Insights IAS Monthly Editorial Compilation December 2019 Printed Notes Printed Notes
INDEX
INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 1
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________ 1
1. What connects the NPR, NRIC and Census? ____ 1
2. A duty to publish: On RTI ___________________ 3
3. The distinct cry of an imperiled frontier _______ 4
4. Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Bill amidst
Opposition outcry___________________________ 7
5. Battling anti-microbial resistance ____________ 8
6. National shame: On gender sensitisation _____ 10
7. Not many lessons learnt from water planning
failures __________________________________ 12
8. Disha Bill: What are the highlights of Andhra
Pradesh’s new law? ________________________ 14
9. Unfulfilled promise: On Personal Data Protection
Bill ______________________________________ 16
10. Atal Bhujal Yojana — Why a scheme for
groundwater ______________________________ 17
ECONOMY _________________________ 19
1. Making Air India’s disinvestment work _______ 19
2. Seed Bill must serve farmers, not MNCs ______ 20
3. A strategic pause: On RBI holding interest rate 22
4. India’s food basket must be enlarged ________ 24
5. Key steps to kick-starting the economy_______ 27
SCIENCE & TECH _____________________ 29
1. ISRO successfully launches CARTOSAT-3, 13 Nano
satellites _________________________________ 29
2. Taking stock of the anti-AIDS fight___________ 31
3. Why is it taking so long to label fast food? ____ 32
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 34
1. An Asian engine driven by India and China ____ 34
2. Iraq’s autumn of discontent________________ 37
3. Ironing out the wrinkles in trade disputes
adjudication ______________________________ 38
ENVIRONMENT _____________________ 40
1. Widening gap: On UN’s Emissions Gap Report _ 40
2. Climate warnings: On unmet emission goals __ 42
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________45
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________45
1. Strengthening Parliamentary Institutions _____ 45
2. Sixth Schedule & Inner Line Permit __________ 47
3. Seventh Schedule- Centre & State___________ 49
4. Centre- State Rights ______________________ 51
5. Citizenship Amendment Bill ________________ 53
6. Election Commission: Collegium System &
Appointments _____________________________ 55
7. Violence Against Women __________________ 57
8. Mission Indradhanush 2.0 _________________ 59
9. Regulating News on Digital Platforms ________ 61
10. The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019__________ 63
11. Public Property & Protest_________________ 64
12. Stop the brutality _______________________ 66
13. Hurdles in Speedy Justice (Context- Rape &
Sexual assault) ____________________________ 67
ECONOMY __________________________69
1. Rejuvenating Economy____________________ 69
2. NPAs decline ____________________________ 71
3. PSU’s: Strategic Sale ______________________ 73
4. Social Security Code ______________________ 74
5. Reciprocal Trade Policy ___________________ 77
SCIENCE & TECH______________________78
1. FASTag- No more queues __________________ 78
2. Pharmaceutical Marketing Malpractices ______ 81
3. Ban on e-Cigarettes ______________________ 82
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS____________84
1. 11th BRICS Summit _______________________ 84
2. India-Japan 2+2__________________________ 85
ENVIRONMENT ______________________87
Climate Performance Index __________________ 87
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________89
1. Fire Safety in India _______________________ 89
2. Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill __________________ 91
Miscellaneous _______________________92
UN Human Development Index 2019 & India ____ 92
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