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  • 27 Sept 2016 | GS3 | A no. of changes have been proposed to the way the Union budget is prepared or presented. These changes are set to be implemented over the next few years. Elucidate.

    GS3 (Government Budgeting)

    A no. of changes have been proposed to the way the Union budget is prepared or presented. These changes are set to be implemented over the next few years. Elucidate.

    Best answer

    Rahul Jain wrote the best answer for this question and got a score of 4/10 (if the best answer is an image, it cannot be uploaded here, hence scroll down to see those). The answer is being reproduced below for everyone’s convenience. Of course these answers can always be improved. (Best answer  of a particular only involves those given on that day, later answers may not have been checked)

    In a set of reforms, the Union Govt has brought three major changes:
    1. Merging of Railway and General Budget.
    2. Advancement of the Budget Presentation Day(by 27 days)
    3. Doing away with the classification of Plan and Non-Plan expenditure.

    BENEFITS:
    1. Railways will now stop being a political plaything and also the legislature will save time since Railway Budget(which is a separate process) will now be merged with the general budget.
    2. Distortion in terms of Plan expenditure taking greater share than the Non-Plan expenditure will now be a thing of past.
    3. Due to the budget advancement, all processes related to budget might get over by the end of the ongoing financial (also VOTE ON ACCOUNT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY)

    CHALLENGES:
    1. Political will of the States in doing away with the Plan and Non-Plan expenditure.
    2. The future of the schemes running under the previous plans is still not clear.
    3. Railways might have interference from the Finance Ministry in their financial matters.
    4. The Advancement of Budget,initially,might not be based on the complete economic data of the current year.

    Nevertheless, coupled with other reforms like GST, these measures will be like a bitter pill to swallow which will be beneficial in the long run.

  • 27 Sept 2016 | GS1 | Besides the freedom fighters in India, many Indians in other parts of the world made important contributions to our struggle for freedom. Discuss these people and their contributions.

    GS I (The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors or contributions from different parts of the country)

    Besides the freedom fighters in India, many Indians in other parts of the world made important contributions to our struggle for freedom. Discuss these people and their contributions.

    Best answer

    Amruta Joshi wrote the best answer for this question and got a score of 4/10 (if the best answer is an image, it cannot be uploaded here, hence scroll down to see those). The answer is being reproduced below for everyone’s convenience. Of course these answers can always be improved. (Best answer  of a particular only involves those given on that day, later answers may not have been checked)

    Indian freedom struggle was a wide long struggle which not only had contribution from the people living in India but from the Indians residing abroad.

    THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
    1. Lala Hardayal – He was among the most prominent ones and one of the founders of the gadar party, which emerged as a organization to evoke nationalism among the Indians people and soldiers residing abroad. The others in this organization included kartar singh saraba,ramchandra. He was also a part of the Berlin committee for Indian independence founded by Virendranath chattopadhay, bhupendranath chattopdhyay who mobilized Indian settelers to send volunteers and arms to India to incite rebellion among the Indian troops.

    2.Raja Mahendra Pratap- He alongwith Barkatullah established a provisional Indian government in kabul.
    3.Madam Bhijakji kama- Though being a Lady, she dared to raise Indian issues in Europe and also unfurled the self made Indian flag.
    4. Jamadar chisti khan, jamadar Abdul gani participated in the signapore mutiny . Though they got killed in the battle but participated against the British rule.
    5. Mohan Singh , formed the Indian National Army in Singapore to revolt against the British rule.

    THE SIGNIFICANCE
    Thus, though the contributions had succeeded only upto a certain mark but these fighters contribution showed the much needed nationalism which was essential to figth the British rule.

  • Ask a Question, Answer a Question – Round 6

    Motivation is a tricky thing. 

    It doesn’t last long without support and peer pressure! What to do then in case of this mother of all exam which needs an year long maintenance!

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    One of our team members came across this daily log maintained by a UPSC aspirant in his/ her days of preparation – Click to read this log of days

    It might be useful if we have a “log of days” thread on forum where you guys tell each other about how useful/ fruitless your day was – your focus areas of the day – some tricky situations wrt. studies or otherwise which you came across which you would like a fellow to help you with?

    It’s just an experiment which might keep you in good stead all through your prep days.

    It would an entirely self moderated thread. We won’t have anything to do with it but we will ensure that it stays on top of the website forum.

    What do you think?

