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  • KNOWLEDGE EUPHORIA – ACHIEVE 2X SYLLABUS COMPLETION RATE

    KNOWLEDGE EUPHORIA – ACHIEVE 2X SYLLABUS COMPLETION RATE

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    From Articles of Constitution to National parks

    From listing mountain ranges to Mauryan administration

    From Artificial intelligence to Repo rate……There is so much variety in UPSC CSE Syllabus.

    Learning so many new subjects and new topics, one can feel the influx of knowledge in the preparation mode. This newfound knowledge generates a sense of euphoria in many aspirants. To keep feeding this euphoria, many aspirants make the mistake of reading more and more material, be it the current or static part. Sadly, unchecked knowledge euphoria can hijack your preparation.

    IS SYLLABUS COMPLETION A SERIOUS ISSUE YOU ARE FACING IN YOUR PREPARATION? IS IT SO THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING MOCK TESTS, YOU VAGUELY RECALL THE TOPICS? OR LOOKING AT SO MANY BOOKS MAKE YOU LOSE INTEREST IN THE PREPARATION?

    If yes, then something has to change in your strategy. In fact, you are not alone facing this challenge. Check out the video given below of our student discussing the same problem and how it affected his performance in the last 5 attempts.

    Giving prelims without even completing the whole syllabus once is like killing your own golden duck. In our interaction with our Mentors and their mentees, we identified few common mistakes when it comes to incomplete syllabus attempts:

    • Habit of collecting and reading too many books, Photostatted material and online content
    • Reading every book from cover to cover with giving equal importance to every topic
    • Mismanagement of current affairs and static part

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    Obviously, solutions to these problems differ from student to student. BUT ONE MANTRA THAT ALL OUR MENTORS SWEAR BY IS INSTEAD OF HARD WORK, DO SMART WORK. SO, WHAT DOES SMART WORK MEAN?

    WHAT NOT TO READ: Common impression about UPSC CSE preparation is that you have to know everything under the sun. But there is a catch here! Try to learn everything under the sun from a Generalist than a specialist point of view. This can be done if you know “WHAT NOT TO READ?”. Let our mentors look at the material you are reading and chuck out the unnecessary clutter.

    MARK BOUNDARIES: This is all about making sure that every subject has 1-2 reference material, which you will focus on. Marking boundaries is also important in the case of current affairs. Usually, students end up using 4-5 hours of their time just for daily current affairs. This for sure is not Smart study!

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    REVISION: Yes! we all know that revision is important. But do you know you have to divide your revision into 3 groups: Short term, medium-term and long-term revision. Revision should not be a bi-annual exercise. Syllabus completion and revision have to be done side by side. So, getting this balance in your preparation is where we as a mentor come in.

    COVER TO COVER: Don’t read your books like novels. You have to constantly tell yourself that ‘BE EXAM ORIENTED’. In each subject, you should have a rough idea about ‘UPSC FAVORITES’. Finish them first!

    MONITORING: A neutral third-person monitoring can be a great addition to your preparation. Constant check on what you are reading, what good material not to miss, and focusing on high importance areas is the priority in our mentorship program.

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  • Policies and Schemes Regarding Women

