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The Hindu News Analysis – 05th June 2021 – Shankar IAS Academy
S. Page Number*
News Articles
No. C B D H T
1 Comments and Clarification Exclusive session

2 RBI’s view on cryptocurrency stays, have major concerns: Das 12 12 14 12 12

3 Children’s palliative care trust website launched 3 - - - -

4 Hong Kong seals off Tiananmen vigil site 11 11 13 11 11

5 Elephant Kusha finally released in Bandipur 5 5 - 5 -

6 INS Sandhayak decommissioned 10 10 10 10 10

7 Two cheers (Editorial) 6 6 6 6 6

8 AAI proposes salary deferral, revocation of perks 9 9 9 9 9

9 RBI to purchase G-Secs worth ₹1.2 lakh cr. in second quarter 12 12 14 12 12

10 Prelims Practice Questions
@ end of the video
11 Mains Practice Questions
*C – Chennai; B – Bengaluru; D – Delhi; H – Hyderabad; T – Thiruvananthapuram

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Source: www.mha.gov.in

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Source: https://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/

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Pg: 14 – D

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Part A—Preliminary Examination

Cryptocurrency
Paper I - (200 marks)
Current events of national and international importance. • Digital or virtual currency.

Part B—Main Examination • Crypto - encryption algorithms and

PAPER-IV cryptographic techniques that safeguard these
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic entries.
Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and
Cryptography - storing and transmitting data
Disaster Management.
in a form in which only the intended person
Science and Technology - developments and their
applications and effects in everyday life. can read and process it.

Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, • Difficult to counterfeit the cryptocurrencies.
robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues
relating to intellectual property rights. • Bought - Credit card / Mining

Advantages
• Mining:
• Transfer funds directly between two parties, without
Gained by solving cryptographic the need for a trusted third party.
equations through the use of
• Transfers are secure.
computers.
• Completed with minimal processing fees.
• Decentralized networks based on
blockchain technology. • Avoid the steep fees charged.

Data is stored in blocks that are Disadvantages

chained together in chronological
• Semi-anonymous nature - owner accounts are usually
order.
not easily traceable - Facilitate crimes
Decentralized way - no single person
• Not backed by the government - does not have the
or group has control
same protection as that of a money in a bank
• Not issued by central authority account.

• Volatile nature - rate of exchange for another

currency can fluctuate widely.

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• RBI governor - investors to be careful in Practice Question – Mains

their efforts on Cryptocurrencies. GS – III
• 2018 - RBI sent a circular to the banks Q. Though Cryptocurrencies ensure safe and
secure transactions, still one should make
Cautioning people against investing in
one’s own appraisal and do due diligence
cryptocurrencies, before taking a call on investing in
Barred entities regulated by it from cryptocurrencies. Comment.
dealing in such instruments. (150 words , 10 marks)

Palliative Care

• WHO estimates that each year 40

million people are in need of
palliative care

• 78% of who live in low- and

middle-income countries

• Palliative care is an approach

that improves the quality of life
of patients who are facing
life-threatening illness.

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Palliative Care in India

• If you see, palliative care improves health
• Palliative care network in Kerala
care quality in three domains:
Has more than 60 units of palliative care.
1. The relief of physical and emotional
suffering. Covers a population of greater than 12 million

2. Improvement and strengthening of One of the largest networks in the world

patient-physician communication and In April 2008, Kerala became the first state in
decision-making. India to announce a palliative care policy
3. Assurance of continuity of care across • CanSupport in Delhi:
multiple healthcare settings -hospital,
11 home care teams, each consisting of doctors,
home, hospice, and long-term care.
nurses, and counsellors trained in palliative care.

They visit the homes of approximately 80-85

patients with advanced cancer every week.

• The Guwahati Pain and Palliative Care Society

(GPPCS) in Assam Practice Question – Mains
Supplements palliative care along with GS – II
government Q. Palliative care In India is still a new
concept. With the rise of incidence in
• Expert group on Palliative care (Under
serious non-communicable diseases, the
MoHFW) report
need for palliative care becomes
‘Proposal of Strategies for Palliative Care important. In that context bring out the
in India’ in November, 2012
importance of palliative care and
critically asses where does India stand in
Proposed implementation of National this regard.
Palliative Care Programme. (no separate
(250 words, 15 marks)
budget allocation)

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Pg: 13 – D

Part A—Preliminary Examination

Introduction
Paper I - (200 marks)
Current events of national and international • Tiananmen Square incident / June Fourth

importance. incident (June 4th of 1989).

Part B—Main Examination • Series of protests and demonstrations in China in

PAPER-II the spring of 1989.
General Studies-I : Indian Heritage and Culture,
• Government crackdown on the demonstrators
History and Geography of the World and Society.
in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
History of the world will include events from 18th
century such as industrial revolution, world wars, • Lives were lost in the crackdown.
redrawal of national boundaries, colonization,
• Actual estimates on the lives lost is still
decolonization, political philosophies like
communism, capitalism, socialism etc.— their controversial
forms and effect on the society.