     

     

  • 26 Sept 2016 | Prelims Daily: CA Questions with Tikdams & Tidbits

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    Q1. Consider following statements regarding MERCOSUR – 

    1. Members are only from Latin America

    2. It is an anti-western military alliance with members such as Venezuela

    Select the correct option – 

    a) 1 only

    b) 2 only

    c) Both 1 and 2

    d) Neither 1 nor 2

    Q2. Following Act comes frequently in the news, fill up the blank space – Prevention of Atrocities Against ___

    a) Dalits and other depressed classes

    b) Minorities

    c) SC’s

    d) SC’s and ST’s

    Q3. Shipkila Pass lies in which state

    a) J&K

    b) Himachal Pradesh

    c) Arunachal Pradesh

    d) Madhya Pradesh

    Q4. What is an offset clause mentioned in the Rafale deal

    a) money spent on foreign defense equipment has to be partially invested in the Indian economy

    b) Tax given to attract manufacturing companies

    c) Secrecy clause stopping France from giving any information on Rafale to other countries

    d) None of the above

    Q5.  Swacch Bharat week is being organised by 

    a) Prime Ministers Office

    b) MoUD

    c) Ministry of Rural Development

    d) None of the above

    NOTE: These questions are mostly derived from our daily newscards. Reading daily news from Civilsdaily’s App (click here) or website + solving these questions will help you reinforce the basics.

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  • 26 Sept 2016 | Target Mains: GS Questions & DNA Framework

    GS I (Geography) (Duplex)

    What is sea floor spreading?  Explain with the evidences in support of it. Describe link between it and the Plate Tectonic Theory

    Demand-

    Static Question.  Define sea floor spreading with evidence. Last part, define relation between both theories.

    Approach-

    – Define & explain sea floor spreading. Provide evidences in support (3+4 marks)

    – Explain relation between two- Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics (3 marks)

     

    GS II (Representation of People Acts) (Duplex)

    The Representation of People Acts (RPA) of 1950 and 1951 form the foundation of electoral democracy in India. Elucidate the limitations RPAs & measures required to strengthen it.

    Demand-

    RPA provisions need to be known and how it has helped electoral democracy. Bring its general limitations and solutions to improve it.

    Approach-

    – RPA 1950 and 1951 provisions which has strengthen electoral democracy (3 marks)

    – Limitations ( 3 marks)

    – Measures and challenges (4 marks)

     

    GS III (Issues relating to intellectual property rights) (Hattrick)

    New Intellectual Property Rights Policy 2016, designed to strengthen India’s IPR regime “to foster creativity and innovation,” indicates that it has put the interests of intellectual property owners, or global capital above that of public. Critically examine.

    Demand-

    – Private sector organisations in the US such as the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) consider it as weak and ineffectual.

    – In its IP index, India’s IPR score is only 7.05 out of 30, while it is 10.41 for Brazil, 12.64 for China, 13.06 for Russia, and 28.61 in the case of US

    Approach-

    – Explain the Property rights policy of India in brief. Try to quote few objectives (2 marks)

    – One side-Many commentators are of the view that India’s TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) compliant patent regime is quite adequate for balancing the interests of both inventors of new technologies and its users.

    Other side- The pharmaceutical multinational corporations (MNCs) and the government of the United States (US) have been extremely critical of India’s IPR regime. Explain both sides (6 marks)

    -Challenges and way ahead (2 marks)

     

    GS IV (Ethics) (Hattrick)

    What is meant by environmental ethics? Why is it important to study? Discuss any one environmental issue from the view point of environmental ethics ?

    Demand-

    –  Ethics that studies the relation of human beings and the environment and how ethics play a role in this.

    Approach-

    –          Environmental ethics believe that humans are a part of society as well as other living creatures, which includes plants and animals. These items are a very important part of the world and are considered to be a functional part of human life.

    -Give example- Global warming, global climate change, deforestation, pollution, resource degradation, threat of extinction are few of the issues from which our planet is suffering. With environmental ethics, you can ensure that you are doing your part to keep the environment safe and protected.

  • 26 Sept 2016 | GS4 | What is meant by environmental ethics? Why is it important to study? Discuss any one environmental issue from the view point of environmental ethics ?

    GS IV (Ethics) (Hattrick)

    What is meant by environmental ethics? Why is it important to study? Discuss any one environmental issue from the view point of environmental ethics ?

    Best answer

    Kunal Aggarwal wrote the best answer for this question and got a score of 4/10. The answer is being reproduced below for everyone’s convenience. Of course these answers can always be improved. (Best answer  of a particular only involves those given on that day, later answers may not have been checked)

    Environmental ethics refers to the values attached with environment. It studies the moral relationship of humankind with its environment. Environment plays an important role by
    – providing resources
    – sustaining life
    – waste management

    It is important to study environment ethics as it brings us closer and the help us understand the relationship. It will help in many ways:
    – Provide better quality living to current generation
    – Protect environment for future generation through regulated use of environment
    – It will help spread awareness among people and thus protect the environment
    – It sustains other species as well which is moral responsibility of one species i.e. humankind towards all others

    Excessive global warming has come out to be major problem and is impacting the lives of everyone across the globe. We have violated our moral responsibilities towards environment by:
    – Cutting forests indiscriminately on large scale
    – Releasing green house gases in atmosphere for industrial products
    – Excessive use of fossil fuels like coal, petrol etc

    These raise major ethical issues for humankind:
    – Responsibility towards other species: Extinction of species due to excessive warming, change in monsoon pattern is also impacting them. Their natural habitat has been destroyed to high extent.
    – Responsibility towards other humankind: It impacts poor indiscriminately and people from other countries who are not responsible for it are also impacted. Food quality and quantity is also at risk because of increased global warming.