    8th May 2021

    Schemes and Policies for Women

           SCHEME       OBJECTIVES              SALIENT                                   FEATURES MINISTRY
    Nirbhaya Fund   -Nirbhaya Fund is an Indian rupee 10 billion corpus announced by the Government of India in its 2013 Union Budget.
    -According to the then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, this fund is expected to support initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring the safety of women in India.
    -Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given to the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim to hide her actual identity.
    Earlier Ministry of Home Ministry, Now Ministry of Women & Child
    ICDS -To prevent and reduce young child under-nutrition
    (% underweight children 0- 3 years) by 10 percentage
    points,
    -Enhance early development and learning outcomes in
    all children 0-6 years of age,
    -improve the care and nutrition of girls and women and
    reduce anaemia prevalence in young children, girls and
    women by one fifth by the end of the 12th five-year plan.
    -It is a centrally sponsored scheme
    -The engagement of the Anganwadi worker and helper from the same village
    -It is a universal and self-selecting scheme i.e. anyone can visit the Aanganwadi centre and
    enrol these services.
    -Package of six services i.e.
    o SNP – supplementary nutrition programme
    o Pre-school education
    o Health and nutrition education,
    o Immunization,
    o Health check-up and
    o Referral services to the beneficiaries
    AEC-cum-crèche, AWC-cum counsellor.
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Mahila Police Volunteer   It envisages the creation of a link between the police authorities and the local communities in villages through police volunteers who will be women specially trained for this purpose. Under this scheme, it is expected to have at least one such volunteer in every village whose primary job will be to keep an eye on situations where women in the village are harassed or their rights and entitlements are denied or their development is prevented. Joint initiative b/w Min. of WCD and Home Min. Ministry of Women & Child and Home Ministry
    UJJAWALA Yojana   A comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation Ministry of Women & Child
    One-Stop centre scheme 1. To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof.
    2. To facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of … support under one roof to fight against any forms of violence against women
    1. These centres will provide immediate access to a range of services including medical, legal, psychological and counselling support to the victims.
    2. The OSC will support all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence, also for girls below 18 years of age, institutions and authorities established under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 will be linked with the OSC.
    3. In addition to this, a single uniform number –181 will provide 24-hour emergency response to all women affected by violence, through referral (linking with appropriate authorities such as Police, OSC or hospital); funding thru’ Nirbhaya fund
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Swadhar Grehs   Homes for relief and rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances including survivors of rape/assault etc.
    Provision for food clothing, counselling. training, clinical and legal aid; long term
    Ministry of Women & Child
    She-Box   Online complaint Management System for women working in both public and private organizations to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act Ministry of Women & Child
    Universalization of Women Helpline     Ministry of Women & Child
    The mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women : To achieve holistic empowerment of women through
    the convergence of schemes/programmes of different Ministries/
    Department of Government of India as well as State
    Governments
    -It aimed at improving the declining Child Sex Ratio; ensuring survival. & protection
    of the girl child; ensuring her education, and empowering her to fulfil her potentials social sector welfare schemes for care, protection and development of
    women.
    -It will provide an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their entitlements and for empowering them through training and capacity building.
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Mahila Shakti Kendra   -Mahila Shakti Kendras will converge all Govt. Schemes for women at National, State, District and Block level
    Skill Development, Employment, Digital Literacy, Health and Nutrition.
    -Through this scheme, the government plans to reach 115 most backward districts in the country with 920 Mahila Shakti Kendra…
    Ministry of Women & Child
    PRIYADARSHINI SCHEME(discontinued in 2016)   Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains Ministry of Women & Child
    Sabla -Enable the adolescent girls for self-development and
    empowerment
    -Improve their nutrition and health status.
    -Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, adolescent
    reproductive and sexual health (ARSH) and family and child care.
    -To educate, skill and make them ready for life’s challenges
    Nutrition provision
    – Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation
    – Health check-up and referral services
    – Nutrition & health education (NHE)
    -Counselling/guidance on family welfare, ARSH, child
    care practices and home management.
    -Upgrade home-based skills, life skills and integrate
    with the national skill development program (NSDP)
    for vocational skills.
    -Mainstream out of school adolescent girls into
    formal/non-formal education.
