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FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA   Key Points: What it is

• Definition
• Essential for a robust nation
• Component
• Role of FCI

  Challenges

• Leakages
• Cereal centric
• Corruption and black marketing

  Measures taken

• Integrated child development scheme
• Mid-day meal scheme
• National food security act

  Way ahead

• Direct benefit transfer
• Incentivizing fair price shops
• Technology
• Decentralized production

  THE ESSAY BEGINS… Food security is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization as the availability of physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Necessary to ensure a robust nation, this comprises of availability, access, and absorption of food, which in India is done through the FCI by the union government, thereafter distributing it to the states. India's rank of 78 in the Global hunger index doesn't present a bright picture. more...

GENDER INEQUALTY   Key Points:   Introduction

• Definition
• Examples of inequality

  Causes

• Historical reason
• Socio culture reason
• Patriarchal
• Illiteracy
• Poverty
• Religious dogmas

  Ways to remove

• Reservation
• Political
• Economic
• Education
• For girl chide
• Gender sensitive
• Awareness

  THE ESSAY BEGINS… Gender inequality as a topic has been in debates since long, and that we are still discussing it implies we haven/t really marched into the 21" century in many aspects. Gender inequality in literal sense, is to differentiate and have a biased view for one person on the basis of one's gender. The female half has always been subjected to silence till the dawn of globalization which made it necessary for the female to participate in the economic and political activities along with the male. This trend was visible in India too, and it only strengthened in more...

CO-OPERATIVE VS COMPETITIVE FEDERALISM   Key Points: Federal polity in India

• Quasi-federal
• Strong centralizing tendency

  Co-operative federalism

• One size fits all policy

  Competitive federalism

• Survival of the fittest
• Responsibility
• Autonomy
• Policy making
• Optimal usage of resources
• Investment growth
• Inclusive growth
• Ease of doing business
• NITTO Aayog

  THE ESSAY BEGINS.. The constitution-makers of India, keeping in mind the political, social and economic structure of India, framed India as a federal polity. In a true federal polity, powers should be divided equally between centre and states, which is not the case with India. Foreseeing the possible threats to sovereignty and integrity of the country, the centre was given more powers than the states, making it a quasi-federal state, one with a strong centralizing tendency. Though this was how it was envisioned by the constitution-makers, the constitution has more...

INDIAN ECONOMY AFTER DEMONETIZATION   Key Points:   Introduction

• Usage of cash
• Simplified the economic activities
• Represent stability

  Implications

• Short-term difficulties
• Funds crunch in films
• Decreased trade and commerce
• Long-term benefits
• Counterfeit currency
• Tax evasion
• Black money
• Terror financial
• Contraband circulation

  Way ahead

• Blessing in disguised
• Transparent cashless society
• Parallel economy

  THE ESSAY BEGINS… The leap of humanity from barer system to currency, with the latest being be-coms, has simplified the economic activities of humans Currencies at present represent stability of a nation and not just simplicity. Government of India on 8th November 2016 demonetized its currency by cancelling the legal tender of higher denomination notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500. This drastic measure was undertaken, keeping in mind the short-term difficulties and the long-term benefits for the country. The menace of growing counterfeit more...

ALCOHOL PROHIBITION   MYTH AND REALITY   Key Points:   INTRODUCTION

• Quote by Abraham Lincoln
• In multiple states
• Fundamentally right or not

  WHY PROHIBITION

• Against public interest
• Harm to the individual
• Violence against women

  AGAINST PROHIBITTION

• Revenue
• Employment
• Underground business
• Hooch liquor
• Illegally available
• Individual liberty
• Victims of addiction

  THE ESSAY BEGINS... "Prohibition is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason .n that it attempts ro control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes."   This quote by Abraham Lincoln summarizes how a legislation of prohibition stands in a democratic society. Alcohol ban has been attempted in multiple states with the latest being in Uttarakhand where the state government was ordered by the High Court to impose more...

Report Writing   REPORT WRITING   Generally dealing with reporting of events or incidents for a newspaper, reports are highly structured documents written in formal style. Simple and crisp sentences molded in a lucid format is what makes a good report, There- fore the writer should take care that facts are not suppressed or highlighted excessively, since doing so might mislead the readers. The writer shouldn't present his own prejudices and presuppositions in the report. A good report should be objective, unbiased and concise. TIPS FOR WRITING A GOOD REPORT  

Read newspaper reports.

Write only what is relevant to the context,

Use only formal language.

Avoid slangs and unnecessary jargons.

Be neutral while dealing with the topic.

  WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT ABOUT DECLINING BOOK SALE IN DELHI   DECLINING BOOK SALES IN DELHI   Hindustan News service Daryaganj, 23rd April   Delhiwallahs seem to be going away from bookshops, as e-book readers and e-commerce retailers are on a rise.   Mr Dhyanchand, owner of Chand book agency at Connaught Place lamented that his sales has declined to half in the past two years. He attributes it to e-book readers Like Kindle and Nook, which he says take people away from books. Other bookshops like Work store and Malik's also have similar stories to tell. A talk with readers elicits a different view. Divya, from JNU, says that e-readers are easy to carry, and also cheap and easily accessible. There are other readers who will buy books with their last penny. Their emotional attachment with printed books is too much to more...

 WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE SECOND PHASE   ASECOND PHASE OF 'MISSION INDRADHANUSH' LAUNCHED     HMT News service Delhi, 5th October   Second phase of Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health Minister J P Nadda, announcing its commencement from 7th October. The first phase of the Mission which focuses on immunization was a great success, and this made the government initiate the second phase.   He interacted with the State Health Ministries and Health Secretaries through video- conferencing to check how prepared they were for the second phase. Through the mission the government plans to achieve universal immunization by 2020 for seven vaccine-pre ventable diseases namely diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Tuberculosis Polio Measles and Hepatitis-B, and will cover more than 89 lakh children who are either vaccinated or partially vaccinated. more...

  WRITE A NEWSPAPER REPORT ON A FIRE INCIDENT IN DELHI METRO.   FIRE IN DELHI METRO   PTQ News   Subhash Nagar, 23rd April   Last week, a fire broke out in the last coach of Delhi metre at Patel Chowk metre station the passenger cited fumes coming out of the 6th coach in metre heading towards Rajendra Nagar on blue line. A spark in the air conditioning system might have caused some fault which led to the incident. A situation of panic prevented passengers from boarding the tram and the authorities were informed immediately. Passengers travelling in that metro were evacuated at Rajendra Nagar station and the train was sent to the maintenance yard tor further investigation. No cases of injuries have been reported by the officials A decade old, metro service has never seen an incident like this before. According to more...

                 WRITE A REPORT ON A TRIP TO DHARAMSHALA FOR A TRAVEL MAGAZINE. SOJOURN IN DHARAMSHALA   GM Travel Magazine   Kuala Lumpur, 21st December   The first week of winter this year was colder than the previous ones as we spent it in Dharamshala. It is situated 18 kms from Kangra district in the shadow of Dhauladhar hills in Himachal Pradesh. Earlier known as -BHAGSU5, it was ruled by the Katoch dynasty under British rule. Surrounded by dense coniferous forests consisting mainly of Deodar and Cedar trees, the city hosts a number of travelers from across the globe every year. Dharamshala is also a home to His Holiness 'Dalai Lama5 and central Tibetan administration, the Tibetan government in exile. Triund hill, situated at one-day distance on the upper reaches of Mcleodganj is known as The Jewel of Dharamshala5. Dharamshala is a starting point more...