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Current Affairs  Important Newspaper Highlights for UPSC Civil Services Examination. 12 October 2022 The HINDU 🧡 (Page 1) : IMF cuts India's growth forecast to 6.8% this year 💚 (Page 1) : Three lakh and counting: RTI pleas pile up at information commissions across India 🧡 (Page 4) : Imposition of Hindi: Pinarayi joins Stalin in opposing move 💚 (Page 6) : Solutions by the people, for the people 🧡 (Page 6) : Blaming technology for deaths by suicide is misguided 💚 (Page 7) : Reading the Chinese tea leaves  🧡 (Page 7) : Urban consumers are still not confident enough 💚 (Page 8) : The Ashoka Vijaya Dashami controversy 🧡 (Page 8) : What are the allegations against Google by the NBDA? 💚 (Page 9) : Real-estate debt, crackdowns and COVID policies throw a spanner in China's economy 🧡 (Page 10) : A nation achieves glory when it takes pride in its heritage, says PM in Ujjain  💚 (Page 10) : Non-traditional livelihoods skilling of girls included in Beti Padhao scheme 🧡 (Pag...

1. Introduction of annual budget before the Parliament.  2. Keeping checks and balances in Republican government.  3. Maintain federal equilibrium.  Select the correct answer using the code given below:  a) 1 and 2 only  b) 2 and 3 only  c) 3 only  d) 1, 2 and 3 Solution:  The Annual Budget of the Government is laid before Rajya Sabha also, although the Budget speech is made in Lok Sabha only.  Rajya Sabha has no powers to vote on the Demands for Grants of the Ministries/Departments which is the exclusive domain of Lok Sabha.  The core rationale for having two chambers in a national legislature broadly flows from the need for checks and balances in a republican government to serve as an auxiliary precaution against abuse by majority factions.  Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and works on the principle of proportional representation.  Due to its wide membership base, it protects the interests of the states again...