    -Provide information/guidance about existing public
    services such as PHC, CHC, post office, bank, police
    the station, etc.
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Saksham     Ministry of Women & Child
    Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana -Empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity,
    -Create and sustain agriculture-based livelihoods of rural women.
    -a sub-component of the Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAY-NRLM)
    – Under the Pariyojana, projects are conceived in such a manner that the skill base of the women in agriculture is enhanced to enable them to pursue their livelihoods on a sustainable basis.
    -Under MKSP sustainable agriculture, 58 projects from 14 States have been sanctioned which will benefit 24.5 lakhs Mahila Kisans during the period.
    Ministry of Rural Development
    Beti Bachao Beti Padhao   1.Prevent Female infanticide
    2.Ensure Every Girl Child is Protected
    3.Ensure every Girl Child is educated
    Enforcement of PC & PNDT Act, nation-wide awareness and advocacy campaign and multi-sectoral action in select 100 districts (low on Child Sex Ratio) in the first phase.
    -Under this scheme, there is a strong emphasis on mindset change through training, sensitization, awareness-raising and community mobilization on ground.
    It is a tri-ministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development.
    Sukanya samriddhi yojana   1.(Minor) bank account for girl child below the age of 10.
    2.She can withdraw 50% of the money after reaching the age of 18 e.g. for higher education. 18 years deadline will also help to prevent child-marriages.
    For initial account opening, minimum deposit Rs.1000 required.
    Later, any amount in multiples of 100 can be deposited, but maximum Rs. 1.5 lakh per year.
    Interest rate: 9.1% compounded annually.
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Pocso-e Box   1, POCSO e-box is a unique endeavour by NCPCR for receiving an online complaint of Child Sexual Abuse directly from the victim.
    2. Through a well-defined procedure, complaints are directly followed up by a team which counsels the victim, providing further guidance for required legal action. Through a short animation film embedded in the e-box, it assures the victim not to feel bad, helpless or confused as it’s not her fault. With the e-box, it is easy to register a complaint through a step-by-step guided process.
    The Ministry of Women & Child
    It is an initiative of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), for Direct online Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse.
    NARI   Due to scattered information on various women-centric schemes/legislations, there is a lack of awareness
    among people regarding the same. To address this problem the government launched NARI portal as a single
    window access to information and services
    Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
    e-samvaad Portal   It is a platform for NGOs and civil society to interact with the Ministry of Women and Child Development
    (MWCD) by providing their feedback, suggestions, put up grievances, share best practices etc.
    • This will help in the formulation of effective policies and measures for the welfare of women and children.
    Ministry of Women & Child
    Stree Swabhiman   -It aims to create a sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women access to affordable sanitary products in rural areas.
    -Under this project, sanitary napkin micro manufacturing units (semi-automatic and manual process
    production unit) are being set up at CSCs across India, particularly those operated by women entrepreneurs.
    -The product will be sold under the local brand name and marketed by village-level entrepreneurs.
    -Each facility will employ 8-10 women and educate women of their society to overcome this social taboo.
    -It also has a menstrual hygiene related awareness generation component and is also expected to reduce
    drop-out rates in girls on reaching puberty.
    Ministry of
    Electronics and Information
    technology (MeITY)
    PROGRAM TO TRAIN ELECTED WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES OF
    PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS
      -The program aimed at capacity building of EWRs is being organized by the National Institute of Public Cooperation and
    Child Development (NIPCCD) of the MoWCD.
    -It is the first-ever initiative which will train approximately twenty thousand EWRs covering nearly 50 EWRs
    from each district (by March 2018) who will go out and administer the villages professionally.
    – It will help in creating model villages, ensure their effective participation in the governance process and help
    preparing women as political leaders of the future.
    Ministry of women and Child
    Support to Training and Employment
    Programme for Women (STEP)
      -To provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs.
    -The scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country.
    Ministry of women and Child
    Rashtriya Mahila Kosh   -RMK is a national credit fund for women under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
    -It was established in 1993 for socio-economic empowerment of women.
    -It aims to provide financial services with backward and forward linkages for women in the unorganized sector through Intermediary Micro Finance Organizations (IMOs) and Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) and to augment their capacities through multi-pronged efforts.
    -RMK also extends micro-credit to the women in the informal sector through a client-friendly, without collateral and in a hassle-free manner for income generation activities
    Ministry of women and child

