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  • 8th April 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

    [WpProQuiz 51]

  • Prelims and Mains cut off Marks and how close we had come to predicting it

    Dear Students,

    Attached are the cutOff Mars for 2018 exam.

    https://youtu.be/tXhsgbxRL5g?t=5045

    Watch this lecture where Sajal Sir predicts the cutoff to be 93-98 while major institutes never went higher than 95.

     

    Download here – CutOff-CSM-2018-Engl

  • [Prelims Spotlight]Acts and schemes related to Health

    1.Janani Suraksha Yojana(JSY)

    Objectives

    • It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
    • It is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme it integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-delivery care. The success of the scheme would be determined by the increase in institutional delivery among the poor families
    • The women who deliver in Government hospitals, health centres or even in accredited private hospitals are eligible for the cash assistance, if she is above 19 years .

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    2.Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram(JSSK)

    Objectives

    • To provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates and eliminating “out-of-pocket” expenses.-Under this scheme, pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for normal delivery and 7 days for C-section
    • This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a referral and drop back home
    • Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick new borns accessing public health institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    3.MAA-Mother’s Absolute Affection

    Objectives

    • A nationwide programme launched in an attempt to bring undiluted focus on promotion of breastfeeding and provision of counselling services for supporting breastfeeding through health systems.1. The programme has been named ‘MAA’ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from family members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully.
    • The chief components of the MAA Programme are Community awareness generation, Strengthening interpersonal communication through ASHA, Skilled support for breastfeeding at delivery points in public health facilities, and monitoring and award/recognition.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    4.Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram(RBSK)

    Salient Features

    • Under this, support is being provided to States/UTs for Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services through early detection and early management of common health conditions classified into 4 Ds i.e Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies, Development delays including disability.
    • Treatment including surgeries at tertiary level is free of cost under this initiative.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    5.Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

    Objectives

    This initiative goes beyond addressing sexual and reproductive health and introduces focus on nutrition, sexual & reproductive health, injuries and violence (including gender based violence), non-communicable diseases, mental health and substance misuse.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    6.Ayushman Bharat Scheme

    Objectives

    • National Health Protection Scheme will be launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families.
    • Under this, up to Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each family per year in secondary and tertiary care institutions.
    • This scheme will have 50 crore beneficiaries. So far under the National Health Insurance Scheme, insurance cover of Rs 30,000 was available only. This is a big increase in this regard.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    7.RASHTRIYA AROGYA NIDHI (RAN)

    Objectives

    • Financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who are suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super speciality Hospitals/Institutes or other Government hospitals.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    8.Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

    Objectives

    • The primary objective of PMSSY is to correct the region imbalances in availability of affordable/reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country in general, and, to augment facilities for quality medical education in under-served or backward States, in particular.
    • The PMSSY project was to be implemented across the country by the centre for which two major components of implementation was decided.
    • The first was to set up bigger medical institutions like that of AIIMS located in New Delhi. A total of six such AIIMS like medical units were brought up in the country spread across various regions.
    • The second component of the PMSSY scheme was to improve and upgrade all the medical colleges and institutions.
    • There were a total of 13 such medical colleges spread across the country which needed up gradation and introduction to improved medical facilities and technologies. The PMSSY scheme will be implemented in three work phases.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    9.Mission Madhumeha

    Objectives

    • Effective management of Diabetes through Ayurveda.
    • It was Launched on National Ayurvedic Day .
    • The Mission will be implemented throughout the country through a specially designed National Treatment Protocol. 3.The guidelines in the protocol will be sent to various state governments, which will further circulate them across various medical institutions.
    • The Madhumeha Assessment Tool (MAT) based on Ayurvedic philosophy has also been developed for the self-assessment of the people with regards to possibilities of diabetes.
    • The government is set to launch a mobile app which will suggest Ayurvedic medicines for diabetic patients.
    • The app will be meant for use by both practitioners of Ayurveda as well patients.
    • It will help in identifying the type of diabetes a patient is suffering from as well as recommend which Ayurvedic medicines can be administered to a patient.
    • The app is based on a set of guidelines issued by AYUSH.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of AYUSH

    10.Indradanush scheme.

