News 1:

Three top panels on nutrition, but zero meetings in pandemic year: The Hindu

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Syllabus Reference: GS-II

Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

 

Nothing much, simple article which tells that some key committees related to nutrition have not met even once since the pandemic. It says Before COVID-19 there was a tempo around nutrition, which to some extent has slowed down. But there is a need to realise that COVID-19 has put a lot of pressure on the under-privileged, especially women and children, who need nourishment at a time income levels have gone down.

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Swaminathan says MSP better than loan waiver: Hindustan Times

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Syllabus Reference: GS-III

Issues related to Direct and Indirect Farm Subsidies and Minimum Support Prices; The article discusses some of the points highlighted by Dr.Swaminathan regarding MSPs. Slightly the article goes into technicalities of MSP. Just go through it once and try understand why the changes are being demanded in calculation of MSP.

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Explained: Seven key takeaways from India’s latest GDP data: Indian Express

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Syllabus Reference: GS-III

Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment.

 

As the title suggests, the article discusses some of the key takeaways from the latest GDP data in a simple language. It also tries to explain First Advance Estimate and it’s significance. Read without fail.

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