     


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  • IAS Prelims 2021 to be postponed| Reconquer Prelims 2021 amidst pandemic

    IAS Prelims 2021 to be postponed| Reconquer Prelims 2021 amidst pandemic

    How to best utilize this time for IAS Prelims 2021? Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for free 1-1 mentorship. We will call you within 24 hours. (Also provided at the bottom of the article)

    Test series for Assessment, Notes + Videos for revision and syllabus completion, Weekly Google meet sessions for Guidance


    IAS Prelims 2021 will be deferred by at least 3 months due to the prevailing pandemic situation in the country. UPSC will very soon release a notification announcing this postponement.

    It’s time for an IAS 2021 aspirant to turn these times of adversity into an opportunity:

    • Beat the competition– You get more time to revise and clear your concepts, especially true for working professions.
    • Get in the competition– Late risers or those who couldn’t prepare can start seriously now.
    • There are fewer distractions now due to the lockdown.

    There is another side to it as well, aspirants might become directionless, disoriented, and complacent due to a lack of plan.

    How to best utilize this time for IAS Prelims 2021? Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for free 1-1 mentorship. We will call you within 24 hours.

    Any form of complacency is a kiss of death for your UPSC prelims 2021 success.

    To help you make the most out of these 3 months Civilsdaily is offering you its test series but topped with important and relevant material to help you Reconquer Prelims 2021.

    What is Reconquer Prelims 2021?

    It’s is a special program for UPSC IAS 2021 prelims which include mock tests primarily but we’re are going to provide you with notes, video lectures, weekly guidance sessions, and Civilsdaily’s support to act as a booster to your preparation.

    Program inclusion:

    • 38 IAS Prelims Mock Tests
      • 8 Basic tests
      • 8 Advanced tests
      • 10 Current Affairs
      • 8 Full-Length Tests
      • 4 CSAT tests
    • Decimate Prelims 2021 current affairs (PDF)
    • Union Budget and Economic survey-
      • Video* lecture by Sajal Singh
      • PDF note
    • Score Boosting video* lectures by Zeeshan Hashmi
    • Weekly Google meet sessions with Sajal sir, Sukanya ma’am, Sudhanshu sir, and other CD mentors.
    • Access to Civilsdaily’s Prelims 2021 club on Habitat
      • Discussion
      • Doubt sessions

    * pre-recorded video lectures

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    Timetable

    Objectives of Reconquer Prelims 2021

    • Revision and course completion.
    • 360 degrees assessment of your preparation.
    • Getting back on track especially for those who started late or couldn’t prepare sufficiently till now.
    • Putting up a plan for maximizing your efforts.
    • Efficiency in preparation.
    • Help you build capacity to tackle IAS Prelims 2021 and succeed in that.

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    Our philosophy – Mastering Prelims by guided yet Flexible Goal Setting

    1. Evidence-based question making: UPSC level mocks

    Mock tests are a part of our legacy product, the Prelims test series. It’s loaded with 6 key differentiators and 3 ‘exclusive’ features. 

    It aims to build your core competencies in a graded manner; from basic, advanced and then to UPSC+ level. Focus is on conceptual clarity, coverage of syllabus and developing a personalized strategy to attempt a UPSC Prelims paper.

    A Test Series is more than just a set of 100 questions and solutions at the end.

    The 3800 questions you face in our mocks have their relevance established via UPSC’s trend analysis. We focus on the themes that are important as per UPSC so that we maximize your chances of questions overlap with the actual UPSC Prelims.

    2. Civilsdaily’s Innovation: Tagging

    Tagging helps us to ensure balanced coverage of static and current affairs, setting optimum difficulty level, keeping the paper relevance to UPSC syllabus and pattern, and cover all important themes. It’ll help you to analyse and understand the expectation of the UPSC in a better way.

    Subject/Sub-subject tagging ensures that a balanced paper is presented to you with an emphasis on important themes. It helps you discover your subject-specific blindspots and rectify them. We disclose our coverage. 

    Question Type Tags: Helps you understand the mix of questions and equip yourself in multifaceted question forming. Learn about question types here.

    Difficulty Level Tags, Conceptual/Factual Tags: These tags don’t leave you guessing about your weaknesses. If you miss a difficult factual question, it’s absolutely fine. In fact, it’s desirable as you don’t score a negative.