    Objectives-

    • It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases.
    • The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health

    11.National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)

    Objectives

    • NPCDCS has a focus on awareness generation for behaviour and life-style changes, screening and early diagnosis of persons with high level of risk factors and there treatment and referral (if required) to higher facilities for appropriate management for those Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) including diabetes and hypertension.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    12.Test and Treat Policy for HIV

    Objectives

    • As soon as a person is tested and found to be positive, he will be provided with Antiretroviral Therapy irrespective of his CD count or clinical stage.1. The ART will be for all men, women, adolescents and children who have been diagnosed as a HIV + case.
    • This will improve longevity, improve quality of life of those infected and will save them from many opportunistic infections, especially TB.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    13.Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme

    Objectives

    • Strengthening and improving quality of basic TB services addressing TB HIV co-infection, other co-morbidities and MDR-TB
    • Engaging with care providers both in the public and the private sector
    • Targeted intervention in the vulnerable population and strengthening urban TB control along with active case finding activities
    • Integrating newer molecular diagnostics for TB in the health system (CBNAAT) for early diagnosis of MDR TB
    • Leveraging of Information Communication Technology for enhancing TB notification and strengthening of monitoring1. Under the RNTCP, Government is committed to end tuberculosis by 2025.
    • The strategies adopted for this purpose include strengthening and improving quality of basic TB services, engaging with providers other than public, addressing TB HIV co-infection, other co-morbidities and programmatic management of drug resistant TB.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    14.National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP)To eliminate leprosy from the country.

    Objectives

    • With a view to eliminating leprosy from the country, a three-pronged strategy has been adopted for early detection of leprosy cases in the community during 2016-17:
    • Leprosy Case Detection Campaign for high endemic districts.
    • Focused Leprosy Campaign for hot spots.
    • Specific plan for Case Detection in Hard to reach areas.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    15.National Framework for Malaria Elimination

    Objectives

    The aims of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India 2016-2030 are:

    • To Eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by 2030; and
    • Maintain malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and prevent re-introduction of malaria.1. Eliminate malaria from all 26 States including 15 low (Category 1) and 11 moderate (Category 2) transmission States/Union Territories (UTs) by 2022;
    • Reduce the incidence of malaria to less than 1 case per 1000 population per year in all States and UTs and their districts by 2024;
    • Interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria throughout the entire country, including all 10 high transmission States and Union Territories (Category 3) by 2027; and
    • Prevent the re-establishment of local transmission of malaria in areas where it has been eliminated and maintain national malaria-free status by 2030 and beyond.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    16.Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (ELF) Programme

    Objectives

    • National Health Policy (2002) has laid down the goal for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis by 2015, which has now been revised to 2017, though global goal is 2020

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    17.LAQSHYA

    Objectives

    • Scheme aimed at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatre. The programme aims at implementing ‘fast-track’ interventions for achieving tangible results within 18 months.
    • Under the initiative, a multipronged strategy has been adopted, including improving infrastructure upgradation, ensuring availability of essential equipment, providing adequate human resources, capacity building of healthcare workers and improving quality processes in the labour room.
    • A healthcare facility achieving 70% score on NQAS will be declared ‘LaQshya’ certified. Facilities scoring over 90, 80 and 70% will get platinum, gold and silver badges respectively.
    • Facilities achieving NQAS certification and having 80% satisfied beneficiaries will be given monetary incentive with medical college hospitals getting Rs 6 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for district hospitals.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    18.Suvidha

    Objectives

    The government has launched biodegradable sanitary napkins, priced at ₹2.50 per pad. The name is Suvidha.

    Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers

    19.SATH Programme

    Objectives

    • NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments.The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors.
    • The program addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI aayog.
    • SATH aims to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems.
    • NITI Aayog will work in close collaboration with their state machinery to design a robust roadmap of intervention, develop a program governance structure, set up monitoring and tracking mechanisms, handhold state institutions through the execution stage and provide support on a range of institutional measures to achieve the end objectives.
    • The program will be implemented by NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who were selected through a competitive bidding process.
    • Niti aayog

    20.National Health mission.

    Objectives

    • The broad objectives of this mission are as follows:
    • Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births
    • Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births
    • Reduce TFR (Total Fertility Rate ) to 2.1
    • Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years
    • Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non-communicable; injuries and emerging diseases
    • Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
    • Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
    • Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
    • Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
    • Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
    • Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks.

    The National Health Mission (NHM) has two Sub-Missions :

    National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) covering urban areas

    National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering rural areas

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  • [Burning Issue] ASAT; An overview

    CONTEXT

    India has tested the Anti-Satellite System(A-SAT) from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, an island off the coast of Odisha.

    • The test was named as Mission Shakti.
    • It has successfully destroyed a live satellite in the Low Earth Orbit(an altitude of 300 km).
    • With this test India is now in the league of three countries after the U.S., Russia, and China to have such technology.

    What Is ASAT?

    • It is missile-based system to attack moving satellites.
    • It is of 2 kinds— based on launching from the ground or from planes.
    • Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has -developed Anti-satellite (ASAT)completely indigenously.

    Mission Shakti

    • While Mission Shakti may have targeted an object in outer space, India has long developed the ability to intercept incoming missiles.
    • In 2011, a modified Prithvi missile mimicked the trajectory of a ballistic missile with a 600-km range.
    • The DRDO-developed Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor Missile successfully engaged an Indian orbiting target satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in a ‘Hit to Kill’ mode.
    • The interceptor missile was a three-stage missile with two solid rocket boosters.