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Events that lead to the incident • Death of Hu in mid-April - On the day of his
funeral (April 22) students gathered in
• Growing sentiment among university students
Tiananmen Square demanding democratic and
and others in China for political and economic
other reforms.
reform.

• Chinese had been exposed to foreign ideas and

Culmination
standards of living.
• For the next several weeks, students in crowds
• Economic advances accompanied by price
of varying size gathered in the square.
inflation and corruption
• Initial government response - stern warnings
• Student-led demonstrations called for more
but take no action.
individual rights and freedoms in 1986, 1987.
• Moderates - negotiating with the demonstrators
• Resignation of Hu Yaobang (who encouraged
and offering concessions
democratic reforms in China’s political
landscape) • Hard-liners - insisted on forcibly suppressing
the protests.

• Last two weeks of May - martial law was

declared in Beijing. Army troops were stationed • Aftermath of the crackdown - US instituted
around the city. economic and diplomatic sanctions.

• Protesters remained in large numbers in Other foreign governments criticized China

Tiananmen Square.
• Impact: The government’s count of those killed
• Night of June 3-4, tanks and heavily armed - 241, 7,000 - wounded. Most other estimates
troops advanced toward Tiananmen Square, have put the death toll much higher.
opening fire on or crushing those who again
tried to block their way.

• By June 5 the military secured complete

control.

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Bandipur National Park

• Part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Largest protected area in Southern India;

largest habitant of wild elephants in South Asia.

• Bandipur Tiger Reserve

• An ecological confluence of the western and

Eastern Ghats.

• Flora: Scrub jungle in the eastern limits - stunted

trees, bushes and open grassy patches.

North-west: open dry deciduous forest & tropical

Source: http://blog.abhinavagarwal.net/
mixed deciduous forests.

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• Located at the tri-junction area:

• Fauna: Tigers, Asiatic wild elephant, sloth bears, Karnataka (Bandipur-Nagarahole), Tamil
gaurs, Indian rock pythons, jackals, muggers, and Nadu (Mudumalai-Sathyamangalam) and
four-horned antelopes. Kerala (Wayanad).

Bandipur Tiger Reserve • Tiger reserves in Karnataka:

• Under Project Tiger. 1. Bandipur

• Recognized as one of the Mega Biodiversity Areas in 2. Bhadra

India.
3. Dandeli-Anshi
• Tiger and Elephants are the flagship and umbrella
4. Nagarhole
species for the conservation.
5. Biligiri Ranganatha Temple

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following tiger reserves:
1. Bandipur
2. Valmiki
3. Palamau
4. Dandeli-Anshi
5. Periyar
6. Bhadra
Which of the tiger reserves given above
are located in Karnataka?
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 6 only
(b) 1, 3 and 6 only
(c) 1, 4 and 6 only
(d) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only

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News

• Decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in

Visakhapatnam.

• After serving the nation for 40 years.

INS Sandhayak

• Hydrographic Survey Ship of Indian Navy.

Designed - hydrographic research and survey.

Conduct seismic surveys

• First of its class - indigenously designed and built.

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• 200 major Hydrographic Surveys and numerous

minor surveys.

• Both East and West coasts of India, the Andaman

seas and also in the neighboring countries.

• Active participant - significant operations.

Op Pawan - assisted the Indian Peace Keeping

Force in Sri Lanka in 1987.

Op Sarong

Op Rainbow - rendered humanitarian assistance

post Tsunami of 2004.

• Participation - INDO-US HADR (India-US joint

tri services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief) exercise, ‘Tiger-Triumph’.

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements about
INS Sandhayak.
1. It is the first of its class indigenously
designed and built Hydrographic Survey
Ship of Indian Navy.
2. It was an active participant in
operations such as Op Pawan, Op
Sarong and Op Rainbow.
Which of the statement(s) 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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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.
Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and
implementation.
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.
PAPER-IV
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management.
Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.

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News • Absence of equal contribution - major

• Issues - associated with the SDG India decline in SDG 8, SDG 9.

Index with special focus on its methodology. SDG 8 - the work and economic growth.

• Information - on the limitations in the SDG 9 - the areas of industry, innovation

Index. and infrastructure.

Concerns
Findings from the SDG India index
• Can become even worse by the lockdowns
• India’s overall score in SDG has improved imposed by the governments.
from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2021.
• socio-economic and governance inequality -
• SDGs that showed improvement sharp differences between the southern and

Clean energy, urban development and health western States on the one hand and the

- helped India improve its overall SDG. north-central and eastern States on the
other

Issues in methodology

• SDG India Index 2021 - some methodological changes

on some SDGs.

Ex: SDG 10 on reducing inequality- improvement

over 2019 - the indicators used to measure the
score have changed.

2020-21 Index drops several economic indicators

• SDG India Index 2021 - SDG 10 on reducing

inequality - dropped a few indicators.

Gini coefficient measures.

The growth rate for household expenditure per

capita among 40% of rural and urban populations.