    3. Study and revision material- Notes and Video lectures

    I) High-quality material and notes from Decimate Prelims 2021 crash course

    These notes have been curated by experienced faculty at Civilsdaily and will help you revise all the concepts and current affairs from Jan 2020 to June 2021.

    II) Economic Survey 2020-2021 and Union budget 2021-2022 – Both of them have been very comprehensively covered by Comprehensively covered by Sajal sir Both video lectures and PDF notes will ensure that no concept or question will get unanswered from these.

    III) Score boosting lectures by Zeeshan sir

    Tikdam techniques is a very important skill that can boost your score by 30+ marks. It will prepare you and enhance your ability to perform under pressure (& lack of information). These lectures have helped a lot of students in the past.

    We not only impart but make you practice these skills in our test series. You will be getting pre-recorded video lectures.

    4. Civilsdaily’s Handholding – Google meet sessions

    We believe frequent guidance and course correction are crucial to your success in the UPSC exam, and that’s why we’ll be having a weekly Google meet session with senior faculty and mentors from Civilsdaily like Sajal sir, Sukanya ma’am, Sudhanshu sir, Ajay sir, and others.

    5. Access to Civilsdaily’s Prelims 2021 club on Habitat

    You’ll be assigned to an exclusive group on Habitat, it’s headed by Sajal sir, Sudhanshu sir, Zeeshan sir and membered by rankers and in-service officers.

    Habitat is where everything comes together: learning, doubt clearing, notes, references, mentors, and a focussed community. You’re going to learn and discuss like never before.

    What is there on Habitat?

    • Doubt sessions – Dedicated sessions to resolve doubts in real-time. Never keep a doubt to yourself.
    • An ecosystem for co-learning and active learning.
    • A highly motivated community to bring flexibility and consistency to your preparation.
    • Other activities like revisions, quizzes, test discussion, CSAT, etc. are also planned.Samachar Manthan Civilsdaily IAS Current Affairs UPSCHabitat – Desktop and Mobile view

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  • What patent waiver in the COVID fight mean for global health equity

    The article highlights the implications of patent waiver for Covid-19 for global health equity.

    Where the opposition to waiver proposal came from

    • Recently, the US agreed to support the India-South Africa proposal, seeking a waiver of patent protection for technologies needed to combat and contain COVID-19.
    • Response to the proposal was divided during earlier debates at the WTO.
    • While many low and middle income countries supported it, resistance came from the U.S., the United Kingdom, the European Union, Switzerland, Australia and Japan.
    • Since the WTO operates on consensus rather than by voting, the proposal did not advance despite drawing support of over 60 countries.
    • Predictably, the pharmaceutical industry fiercely opposed it and vigorously lobbied many governments.
    • Right-wing political groups in the high income countries sided with the industry.

    Issues with the reasons given for opposition to the waiver proposal

    1) Quality and safety of vaccine production in low and middle-income countries

    • It was argued that the capacity for producing vaccines of assured quality and safety was limited to some laboratories.
    • So, it is argued that it would be hazardous to permit manufacturers in low and middle-income countries.
    • However, pharmaceutical manufacturers have no reservations about contracting industries in those countries to manufacture their patent-protected vaccines for the global market.

    2) Licenced manufacturing

    • The counter to patent waiver is an offer to license manufacturers in developing countries while retaining patent rights.
    • This restricts the opportunity for production to a chosen few.
    • The terms of those agreements are opaque and offer no assurance of equity in access to the products at affordable prices, either to the country of manufacture or to other developing countries.

    3) Supplying vaccines through COVAX facility

    • It was also stated that developing countries could be supplied vaccines through the COVAX facility, set up by several international agencies and donors.
    • While well-intended, it has fallen far short of promised delivery.
    • Some U.S. states have received more vaccines than entire Africa has from COVAX.

