The Hindu News Analysis – 28th October 2022 – Shankar IAS Academy

S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T

1 Coinage with images of gods and goddesses dates back to Kushans - - 6 2 -

2 Centre mulls removal of TRAI-related provisions from Bill 1,10 1,10 1,12 10 1,8

TNPCB to conduct checks till year end to enforce ban on single-use

3 6 - - - -
plastics
4 The dismal case of slashing schemes and cutting funds (Editorial) 8 8 8 8 6

5 Azam Khan gets 3 years in prison for hate speech 10 10 12 10 8

6 Prelims Practice Questions

@ end of the video
7 Mains Practice Question
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram
Pg: 6 – D;
Pg: 2 – H
Kushans

• Origin - Yuez-chi tribe people

• Period of reign - 1st century CE

to 4th century CE

• Founder - Kujula Kadphises

 POTRAIT OF KANISHKA IN A GOLD COIN

Kanishka

• Rule - 127 CE - 150CE

• Controlled the famous silk route

• Minted gold coins

• 4th buddhist council held under

patronage of Kanishka.

Result - Buddhism spread in

Central & Eastern Asian regions
• Kushans patronised Gandara art form.

• Capital city of Kushans

Purushapura - the present day Peshawar,

Pakistan

Mathura
 Prelims practice question
Q. Which of the following kingdoms ruled
the northwestern part of Indian
subcontinent during the post Mauryan
period.
1. Parthians
2. Satavahanas
3. Kushans
4. Sunga
5. Kanva
Which of the given pairs is correct?
a) 1, 3 and 5 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2,3 and 4 only
d) 1,3,4 and 5 only
Pg: 1, 10 – C, B;
Pg: 1, 12 – D;
Pg: 1, 8 – T;
Pg: 10 – H
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

• 1997 - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

(TRAI) act

Regulates telecom services

Fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom

services

Draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022

• TRAI’s power to regulate spam calls - given

to government

• Government - no longer seek recommendations

from TRAI before issuing licences to TSP’s.
 Prelims practice question
About TRAI: Q. With reference to Telecom Regulatory
• Headquarters - New Delhi
Authority of India (TRAI), Consider the
following statements:
• Mission – 1. It is a statutory body.
Create & nurture conditions for growth of 2. It is mandatory for the government to
telecom industry implement the recommendations of
TRAI.
Provide fair & transparent policy
Which of the statements given above
environment
is/are correct?
• Recommendations - not binding on Central a) 1 only
Government. b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Pg: 6 – C
Single use plastics

• Low utility, high littering potential plastics

• Used only once before disposed off

• Union government - banned single use

plastic items from July 1, 2022
Ill effects of single use plastics

• Cause harm to human health.

Releases endocrine-disrupting
chemicals that cause cancer

• Becomes part of the food chain and

subsequently human life

• Produced from fossil fuels

Process of extracting emits huge

amounts of greenhouse gases
 Previous year question(2019)
Q. Why is there a great concern about the
‘microbeads’ that are released into
environment?
a) They are considered harmful to
marine ecosystems.
b) They are considered to cause skin
cancer in children.
c) They are small enough to be
absorbed by crop plants in irrigated
fields.
d) They are often found to be used as
food adulterants.
Pg: 8 – C, B, D, H;
Pg: 6 – T
 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.
• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of
powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.
• Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Development processes and the development industry —the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities,
institutional and other stakeholders.
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;
mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
 Impacts due to reduction in schemes

News

• Past 3 years - over 50% of existing CSS

discontinued, subsumed, revamped or
rationalized into other schemes.
Mission Shakti Nirbhaya fund

• FY21-22 – app. ₹6,214 crore allocated –

disbursed ₹4,138 crore.

• ₹2,922 crore utilized & ₹660 crore disbursed

to MoWCD - ₹181 crore utilised as of July
2021.
Fertilizer subsidies Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
• Actual government spending on fertilizers in
FY20-21 reached ₹1,27,921 crore. • Fund allocation reduced by app. 25% in
FY22-23 Budget.
• FY21-22 Budget - ₹79,529 crore allocated.
• Demand higher than pre-pandemic levels.
• Revised to ₹1,40,122 crore amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic. • Actual funding disbursal often delayed.

• FY22-23 Budget - ₹1,05,222 crore allocated.

• Allocation for NPK fertilizers - 35% < FY21-

22 revised estimates.
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

ASHA

• Delay in payment for 6months

• Struggle in job regularization, min wages &

payments

Conclusion

• Need to build capacity for an efficient civil

service

To provide corruption-free welfare system.

To run a modern economy

To provide better public goods

 Previous Year Question – Mains 2013
GS – II
Q. The Central Government frequently complains of the poor performance of the State
Governments in eradicating suffering of the vulnerable sections of the society.
Restructuring of Centrally sponsored schemes across the sectors for ameliorating the
cause of vulnerable sections of population aims at providing flexibility to the States in
better implementation. Critically evaluate.
(150 Words, 10 Marks)
Pg: 10 – C, B, H;
Pg: 12 – D;
Pg: 8 – T
Hate speech
• Any word written or spoken, signs, visible
• No specific legal definition. representations within a person’s hearing or

• 267th Report of Law Commission of India. sight.

Incitement to hatred against a group of To cause fear or alarm or incitement to

persons. violence.

Race, ethnicity, gender, sexual

orientation, religious belief
• Law Provisions criminalize speeches, writings, signs & representations.

Create violence & spread disharmony between communities & groups.

Indian Penal Code

• Section 153A and 153 B

• Section 295A of the IPC

• Sections 505(1) and 505(2)

 .
Practice Question – Prelims
Q. With reference to Indian Penal Code(IPC),
consider the following statements:
1. Only words spoken with deliberate
intention of hurting the religious feelings
of any class of citizens is called Hate
speech.
2. The word hate speech is defined in the
Indian Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are
incorrect?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
 Prelims practice question
Q. Which of the following kingdoms ruled
the northwestern part of Indian
subcontinent during the post Mauryan
period.
1. Parthians
2. Satavahanas
3. Kushans
4. Sunga
5. Kanva
Which of the given pairs is correct?
a) 1,3 and 5 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2,3 and 4 only
d) 1,3,4 and 5 only
 Prelims practice question
Q. With reference to Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI), Consider the
following statements:
1. It is a statutory body.
2. It is mandatory for the government to
implement the recommendations of
TRAI.
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

Quiz question
Previous year question(2019)
Q. Why is there a great concern about the
‘microbeads’ that are released into
environment?
a) They are considered harmful to marine
ecosystems.
b) They are considered to cause skin
cancer in children.
c) They are small enough to be absorbed
by crop plants in irrigated fields.
d) They are often found to be used as
food adulterants.
Quiz Question – Prelims
Q. With reference to Indian Penal Code(IPC),
consider the following statements:
1. Only words spoken with deliberate
intention of hurting the religious
feelings of any class of citizens is called
Hate speech.
2. The word hate speech is defined in the
Indian Constitution.
Which of the statements given above
is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
 Previous Year Question – Mains 2013
GS – II
Q. The Central Government frequently
complains of the poor performance of the
Practice Questions Prelims – Answers State Governments in eradicating
suffering of the vulnerable sections of the
Q1. Option b)
society. Restructuring of Centrally
Q2. Option a) sponsored schemes across the sectors for
ameliorating the cause of vulnerable
sections of population aims at providing
flexibility to the States in better
implementation. Critically evaluate.
(150 Words, 10 Marks)