Insights IAS - Monthly Editorial Compilation August 2019 Printed Notes

INDEX 

INSIGHTS INTO EDITORIAL____________2
POLITY & GOVT. POLICY__________________ 2
1. Beyond talaq: On Muslim divorce bill______________ 2
2. The roots of sexual brutality _____________________ 3
3. This is what has changed in Jammu and Kashmir ____ 5
4. A considered step that opens up new vistas ________ 9
5. Bigger and better: On number of Supreme Court judges _____________________________________________ 11
6. The hard realities of India’s fast-track courts_______ 12
7. Does the Medical Commission Bill encourage quackery?
_____________________________________________ 14
ECONOMY ___________________________ 16
8. RBI’s Goldilocks cut: On repo rate cut ____________ 16
9. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 ______________ 18
10. Public Sector Banks during its journey of 50 years of
nationalization_________________________________ 19
11. Symptom as cause: On automobile industry woes _ 21
12. Sentiment booster: On govt response to slowdown 24
13. Giving wings to better air connectivity___________ 25
14. Rediscovering development banks______________ 27
15. Government should use RBI funds in a prudent manner
_____________________________________________ 29
IR __________________________________ 31
16. Padding up for the next UNSC innings ___________ 31
17. Fortifying the Africa outreach__________________ 33
18. War within war: On Saudi’s intervention in Yemen _ 35
19. Something special: On Narendra Modi’s Bhutan visit37
ENVIRONMENT _______________________ 39
20. India’s tiger population doubles in a dozen years __ 39
21. Rethinking water governance strategies _________ 41
22. For the Amazon fires, the worst is yet to come ____ 44
23. A bottom-up approach to conservation __________ 46
S&T _________________________________ 48
24. Content management: On Aadhaar-social media
linkage _______________________________________ 48
SECURITY ____________________________ 50
25. Giving shape to an elusive strategic concept ______ 50
26. Unclear doctrine: On ‘No First Use’ nuclear policy _ 52
MISCELLANEOUS_________________________ 54
27. The monk who shaped India’s secularism ________ 54

RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS __________ 56
POLITY & GOVT. POLICY _________________56
1. POSCO and Exclusive Courts ____________________ 56
2. New Surrogacy Bill____________________________ 58
3. National Medical Commission Bill _______________ 60
4. Article 370- Abrogation and Implications __________ 63
5. Strengthening Judicial apparatus ________________ 66
6. 10th Schedule ________________________________ 69
7. Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 ______________ 72
8. Reservation: Who will benefit ? _________________ 74
9. DGP selection________________________________ 77
ECONOMY ____________________________79
10. Jobs-Locals First Policy _______________________ 79
11. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill ____________ 80
12. Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 ________________ 83
13. Banning Unregulated Deposit Schemes __________ 85
14. 59 Minute Loan Portal________________________ 87
15. Speed bump for Auto sector___________________ 88
16. Power tariff policy ___________________________ 90
17. Universal basic income _______________________ 91
18. Eradicating poverty __________________________ 94
19. Blue Revolution _____________________________ 97
S & T _________________________________99
20. Data and Privacy: How Safe Are Apps?___________ 99
21. GI Tag ____________________________________ 101
IR __________________________________102
22. Kashmir- No Third Party _____________________ 102
23. Defiant Taiwan, Adamant China _______________ 106
24. India’s role in Afghanistan____________________ 108
25. Pok & Aksai Chin: India’s options ______________ 111
26. UNSC and permanent seat for India ____________ 113
27. India - France ties __________________________ 115
ENVIRONMENT _______________________118
28. Dam Safety Bill, 2019 _______________________ 118
29. Say No to Plastic ___________________________ 120
30. Amazon on fire ____________________________ 123
SECURITY ____________________________125
31. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019
____________________________________________ 125
32. Need to modernise Indian Air Force____________ 126