    4) No availability of extra capacity for vaccine production

    • Critics of a patent waiver say there is no evidence that extra capacity exists for producing vaccines outside of firms undertaking them now.
    • Even before the change in the U.S.’s position, manufacturers from many countries expressed their readiness and avidly sought opportunities to produce the approved vaccines.
    • They included industries in Canada and South Korea, suggesting that capable manufacturers in high income countries too are ready to avail of patent waivers but are not being allowed to enter a restricted circle.
    • The World Health Organization’s mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub has already drawn interest from over 50 firms.
    • Instead of arguing that capacity is limited, high-income countries and other donors should be supporting the growth of more capacity to meet the current and likely future pandemic.
    • They should learn from the manner in which India built up capacity and gained a reputation as a respected global pharmacy by moving from product patenting to process patenting between 1970 and 2005.

    5) Time required to utilise patented technology is long

    • Patent waivers are also dismissed as useless on the grounds that the time taken for their utilisation by new firms will be too long to help combat the present pandemic.
    • But many countries have low vaccination rates and variants are gleefully emerging from unprotected populations.
    • This makes it difficult to put the end date for the pandemic to end

    6) China factor

    • An argument put forth by multinational pharmaceutical firms is that a breach in the patent barricade will allow China to steal their technologies, now and in the future.
    • The original genomic sequence was openly shared by China, which gave these firms a head start in developing vaccines.

    Issue of rewarding innovation financially

    • Much of the foundational science that built the path for vaccine production came from public-funded universities and research institutes.
    • Further, what use is it to hold on to patents when global health and the global economy are devastated?
    • It is often argued that for defending patent protection, is that innovation and investment by industry need to be financially rewarded to incentivise them to develop new products.
    • Even if compulsory licences are issued bypassing patent restrictions, royalties are paid to the original innovators and patent holders.

    Way forward

    • Developing countries must take heart from his gesture and start issuing compulsory licences.
    • The Doha declaration on TRIPS flexibilities permits their use in a public health emergency.
    • High-income countries and multilateral agencies should provide financial and technical support to enable expansion of global production capacity.

    Consider the question “Why are the implications of patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccine for the global health equity? What were the reasons for opposition to waiver proposal?” 

    Conclusion

    The U.S.-supported patent waiver in the COVID fight has the potential to bring in much-needed global health equity.

  • Section 142 of the Social Security Code – 2020 Notified

    Aadhaar mandatory

    • The Union government has made Aadhaar mandatory for availing social security benefits, and for registration on a national informal workers’ database being developed for migrants.
    • The labour ministry has notified section 142 of the social security code.
    • It allows authorities to collect Aadhaar details for the database of beneficiaries under various social security schemes.
    • The move will be applicable to both formal and informal workers and may also help in curbing duplication of data by keeping imposters at bay, authorities said.
    • However, people who don’t have Aadhaar will not be denied of benefits, the ministry claims.

    National informal workers’ database

    •  National database for unorganized workers is at an advanced stage of development by National Informatics Centre.
    • The portal is aimed at collection of data for unorganized workers, including migrant workers for the purpose of giving benefits of the various schemes of the government.
    • An inter-state migrant worker can register himself on the portal on the basis of submission of Aadhaar alone.

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    BACK2BASICS

    • The Code on Social Security, 2020 is a code to amend and consolidate the laws relating to social security with the goal to extend social security to all employees and workers either in the organised or unorganised or any other sectors.
    • The Social Security Code, 2020 brings unorganised sector, gig workers and platform workers under the ambit of social security schemes, including life insurance and disability insurance, health and maternity benefits, provident fund and skill upgradation, etc. The act amalgamates 9 central labour enactments relating to social security.
    • To access complete Act, you can click on the link given below:

    https://labour.gov.in/sites/default/files/SS_Code_Gazette.pdf

  • How right mentorship helps you save a UPSC IAS attempt? | Shreya’s story

    Click here to fill the Samanvaya form for 1-1 mentorship. We will call you within 24 hours.(Also provided at the bottom of the article)


    Shreya decided to venture towards her long-nurtured dream of becoming an IAS officer in 2019, and after a year-long struggle, she appeared in the 2020 UPSC Prelims and got to experience the exam first hand.

    After the lost attempt of 2020, she acknowledged that there were areas in her preparation strategy which she could not properly address while doing the preparation alone last year. This is a very important step she has taken in underlining the areas of improvement, which many actually fail to see while self-evaluating the errors. Thereby losing precious time in the
    process.

