UPSC CSE Key – March 10, 2022: What you need to read today

Cabinet clears agency to monetize Govt land

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Approval of National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC)-Key Highlights

• What is National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC)?

• Know these key Statements like ‘surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises’ (CPSEs)

• How will National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) function?

• National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC)-Significance

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Cabinet approves SPV for land monetization

THE CITY

Civic War

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.

Key Points to Ponder:

• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi Trifurcation in 2012

• North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation

• Unification or merger of the three Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCDs).

• What is the difference between Municipal corporation, Municipality, Notified area committee, Cantonment board,
Township and Special purpose Agency?

• Know in Detail-74th amendment act (Municipalities) and Articles 243-P to 243-ZG.

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Explained: What the BJP hopes to gain by merging Delhi’s three MCD

Hate speech: High Court asks police why Sharjeel Imam should not be granted bail

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Indian Constitution, Important aspects of Governance

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is ‘Hate Speech’

• Law Commission of India on ‘Hate Speech’

• Article 19 of the Constitution

• Laws restricting the freedom of expression

• Impact of Hate Speech on Freedom of Expression

• International Legal Regime on Hate Speech

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Hate Speech

GOVT & POLITICS

Doval calls for better coordination to address shared maritime challenges

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s Interest

Key Points to Ponder:

• Colombo Security Conclave-Background, Members and Observer States

• Colombo Security Conclave-Highlights of the Latest Meeting

• Colombo Security Conclave-Importance

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Colombo Security Conclave: A New Minilateral for the Indian Ocean?

EXPRESS NETWORK

Any speech against govt policy can’t be seditious: Justice Rao

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

Key Points to Ponder:

• What do you understand by ‘Sedition’?

• Sedition laws in India-Know about them

• Historical Background of Sedition Law

• Section 124A IPC?

• Punishment for the Offence of Sedition

• Supreme Court Decisions and Discussions on Sedition Law?

• Problems with the sedition laws

• Legal flaws and spurious interpretation

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Sedition law: A threat to Indian democracy?

EXPLAINED

Turkey’s stakes in the war

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on
India’s interests.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Turkey-Ukraine-Russia

• Turkey in the conflict

• Why is this route important to Russia (Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Marmara Sea, Bosphorus and Dardanelles
straits)?

• What is the 1936 Montreux Convention?

• How are Turkey’s diplomatic relations with Russia & Ukraine?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 What is the Montreux Convention and can Turkey use it to block Russian warships?

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