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Current Affairs  Important Newspaper Highlights for UPSC Civil Services Examination. 21 October 2022 The HINDU 🧡 (Page 1) : Truss announces exit; U.K. to get its 3rd PM in three months  💚 (Page 1) : PM launches new mission to combat climate change  🧡 (Page 1) : Competition panel impose ₹1,338cr. penalty on Google 💚 (Page 2) : SC rejects plea to lift ban on cracker sale 🧡 (Page 8) : Srilankan Navy arrests three T.N. fisherman 💚 (Page 9) : A legacy of art  🧡 (Page 10) : This Hindi - and Hindi alone - counsel is flawed  💚 (Page 10) : Checks, no balance  🧡 (Page 10) : Addressing north India's burning issue sustainably  💚 (Page 12) : Saving the vultures of Tamil Nadu 🧡 (Page 12) : How is the energy crisis in Europe shaping up?  💚 (Page 14) : A new initiative in Chhattisgarh is helping prisoners get out of the legal maze swiftly 🧡 (Page 15) : Army's 4th round of emergency procurement to be from India  💚 (Page 15) : Interpol launches ...

Clean energy is energy that comes from renewable, zero emission sources that do not pollute the atmospherebwhen used, as well as energy saved by energy efficiency measures. PM Narendra Modi floated the idea of the One Sun One World One Grid Declaration (OSOWOG) with the objective to aid in developing a worldwide grid to reduce carbon footprints and energy costs.  International Solar Alliance: In pursuance to enhance Solar Energy production, India along with France launched the International Solar Alliance with the aim to promote solar energy in 121 member countries and to mobilize over $1 trillion of investment for the deployment of solar energy at affordable costs.  Act East Policy: Building LNG terminals in Ennore, Vizag and Dhamra on East coast and sharing MoU electricity in BBIN  IEA’s India Energy Outlook 2021 – India’s oil demand is seen rising by 74% to 8.7 million barrels per day by 2040 under the existing policies scenario. India being a developing country and fa...

I2U2 initiative is a new grouping of India, Israel, USA and UAE. It will revitalize and re-energize the system of alliances and partnerships around the world. Its stated aim is to discuss common areas of mutual interest, to strengthen the economic partnership in trade and investment in our respective regions and beyond. I2U2 - transform India’s position in global politics: Advantage from Abraham Accords: India will get advantage of the Abraham Accords to deepen engagement with Israel without risking its ties with the UAE and the other Arab states.  The centrality of India: India's bilateral strategic ties with each of the three countries have been on an upswing in the last few years.  Alliances: It will help India in building alliances — political alliances, social alliances.  India can play an important role in deepening Israel’s integration into the region.  For India, it leverages its good relations with Israel, the Gulf, and the US alike to build economic exchang...

India’s landmark Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provided free and compulsory education to children under Article 21-A. The Right to Education serves as a building block to ensure that every child has his or her right to get a quality elementary education. Feature of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 The RTE Act aims to provide primary education to all children aged 6 to 14 years.  The act mandates 25% reservation for disadvantaged sections of the society.  It had a clause for “No Detention Policy” which has been removed under RTE (Amendment) Act, 2019. RTE remains inadequate in promoting incentive-based system:  There is no focus on quality of learning, as shown by multiple ASER reports.  RTE Act appears to be mostly input oriented.  RTE does not provide incentives to teachers for better performance  Achievements of Right to Education Act, 2009 The RTE Act has successfully increase enrolment in the upper primary level (Class 6-8).  It improved sch...

Many governments, especially those in the developing world, do not have access to enough resources to enable them to do what is expected and required of them, by their citizens. Governments have therefore to find ways of getting additional resources, and one such way is to turn to donors. Increasing Dependence on Donor agencies: USAID is working with India to implement ambitious emissions reduction measures, protect critical ecosystems, transition to renewable energy.  Since 2003, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has invested more than US$1.2 billion in projects aimed at improving public health and development outcomes in India.  In 2021, ADB committed a record $4.6 billion in sovereign loans to India. ADB also committed $36.51 million in technical assistance and $3 million in grants under the sovereign portfolio. Doesn’t reduce the Community Participation as evident in: Health care: Rogi kalyan samiti for governance in district hospital.  Water Management: Pani Panchaya...

India being a welfare state as envisioned in DPSP, enters through welfare schemes to check the poor conditions of unprivileged sections. But the rising inflation and its impact on food and commodities and rising unemployment rate (6%) reverses the gain made in reducing poverty and its spill over impact. Welfare schemes: MGNREGA Focuses on Rights based approach.  NRLM focuses on self-employment opportunities.  MUDRA Loan to start new business.  Stand up India and Start Up India. Why focus on Inflation and Unemployment is important: The prices of essential food items have increased by 50% in seven years (2015 to 2022), whereas the real wage rate has risen by 22 per cent. These figures show that inflation has dented the real income of the poor, making their lives miserable as the food basket constitutes a substantial proportion of the total expenditure on the poor.  India’s 50-crore poor comprising socially and economically weaker sections in rural areas and urban slums...

Election commission of India is considered as a watchdog of Indian democracy as it ensures “Free and Fair election” as per the provision of Article 324-329 of Indian constitution. To ensure Free and Fair election, ECI has drafted Model code of Conduct in 1960’s which talks about, General conduct Like: No appeal to caste or communal feelings for securing votes  No political party or candidate shall permit its or his followers to make use of any individual’s land, building, compound wall Evolution of role of ECI:- The Election Commission is appointing Observers. If the candidates or their agents have any specific complaint or problem regarding the conduct of elections they may bring the same to the notice of the Observer.  Issued Guidelines that The election manifesto shall not contain anything repugnant to the ideals and principles enshrined in the Constitution.  In case of single phase election, manifesto shall not be released during the prohibitory period, as prescribed ...