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Providing precise information that can

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THE HINDU - TH

INDIAN EXPRESS - IE

BUSINESS LINE - BL

ECONOMIC TIMES – ET

TIMES OF INDIA - TOI

INDEX

Essay Paper

1. Long- overdue agrarian reforms....……………………………...…..03

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Technology 1. Patanjali’s COVID-19 cure..………………………………..…….…...…05

Snippets

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. LAC tensions ……………………………………………………….…....……06

GOVERNANCE 2. ‘Country of origin’ Push……………………………………………..……06

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

3. International flights…………………………………………….…………..06

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Essay Paper

Editorial Q – How has the Covid Pandemic pushed for the Long- overdue agrarian reforms?

INTRO =The world observed World Hunger Day on May 28, 2020. India was ranked 102 out of 117 qualifying countries on the Global Hunger Index. Although agriculture accounts for around 17% of India’s GDP, nearly 50% of the country’s population depends on farm-based income. It is ironic that it took a devastating pandemic to force the government’s hand for long-overdue agrarian reforms.

1) Amendments have been made to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

2) The Finance Minister has urged States to dismantle the Agricultural Produce Market Committees.

3) Several long-term changes have been made to the agricultural sector, such as fair pricing and e-trading, along with liquidity measures.

4) The Centre has also encouraged the State governments to adopt three model laws on contract farming, agricultural land leasing, and marketing. Why the reforms -

1) These developments came as the Indian agriculture sector was impacted by lockdowns across States following the COVID-19 outbreak.

2) Migrant farm workers fled the fields en masse, unable to sustain their livelihoods.

3) Crippling bottlenecks in the supply chain resulted in prices sky-rocketing in consumer markets, even as farmers, stuck with inventory, started dumping them at throwaway prices. Many remained hungry even as the Food Corporation of India’s godowns overflowed with grain stock at three times the buffer stock norms.

Current Challenges Include – 1) Just as rabi crops were set to be harvested, unseasonal rain and hail

arrived at the beginning of the year.

2) Parts of the country reeled under a pernicious locust invasion.

3) Looming loans could push farmers into a tailspin of poverty.

4) The Reserve Bank of India announced an extension of the moratorium

on loan EMIs by three months, but given that many farmers rely on a

system of informal borrowing, this negates the intended effect.

5) The government has also hiked the MSP of 14 kharif crops, but some

argue that this may not offer the intended extent of relief due to a

lack of manpower, working capital, machinery (stuck in other States)

and storage.

It is an irony that many migrants to the cities who come from farming

backgrounds sought the city for a better life but it is the same cities

and their employers that have forced them to return to their homes.

What India has been witnessing over the past few months is a

historic reverse migration. It is an irony that the very people who

ensure food security in this nation are being made to go hungry now.

It is equally an irony that the lockdown was imposed to contain

COVID-19 but migration of the poor and vulnerable might be taking

the virus to the hinterland of India.

Way Forward –

1) Steps that economists suggest are to switch from cash to food crops.

2) Prime Minister’s ‘go local’ message and invest in redirecting supply

chains locally

3) Increase government allocations to poor farmers through the PM

KISAN scheme by including everyone, even those who do not own land

4) Ensure timely availability of seeds and fertilizers for the next season by

roping in gram sabhas to verify claimants.

5) And involve Farmer Producer Organisations in the process to ensure

the safeguarding of farmers’ rights.

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https://www.thehindu.com/topic/coronavirus/

https://www.thehindu.com/topic/coronavirus/



The Prime Minister’s vision for doubling farmers’ income in two years seems a distant dream in the wake of the pandemic. Climate scientists warn about climate change. The resilience of Indian farmers has meant that the nation was fed even through multiple lockdowns, filling us with hope to drive through this too.

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TECHNOLOGY Q. What are the centre’s objections about Patanjali’s COVID-19 cure? BACKGROUND= Yoga guru Baba Ramdev unveiled ayurvedic medicines -’coronil’ and ‘swasari’ claimimg that clinical trails on COVID-19 affected patients had shown favourable results.

Currently- 1. Central government asked patanjali to stop advertising about the

drug and also to provide details of the name and composition of medicines being claimed,sites or hospitals where research study was conducted; the protocol, sample size, Institutional Ethics Committee clearence, CTRI registration and results data of the study.

2. Ministry has also requested the concerned state Licensing Authority of Uttarakhand government to provide copies of license and product approval details of ayurvedic medicine being claimed as usefil in treating COVID -19.

Snippets GS 2

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS India-China to cool down at LAC tensions

1. India and China have arrived at a ‘mutual consensus’ to disengage on their disputed eastern Ladakh boundary.

2. An official said the disengagement would be done from different places in phased manner without giving a specific time frame or sequence.

GOVERNANCE

‘Country of origin’ Push 1) In a push to promote local products, union government has made it

mandatory for all sellers on the Government e-Marketplace(GeM), a platform for public procurement, to list the country of origin while registering new products.

2) The changes to GeM, a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of commerce and industry, are in line with centre’s Atmanirbar Bharat and Make in India policies.

3) Buyers in platform can now see the percentage of local content in various products and can also switch on to new Make in India filter.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS International flights

1) India is likely to enter into bilateral talks U.S, U.K, France and Germany to restart international air travel. The Government is discussing a template known as ‘travel bubble’ , which permits relatively unrestricted and risk free travel between two countries.

2) U.S Ultimatum The decision was made public on the day the U.S served an ultimatum

of 30 days to Air India, threatening to ban it from conducting repatriation charters under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The U.S said that the special flights were putting American airlines at a ‘ competitive disadvantage’ because India did not allow them a share of the pie, which also allegedly amounted to the denial of reciprocal rights enshrined under the Air Services Agreement of 2005 sighned between two countries.

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How about this today!?

India’s low rank of 168th amongst 180 countries assessed for

the Environment Performance index (EPI) is also behind all

other South Asian Countries except?

a. Afghanistan

b. Nepal

c. Bangladesh

d. Pakistan

Hey from yesterday….

With regard to Indian Commerce and Industry’s “Focus on Growth and not Handout” for Exports and Imports. Which of the following statements stand true? A. Subsidies are never good for businesses and wouldn’t

help domestic exporters in engaging with the world from a position of strength and power.

B. FDI is welcome, but we have to guard against capital that is opportunistic

C. The expectations from insurance companies was much more and deeper

D. Cash transfers to citizens as a measure is preferred over labor reforms

a. A alone b. A, B c. A, B, C d. A, B, C, D Answer: c

NOTE: On reforms by States, 15-17 States had executed ‘game-

changing’ labour reforms recently and a lot of it would come to the

public domain in the next few days. On cash transfers to citizens

suggested by many as a short-term measure, It is important -

“People should understand that India has to use this crisis to

prepare ourselves for a sustainable future.”

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