    What are low earth orbit satellites?

    • The Indian satellite that was shot down was a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite.
    • These are satellites roughly at an altitude of 2,000 kilometres from the earth and that’s the region where the majority of satellites are concentrated.

    ASAT through history

    • ASAT is the technological capability to hit and destroy satellites in space through missiles launched from the ground.
    • ASAT weapon systems have a long history and were a product of the Cold War hostilities between the United States and the Soviet Union.
    • They came back into popular currency after China conducted an anti-satellite missile test on Jan 2007.
    • The target was a Chinese weather satellite — the FY-1C – that sailed at an altitude of 865 km. (537 mi).
    • A year later, the US launched ‘Operation Burnt Frost,’ the code name to intercept and destroy a non-functioning satellite named USA-193.

    Why target satellites?

    • Satellites are extremely critical infrastructure of any country these days. A large number of crucial applications are now satellite-based.
    • These include navigation systems, communication networks, broadcasting, banking systems, stock markets, weather forecasting, disaster management, and military applications etc.
    • Destroying a satellite would render these applications useless.
    • It can cripple enemy infrastructure, and bring it down on knees, without causing any threat to human lives.

    The Significance of the test

    • Ministry of External Affairs describes it as a ‘credible deterrence’ against attacks on India’s growing number of space assets.
    • Although only three other countries, the U.S., Russia, and China, have previously demonstrated this capability, it is possible to surmise that countries with long-range missiles could do the same with equal effectiveness.
    • But India, surely, is staking a forward claim as a space weapons power.

    1. A message to the world

    • While the government has conceded that India has long had ASAT capabilities, this is the country’s first demonstration to the world.
    • It has shown that it is capable of bringing down a satellite, and disrupting communication.
    • Because the test was carried out on a satellite placed in the low-earth orbit, one might question whether India can hit any satellite.
    • Targeting satellites in the higher orbits, however, is only a matter of scale of powering the rockets enough to go deeper in the space.

    2. It might propel Arms Race in the neighbourhood

    • This might lead to its none-too-friendly neighbour Pakistan into a competitive frenzy.
    • Also, in the absence of a credible threat to India’s space assets from China or any other country with Anti-Satellite missile capabilities, whether the ‘deterrence’ sought to be achieved by this test would lead to a more stable strategic security environment is not certain.

    3.Concerns with the timing of test and elections

    • But, within India, the timing of the test, when the country is already in election mode, does raise concerns whether this was aimed at the domestic constituency.
    • The Election Commission is now seized of the question whether the Prime Minister might have violated the Model Code of Conduct.
    • If it does find the timing amiss, the government could be in for some serious embarrassment.

    4.The problem of space debris

    • Anything launched into the space remains in space, almost forever, unless it is specifically brought down or slowly disintegrates over decades or centuries.
    • Satellites that are past their life and are no longer required also remain in space, orbiting aimlessly in some orbit.
    • According to the NASA, there were 19,137 man-made objects in space that were large enough to be tracked.
    • These included active and inactive satellites, rockets and their parts, and other small fragments.
    • A satellite that is destroyed by a missile disintegrates into small pieces, and adds to the space debris.
    • The threat from the space debris is that it could collide with the operational satellites and render them dysfunctional.

    Outer Space Treaty of 1967

    • The Outer Space Treaty, to which India is a signatory, prohibits countries from placing into orbit around the Earth “any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction”.
    • Among its principles, it bars states party to the treaty from placing weapons of mass destruction in Earth orbit, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise stationing them in outer space.
    • The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all state parties to the treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes, says the treaty.

    Indian stance on Claims Of violating Space Treaty

    • There are at least four more multilateral treaties that deal with specific concepts agreed to in the Outer Space Treaty. None of these, however, prohibits the kind of test that India carried.
    • India believes in peaceful use of the common outer space that belongs to humanity.
    • India is not in violation of any international law or treaty to which it is a party or any national obligation.
    • The MEA said the A-SAT test was not directed against any country and that India plans to play a role in future in drafting global laws on prevention of arms race in outer space.
    • As is mandatory for any missile test, India did issue a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) to airline authorities across the world informing them about an impending missile test.
    • MEA reiterated India’s support of Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) in the Conference on Disarmament “where it has been on the agenda since 1982.

    Present global space architecture

    • There is no global regulatory regime to address the growing militarisation in space.
    • Last year, at the UN Disarmament Commission, India expressed concern about the “weaponisation” of outer space, and sought collective action to secure space-based assets.
    • In this regulatory vacuum, India has legitimate reasons to develop deterrence for the security of its space-based assets.

