UPSC CSE Key – February 3, 2022: What you need to read today

Rise in capex will create jobs, bring in more investment: PM

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Main Examination: General Studies III: Government Budgeting and Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment

Key Points to Ponder:

• What do you understand by Capital Spending? How Capital spending or Capital investments impact an Economy?

• What Are Capital Expenditures (CapEx)?

• Capital Investment’s Relationship to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• What is the difference between Self-Reliant Economy and Self-Sufficient Economy?

• Budget 2022-2023-What is the Unique and Special about this year’s Budget?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Capital Expenditure (CapEx)

📍 Budget 2022 Explained: Why FM is pushing for enhanced capex allocation

📍 ExplainSpeaking on economy | Atmanirbhar Bharat: A brief and not-so-affectionate history

CBDT chief: Changes to I-T law have huge revenue implications

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Main Examination: General Studies III: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment

Key Points to Ponder:

• What are surcharges and cesses, and how do they differ?

• What is the retrospective change about cess and surcharge?

• Types of Cess levied in India

• Cess and Article 270 of the Constitution

• Taxation system in India

• Classification of Taxes

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Explained: The retrospective changes to income-tax law, how they impact you

THE CITY

Two more Ramsar sites announced on world wetlands day

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change

Main Examination: General Studies III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is a Wetland? Why are Wetlands important?

• Wetlands Types-What are they?

• Threats to Wetlands-What are they?

• The Convention on Wetlands-Ramsar Convention

• Ramsar Sites-What are they? What is Importance of being Ramsar Site?

• ‘Montreux Record’-If a wetland of international importance is brought under the ‘Montreux Record’, what does it
imply?

• Mapwork-List of Ramsar Sites in India, Locate Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 HISTORY OF THE RAMSAR CONVENTION

📍 World Wetlands Day: Sanctuaries in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh listed as Ramsar sites

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

The Budget’s Balance

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Main Examination: General Studies III: Government Budgeting.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Budget 2022-2023-Key Highlights

• Emphasis on capital expenditure-How it will Benefit Indian Economy?

• What do you understand by ‘Fiscal consolidation’? why it is needed?

• What is Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003?

• Budget 2022-2023-Praises and Criticisms

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 What is Fiscal Policy in India?

📍 Budget 2022 Explained: Highlights and analysis of Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget

📍 Treading Gingerly

📍 A budget that looks away

📍 The seeds not planted

The Climate Costs of AI

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: General Science

Main Examination: General Studies III: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) given the tag of a Sunrise Technology-why?

• What is Artificial Intelligence?

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Pros, Cons and Future ahead

• India and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Artificial Intelligence: AI to help you save money by analysing financial transactions, opportunities

📍 Artificial intelligence solutions built in India can serve the world

EXPRESS NETWORK

Kerala to get India’s first graphene centre

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: General Science

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is Graphene?

• Graphene-Applications, Advantages and Disadvantages

• Graphene Innovation Centre-Significance

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 graphene

EXPLAINED

The India-Israel relationship

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s Interests

Key Points to Ponder:

• India and Israel marked 30 years of full diplomatic relations-Significance

• India and Israel Bilateral Relations-Historical Background

• Pegasus and India-Israel Relations

• India & the Palestinian cause

• India and Israel Relations-Shift in policy

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 What really explains India-Israel relations?

📍 Will India back Israel-Saudi formal ties? How can India benefit?

Assam-Arunachal border dispute, 1951 to now

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance

Main Examination: General Studies II: Inter-States disputes and Government policies and interventions for
development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Assam and Arunachal Pradesh border Dispute- Historical Background and What is the present status?

• Assam and Arunachal Pradesh border Dispute-Bone of contention: 1951

• Map Work-Lower Siang, West Kameng

• Interstate border disputes in India

• Article 263 of the Constitution of India and Interstate Border Disputes

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Inter-state Border Disputes in Northeast India

Economy

OPEC+ sticks to output rise

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus (OPEC+)-Difference

• What is the Opec+?

• Map Work-Locate Opec+ Member Countries

• OPEC+ more influential than OPEC?

• India and OPEC+

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 OPEC’s output pact proposal: How will decision affect India?

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