxies for their male

family members.

• Hampered by own party colleagues.

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Way forward

• Awareness and education - Wipe out Gender

stereotypes.

• Women’s leadership and communication skills

• Empowered to break socio-cultural barriers

• Inclusive political institutions.

• 33% reservation in Parliament for women.

• Political mentoring and skill training

• Honour and financial rewards

• Rotation term of reserved seats at regular

intervals.

Positive side
• Case Study 2
• Calls to women panchayat union chairpersons
or district panchayat presidents are  K. Nagarani - heads the Kinathukadavu

answered by women functionaries. panchayat union.

• Positive changes in the representation of  Repaired 10 school buildings

women in PRIs.  Opened five fair price shops.

• Case study 1 Conclusion:

 B. Subalakshmi - chairperson of the • Improve the communication and managerial

Lathur panchayat union in Chengalpattu skills of the representatives.
district
• Special attention to remove the
 Postgraduate in English
“bottlenecks” being faced by women leaders.
 Husband never interfered in her
functioning.

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Practice Question – Mains

GS – II
Q. Discuss the women representation in
local bodies and challenges faced by
them. Also suggest measures to address
the challenges.
(250 Words, 15 Marks)

Pg: 1 - Text & Context – C, B, H, T;

Pg: 10 – D;

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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.
PAPER-IV
General Studies‐ III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management.
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
• Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream
requirements, supply chain management.
• Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
• Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life

Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC)

• Developed on open-sourced methodology - using
• First-of-its-kind - for reimagining digital
open specifications and open network
commerce in India.
protocols - independent of any specific
• Conceived in 2020 by Department for platform.
Promotion of Industry and Internal.
 Establishes public digital infrastructure -
 Commissioned through the Quality Council of open registries and open network gateways.
India (QCI).
 Exchange of information between providers
• Not-for-profit organisation. and consumers.

• Aim - promoting open networks for exchange • Establishes an open and interoperable digital
of goods and services over digital or e- commerce network.
networks.
 All buyers and sellers - digitally visible and
transact through the open network,
regardless of platform or application.

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• Digitizes the entire value chain,

• Local commerce across segments - mobility, standardizes operations, promotes inclusion of

grocery, food order and delivery, hotel suppliers, derives efficiencies in logistics and

booking and travel. enhances value for consumers.

 Discovered and engaged by any network- • Need:

enabled application.  COVID-19 - huge impact on small sellers

• ‘UPI of e-commerce’. and hyperlocal supply-chain functioning.

• Will be compliant with the Information  Disconnect between the scale of online

Technology Act, 2000. demand and the ability of the local

retail ecosystem to participate.
• Pilot - New Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore,
Bhopal and Shillong.  Small players out of e-com.

 India’s fast-expanding digital economy.

• Benefits:

 Creates new opportunities.

 Move from platform-centric model to an open-network.

 Curbs digital monopolies and ending unfair trade practices.

 Support to offline traders - MSMEs and small traders.

 Level playing field for online and offline traders.

 Democratised digital commerce.

 Boosts small businesses.

 Easy adoption of digital means by those not on digital commerce networks.

 Increased freedom of choice for consumers.

 Larger segment of buyers available to all the sellers on the network.

 Government-backed platform.

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• Expected reach:

 90 crore users and 12 lakh sellers on the

network.

 730 crore additional purchases.

 additional gross merchandising value -

₹3.75 crore.

• Issues:

 Maintaining seamless network - user-

friendly and better shopping environment
than e-com behemoths.

 Providing swift dispute resolution.

 Convincing enough number of e-commerce

platforms to sign up to ONDC.

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Which of the following are benefits of
Open Network For Digital Commerce
(ONDC)?
1. Interoperable digital commerce
network.
2. Platform-centric model
3. Curbing digital monopolies
4. Democratised digital commerce
Select the correct answer from the code
given below.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Pg: 6 – c;

Geographic Indication

• Sign used on products that have a specific

geographical origin

• Possess qualities, characteristics or

reputation which are due to that origin

• Name conveys an assurance of quality and

distinctiveness

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• Used for

 Agricultural products

 Foodstuffs

 Wine and spirit drinks

 Handicrafts

 Industrial products

Foundation

Significance • Covered as an element of IPRs under Paris

• Enables to prevent its use by a third party Convention for the Protection of Industrial

whose product does not conform to the Property

applicable standards • Covered under Trade Related Aspects of

• Does not enable the holder to prevent Intellectual Property Rights Agreement

someone from making a product using the India

same techniques
• Geographical Indications of Goods
(Registration & Protection) Act, 1999

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Practice Question
Q. Consider the following statements
regarding geographic indications
1. Geographic Indications can be
provided only to agricultural and food
products.
2. GI tag is awarded by the Secretary of
the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
Which of the above statements is/are
incorrect?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Pg: 16 – C, B, D;
Pg: 14 – H, T;

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Budget deficit
• 2023 fiscal deficit target – 6.4%
• When a government spends more than it
• 2021 fiscal deficit – 6.7%
collects in revenues
• Increased spending to provide relief
• Government borrowing to bridge gap –
from inflation – lead to missing of the
fiscal deficit
target
Effects of maintaining fiscal discipline
• Reason for spending
• Helps maintain sovereign credit rating
 Fuel tax cut
• Limits the government’s power to check
 Duty structure change
inflation and provide relief
 Fertilisers subsidy

Practice Question
Q. Consider the following statements
regarding Deficits
Consequences of fiscal slippage
1. Fiscal deficit is defined as the excess
• Affects sovereign credit ratings of total expenditures over the total
receipts including the borrowings.
• Debt to GDP ratio – 95%
2. Primary deficit is the fiscal deficit for
• Constraints in providing additional the current year minus interest
relief payments on previous borrowings.
• Additional market borrowing Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
• Higher inflation
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

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