    Need For formulating Space Programme

    • India is assiduously putting in place a space military architecture.
    • That is precisely why the government should articulate much more clearly the doctrinal aspects of the space programme, as well as the deterrence sought to be achieved by it.
    • India must communicate its peaceful intentions just as it showcases its capabilities, so as to contribute to a better understanding among countries it hopes to deter and thereby reduce the chances of wrong inferences being drawn in crisis situations.
    • After all, missiles are but one aspect of space warfare.
    • There are other, less visible but equally effective methods to incapacitate satellites that are being developed and are of equally serious concern.

     

  • Interview transcript – Anuj Sharma

    Board : Smita Nagaraj

    Background:  Electrical Engineering. Worked in a private firm for 2 years
    Home State: Delhi

    Chairman

    – What did u learnt from your job? It is not same in the government sector why come here?
    – Should we go for nuclear energy? Why protest in Kundankulam?
    – Why low sex ratio and areas?

    M1

    – What did u learn from social documentaries? (DAF)
    – Should India increase its navy budget to 30% on account of China’s presence in IOR?
    – Should Delhi be made a state?

    M2

    – What do u think of IPS?
    – Is police accessible only to the influential?
    – Two reforms in police service? Should they be armed?

    M3

    – The problem in sports in India. Why only cricket and badminton are doing well? Indicated playing sports as a hobby in DAF
    – The politicisation of federations is it right. BCCI issue?
    – Your steps as sports secretary. Sports Policy of India?

    M4

    – How to increase exports to China? Problems in manufacturing sector?
    – Steps on Delhi Pollution?

    Chairman

    – How caste affects daily interaction in people? How reservation policy and protests against it has changed it?

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  • [Video Analysis + Top 10 Ranks] 06 April 2019 | Prelims Daily with Rakesh Sir

    Dear students,

    Here’s a link to the Prelims Daily Quiz Analysis Video. Watch this after you have attempted that day’s Prelims Daily questions [on this link]

    https://youtu.be/eSkK0Mg4zeg

    The full playlist is available here [click2watch]

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    Dear Students,

    We had over 3000 students attempt the last test. Hence we have decided to display the top 20 ranks.

    This quiz is more factual. Try to get over 13 questions correct in this test. 

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  • Interview transcript – Omendra Chauhan

    Board : Dr. P K Joshi

    Background: B.E. Mechanical Engg, BIT Mesra Ranchi
    5 years in Automobile MNCs.

    Chairman

    – So Omendra…you did schooling from… worked in automobile sector….(long initiation) tell me what did you do in Hyundai?
    – (contd) work profile in Toyota?
    – in Maruti?
    – How is Maruti different from Hyundai? (work culture and all)
    – What was your roles and responsibilities in these companies… (Long discussion)
    – Kanpur was known as Manchester of East…what happened to it? tell me what are the industries in Kanpur and why they are facing issues..and what kind of issues?
    – What can be done to help them?
    – What are the differences between Ranchi and Kanpur?

    M1

    – (something continued from CH related to Ranchi and Kanpur…industrial and economic growth..)
    – What is demonetisation and what happened? Positives and negatives of it?
    – What was income disclosure scheme (somewhat on the topic)..when did it happen? what happened?
    – Did demonetisation work? failures? success?….(some counter questions…)
    – Defense related industries in Kanpur? in UP? in India? (some counterqns on defense industry..)
    – long intro to question related to water deficiency situation in India….why so? what geographic climatic factors responsible for same? wht can be done?
    – (counter qn) What is river interlinking? any project? what would be its positives and negatives?

    M2 (Member who always looked dissatisfied)

    – (contd discussion on Ranchi) Why is Ranchi not developed, if it is not? What can be done? (counterqns on same)
    – Do you know about Shobhan Sarkar? What did he dream…( some news in 2013!) What did govt do? What happened there?
    – Mejakhas (in DAF)..where is it? why did you go there for schooling? What is its topography? what industries there? any new project coming there? (bad experience on this discussion…in between his reaction was you don’t know about your surroundings)

    M3

    – So you play table tennis…( I told frankly I played in school, not been playing since sometime…she smiled and said its ok) So how do you keep yourself fit? what do you play now?
    – Who are famous TT players in India?
    – What do you think is the future of Electric vehicles in India? ( Many counter qns on problems of charging, infra, industry in detail..handled pretty well)
    – Which countries currently have EV market growing? anyone in our neighbourhood?

    M4

    – (contd discussion in the EV market, future of the Automobile industry and India’s position and efforts?)
    – What kind of batteries are used in EV? Why India doesn’t have them? What issues involved in charging infra related?
    – What kind of energy requirement we will have to meet such demands in EV market? and some counter qns…
    – What kind of reforms do you suggest in industrial development? (Long discussion…about labour reforms, infra… handled this part satisfactorily I guess)

    Chairman

    OK, your interview is over.

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