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SDG India Index 2019-20, SDG 10 - Reducing Inequality SDG India Index 2020-21, SDG 10 - Reducing Inequality

Image source: http://niti.gov.in/ Image source: https://niti.gov.in

Limitations
Missed opportunity
• Index does not measure indicators of SDG 17 -
• Removing such indicators - SDG unavailability of suitable data
score on inequality - seems to have
• Indicators and data from State/UT statistical systems
missed out impact of the pandemic
and non-government sources - not included - data
- on wealth inequality.
comparability and uniformity across them.
• Significant miss in knowing the • For some indicators - data for all States/UTs not
economic inequality. available.

• Value of Indicators - most of them are from between

2018 and 2021.

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Practice Question – Mains

GS – III
Q. Multidimensional approach to assess
deprivation is critical to combat poverty
and achieve sustainable development
goals. Explain with reference to the SDG
3.0 report released by NITI Aayog.
(250 Words, 15 Marks)

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Part A—Preliminary Examination News

Paper I - (200 marks)
• Airports Authority of India (AAI) proposed
Current events of national and international importance.
several cost-cutting measures to minimise the
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System,
Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. losses due to the impact of Covid19.

Part B—Main Examination

PAPER-III Airports Authority of India (AAI)
General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social
• Constituted by the Airports Authority of India
Justice and International relations.
Act, 1994.
Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
Government policies and interventions for development in • Came into being in 1995 - merged National
various sectors and issues arising out of their design and
Airports Authority and International Airports
implementation.
Authority of India.
PAPER-IV
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, • Responsibility: creating, upgrading, maintaining
Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.
and managing civil aviation infrastructure -
Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
on the ground and air space.

• A Miniratna Category I Public sector enterprise.

• Manages 137 airports: 24 International Airports, 10 Customs Airports, 80 Domestic Airports and 23
Domestic Civil Enclaves at Defence airfields.

• Provides Air Traffic Management Services (ATMS) over entire Indian Air Space and adjoining
oceanic areas.

• Three main services under ATMS:

1. Air traffic services (ATS)

Focus on ensuring safe and orderly

traffic flow; providing the necessary
information to flight crews.

Performed by air traffic controllers -

mainly to prevent collisions.

Source: https://www.skybrary.aero/

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2. Air traffic flow management (ATFM)

To regulate the flow of aircraft efficiently to avoid the congestion of certain control sectors.

3. Airspace management (ASM)

To manage airspace efficiently to

satisfy its many users - both civil
and military.

Source: https://www.skybrary.aero/

Source: https://www.aai.aero/

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Which of the following Central Public
Sector Enterprises belongs to the
‘Maharatna’ category?
1. Steel Authority of India Limited
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
3. Coal India Limited
4. Airports Authority of India
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

Pg: 12 – C, B, T, H
Pg: 14 – D

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G-Secs

• Government securities - debt instruments issued by the

government to borrow money.
Open Market Operation
• Securities can be both short term or long term.
• RBI periodically purchases
Short term - less than one year - treasury bills.
Government bonds from the
Long term - original maturity of one year or more -
market.
government bonds or dated securities.
• Controlling liquidity in the market.
• Central Government - issues both the treasury bills and
• Controlling inflation rate.
bonds or dated securities.

• State Governments - issue only bonds or dated securities

- called the State Development Loans

• Carry no risk of default - called risk-free gilt-edged

instruments.

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. With reference to Treasury Bills consider the
following statements:
1. T-bills are short term securities issued on
behalf of the government by the RBI and
are used in managing short term liquidity.
2. T-Bills are issued by both Central
government and State government in
India.
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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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following tiger reserves:
1. Bandipur
2. Valmiki
3. Palamau
4. Dandeli-Anshi
5. Periyar
6. Bhadra
Which of the tiger reserves given above
are located in Karnataka?
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 6 only
(b) 1, 3 and 6 only
(c) 1, 4 and 6 only
(d) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements about
INS Sandhayak.
1. It is the first of its class indigenously
designed and built Hydrographic Survey
Ship of Indian Navy.
2. It was an active participant in
operations such as Op Pawan, Op
Sarong and Op Rainbow.
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Which of the following Central Public
Sector Enterprises belongs to the
‘Maharatna’ category?
1. Steel Authority of India Limited
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
3. Coal India Limited
4. Airports Authority of India
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
Source: https://dpe.gov.in
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. With reference to Treasury Bills consider the
following statements:
1. T-bills are short term securities issued on
behalf of the government by the RBI and
are used in managing short term liquidity.
2. T-Bills are issued by both Central
government and State government in
India.
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. Though Cryptocurrencies ensure safe and
Practice Question – Mains secure transactions, still one should make one’s
own appraisal and do due diligence before
GS – II taking a call on investing in cryptocurrencies.
Q. Palliative care In India is still a new Comment.
concept. With the rise of incidence in (150 words , 10 marks)
serious non-communicable diseases, the
need for palliative care becomes Practice Question – Mains
important. In that context bring out the
GS – III
importance of palliative care and critically
asses where does India stand in this regard. Q. Multidimensional approach to assess
deprivation is critical to combat poverty and
(250 words, 15 marks)
achieve sustainable development goals. Explain
with reference to the SDG 3.0 report released
by NITI Aayog.
(250 Words, 15 Marks)

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