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    Then there were also her personal highs and lows. She felt the need to be held accountable for her studies to address the shortcomings of inconsistencies. Then her search for institutional/formal training for UPSC CSE exam began. She had to make certain choices vis-a-vis the training format to meet her specific requirements. Thus with her list of expectations ready, she started to search for their specific solutions.

    We would also like to mention other similar problems which students like Shreya face during their initial years of preparations here, which are:

    • Mental stress and Isolation
    • Financial Hardships
    • Lack of Peer 2 Peer learning
    • Lack of Direction
    • Reliance on X number of sources
    • Unfair Practices by coaching centers
    • Lack of answer writing
    • Reading Newspaper in a proper way
    • Poor Time management
    • Improper analysis

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    So she stumbled upon Civilsdaily in late 2020. Now she has spent some 6-7 months with us and opted for a mentorship program, and what encouraged us to tell her story to you is the kind of progress she has been able to make with her mentor and how?

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  • Mini-Seed Kits to boost pulses output in kharif 2021

    Central government to distribute mini-kits of seed

    • The government on said it will distribute over 20 lakh mini-kits of seeds worth Rs 82.01 crore as part of a strategy to boost pulses production in the kharif season of the 2021-22 crop year.
    • The total cost for these mini-kits will be borne by the central government to boost the production and productivity of tur, moong and urad.
    • In addition to this, the usual programme of inter-cropping and area expansion by the states will continue on a sharing basis between the Centre and state, it said.

    Increasing production and productivity

    • From a meagre production of 14.76 million tonnes in the 2007-08 crop year, pulses production has now reached 24.42 million tonnes in the 2020-2021 crop year, which is a phenomenal increase of 65 per cent.
    • India is still importing around 4 lakh tonnes of tur, 0.6 lakh tonnes of moong and around 3 lakh tonnes of urad for meeting its demand.
    • The special programme will increase the production and productivity of the three pulses of tur, moong and urad to a great extent and will play an important role in reducing the import burden.
  • RBI steps in to ease COVID-19 burden

    Term Liquidity Facility announced

    • Reserve Bank of India stepped in on Wednesday with measures aimed at alleviating any financing constraints for healthcare infrastructure and services reeling under the second Covid wave.
    • RBI Governor announced a Term Liquidity Facility of ₹50,000 crore with tenor of up to three years, at the repo rate, to ease access to credit for providers of emergency health services.
    • Under the scheme, banks will provide fresh lending support to a wide range of entities, including vaccine manufacturers, importers/suppliers of vaccines and priority medical devices, hospitals/dispensaries, pathology labs, manufacturers and suppliers of oxygen and ventilators, and logistics firms. 
    • These loans will continue to be classified under priority sector till repayment or maturity, whichever is earlier.

    Measures for individual and MSME borrowers

    • As part of a “comprehensive targeted policy response”, the RBI also unveiled schemes to provide credit relief to individual and MSME borrowers impacted by the pandemic.
    • RBI unveiled a Resolution Framework 2.0 for COVID-related stressed assets of individuals, small businesses and MSMEs.
    • To provide further support to small business units, micro and small industries, and other unorganised sector entities the RBI decided to conduct special three-year long-term repo operations (SLTRO) of ₹10,000 crore at the repo rate for Small Finance Banks.
    • The SFBs would be able to deploy these funds for fresh lending of up to ₹10 lakh per borrower.
    • In view of the fresh challenges brought on by the pandemic and to address the emergent liquidity position of smaller MFIs, SFBs are now being permitted to reckon fresh lending to smaller MFIs (with asset size of up to ₹500 crore) for onlending to individual borrowers as priority sector lending.

    Measure for States

    • To enable the State governments to better manage their fiscal situation in terms of their cash flows and market borrowings, maximum number of days of overdraft (OD) in a quarter is being increased from 36 to 50 days and the number of consecutive days of OD from 14 to 21 days, the RBI said.