UPSC CSE Key – May 2, 2022: What you need to read today

Rs 1.68 lakh crore in Apr, GST collection soars to all-time high

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Mains Examination: General Studies III: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

• How the Goods and Services Tax (GST) System Works?

• Goods and Services Tax (GST) and 101st Amendment Act, 2016-Know in detail

• GST Council and Article 279A of the Constitution-Key Provisions

• GST Council and Members

• What is the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)?

• What are the benefits of Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

• Which taxes at the Centre and State level are being subsumed into Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

• What were the major chronological events that have led to the introduction of GST?

• Kelkar Task Force on Goods and Services Tax (GST)-what was the recommendations?

• What are the different types of Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

• How would a particular transaction of goods and services be taxed simultaneously under Central GST (CGST) and State GST (SGST)?

• What are the benefits of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India?

• What items are not taxed or covered under Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

• Goods and Services Tax (GST)-Issues and Challenges

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📍 What is Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

Ukraine, bilateral ties on table for PM in Europe

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

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

Key Points to Ponder:

• Which countries are Nordic?

• Nordic Countries vs Scandinavian Countries-Compare and Contrast

• Map Work-Locate Nordic and Scandinavian Countries

• What Explains Why the Nordic Countries Are Constantly Among the Happiest in the World?

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling to Germany, Denmark and France-Know the Significance of this trip in the current scenario

• India and Germany-Bilateral relationship between the two, Background and current Status

• India-Denmark and Green Strategic Partnership-Significance

• India and France-Historical Background and Strategic partnership between the two Nations

• India and European Union-Historical Relations and Current Status

• Know about European Union (EU)

• European Union (EU)-Members (Locate on Map)

• European Union and ‘Copenhagen criteria’

• India’s Geopolitical Stature and Changes in India’s Diplomacy-Elaborate in the current scenario

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📍 Explained: The significance of PM Modi’s Europe tour

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

India’s moment

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, Indian diaspora.

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is the Raisina Dialogue?

• What is the theme for the Raisina Dialogue 2022?

• Observer Research Foundation-Know in Brief

• Significance of Raisina Dialogue in General and Raisina Dialogue 2022 in particular

• India’s Stand on Ukraine-Russia Conflict-a fine balance or Loyalty towards an age-old friend?

• India’s Geopolitical Stature and Changes in India’s Diplomacy-Elaborate in the current scenario

• The first major conflict amongst the great powers in the 21st century has presented India with challenges and opportunities-What are they?

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📍 India, Europe and the Russian complication

THE IDEAS PAGE

Using markets to decarbonize

Syllabus:

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

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

Key Points to Ponder:

• India’s Commitment of carbon neutrality by 2070 at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 climate summit in Glasgow or India’s enhanced climate commitments — the “Panchamrit”

• International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2021 and India-Key Highlights

• What author is trying to say with the expression that “The Indian energy ecosystem is, highly carbon-intensive”?

• “Climate Change is a feature of market failure”-How far you agree with this statement?

• What is ‘Net Zero’?

• Difference between ‘Net Zero’ and ‘Carbon Neutral’?

• India’s New Renewables Energy Target

• How can net zero be achieved?

• Public-Private partnership frameworks to achieve ‘net zero’

• India’s emission Status-Present Scenario

• From “phase-out” of coal to “phase-down” of Coal-India’s Stand at the annual climate change conference in Glasgow

• Role and Functions of United Nations Security Council

• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change or UNFCCC-Know in Detail

• What is Carbon Pricing?

• What is a Carbon Tax?

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📍 Explained: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?

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