  • 26 Sept 2016 | GS3 | New Intellectual Property Rights Policy 2016, designed to strengthen India’s IPR regime “to foster creativity and innovation,” indicates that it has put the interests of intellectual property owners, or global capital above that of public. Critically examine.

    GS III (Issues relating to intellectual property rights) (Hattrick)

    New Intellectual Property Rights Policy 2016, designed to strengthen India’s IPR regime “to foster creativity and innovation,” indicates that it has put the interests of intellectual property owners, or global capital above that of public. Critically examine.

    Best answer

    Aman Chauhan wrote the best answer for this question and got a score of 4.5/10. The answer is being reproduced below for everyone’s convenience. Of course these answers can always be improved. (Best answer  of a particular only involves those given on that day, later answers may not have been checked)

    India has always been at the receiving end when it comes to intellectual property laws .Recently, US had put India in its priority watch list under special 301 report .
    Analysing our new IPR policy it has tried to strike a balance between innovation and welfare .
    Pro-innovation clauses like –
    1.entire conformity with WTO TRIPS ( trade related intellectual property rights )
    2.films,drawing and music all under IPR protection fostering innovation
    3.removal of defective laws along with 5 yearly review in consultation with stakeholders thus generating trust in the policy.
    4.modernisation of trademark offices and strengthening machinery in order to reduce time from 6-8 months to just one month thus ,speeding the registration process .
    Pro-people clauses like –
    1. India has kept the right to grant compulsory licensing to drugs which is undoubtedly a good step as our country has millions suffering from HIV,TB,malaria and other life threatening diseases .It has already been used in case of cancer drugs which is a blessing to the poor .
    2. Restriction on evergreening of patents has been maintained as part of the policy.
    3. Will promote entrepreneurship and employment by providing appropriate support and funding to startups .
    While balancing innovation and public interest we have to make sure not to curb flow of knowledge as turning all the discoveries by scientists into IPR in the country can restrict its free and fair access .
    Strengthening of DIPP , adhering to timely registration and creating awareness about Intellectual property rights is need of the hour .

  • 26 Sept 2016 | GS2 | The Representation of People Acts (RPA) of 1950 and 1951 form the foundation of electoral democracy in India. Elucidate the limitations RPA’s & measures required to strengthen it.

    GS II (Representation of People Acts) (Duplex)

    The Representation of People Acts (RPA) of 1950 and 1951 form the foundation of electoral democracy in India. Elucidate the limitations RPAs & measures required to strengthen it.

    Best answer

    Narayana Sarma wrote the best answer for this question and got a score of 5.5/10. The answer is being reproduced below for everyone’s convenience. Of course these answers can always be improved. (Best answer  of a particular only involves those given on that day, later answers may not have been checked)

    With an aim of ensuring free and fair elections, the parliament enacted The Representation of People Acts 1950 and 1951. The former deals with the seats allocation, delimitation of constituencies, voters’ qualifications whereas the latter deals with the conduct of elections, qualification and disqualification of contestants, election offences primarily. In following ways, the RPA of 1950 has strengthened the electoral democracy:
    -It mandates the ‘direct election’ for Lok Sabha, making the system of election understandable by commons
    -No person can be registered in electoral rolls of 2 or more consituencies
    Similarly, the RPA of 1951 has ensured strong foundation of electoral democracy in following ways:
    -It provides that only an elector can be a representative in parliament
    -Provisions advocating stringent disqualification norms. Eg: A person sent to jail for atleast 2 years will be disqualified to contest elections for 6 years after his release.
    -Confers enormous power on Election Commission of India. Eg: From acceptance of nominations to counting, if at all any enquiry arises, Election Commission can act as a civil court issuing summons
    -Declaration of assets of elected candidates within 90 days
    -Mandating the maintenance of account of election expenses
    However, it does have some limitations in the form of loopholes, some of which are given below:
    -It fails to make excessive/under-assessed campaign expenditure an offence
    -Section 77 of the RPA of 1951 deals with expenditure of candidate and not political party, in whose name large expenses are made. This leads to under-assessment of campaign expenditure.
    -Section 29B of the RPA of 1951 allows candidates to accept unlimited contribution from non government company/non-foriegn individuals and these are unaccounted
    -Does not address the less popular contestants who lack funding
    -No statutory backing for powers of ECI
    -It prohibits poll campaign only in poll-bound area, allowing a candidate to carry out campaign via video conferencing from a different location
    -Doesn’t address the opinion polls advertised by news channels
    Some solutions proposed are
    -Video monitoring of campaigns, cyber squad to curb under-assessment of physical and virtual campaign expenditure respectively
    -Making amendments to remove loophole sections such as 29B and 77
    -Researching on the feasibility of state funding to ensure fair and inclusive competition
    However, the recent proposal to introduce totalizers, which makes booth wise results unavailable to curb harassment of political parties, is a step forward in strengthening electoral democracy.

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