Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes April 2020 English Medium

Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes April 2020 English Medium

INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 1
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________ 1
1. NMC Act is not a matter of choice, but an
imperative in the national interest__________1
2. Making the private sector care for public
health ________________________________3
3. Helping Hand for the Stranded migrant
workers_______________________________5
4. The criticality of community engagement __7
5. Lift the lockdown only with a sound strategy
____________________________________10
6. Dr BR Ambedkar: “Architect of the Indian
Constitution” _________________________13
7. Enabling local government systems to
combat COVID-19 in India _______________15
ECONOMY _________________________ 17
1. Farmers may not be infected but are
certainly affected ______________________17
2. Centre sanctions Rs.15,000-crore Covid-19
emergency package for states, UTs ________20
3. Why emergency basic income a must now for
India ________________________________22
4. Reserve Bank of India is easing Financial
Stress amidst the COVID-19 Lockdown _____24
5. The key strategy is fiscal empowerment of
States _______________________________27
6. A big deal __________________________29
7. COVID-19 presents an opportunity for India
____________________________________31
SCIENCE & TECH _____________________ 34
1. A drug in need ______________________34
2. Virtual reality: On telemedicine _________36
3. How coronavirus cases doubled in India,
elsewhere ____________________________38
ENVIRONMENT _____________________ 41
Rice-fish farming system in India is in urgent
need of conservation and promotion_______41
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 44
1. The deep void in global leadership_______44
2. USA threatens to stop money to WHO. How
is it funded currently? __________________47
3. Trade in tatters: On the global slump_____49

4.How covid-19 is transforming global
manufacturing ________________________51
5. Resetting balance ____________________54
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________56
At the edge of a new nuclear arms race ____56
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________60
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________60
1. Virtual Courts and way forward _________60
2. Pandemic & Public health system _______62
3. Medical devices under drugs law ________64
4. Recognition of national parties _________66
5. Human Rights Day 2019 _______________68
6. Impact of lockdown on women & children 69
7. UN report on ODF____________________71
ECONOMY __________________________73
1. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
(Amendment) Bill, 2020 _________________73
2. Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020_________75
3. The Code on Social Security, 2019 _______77
4. Road ahead for tourism & hospitality industry
____________________________________79
5. Aviation: Challenges & next course of action
____________________________________80
SCIENCE & TECH______________________81
Ban on cryptocurrency __________________81
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS____________83
1. SAARC: Fighting corona together ________83
2. WTO- Impact & Relevance _____________85
3. Oil price war & implications ____________87
4. NATO _____________________________ 89
5. COVID-19 Crisis: Role of World Health
Organisation __________________________ 90
6. Indo Pak Water Treaty ________________91
ENVIRONMENT ______________________93
1. Melting Antarctica ___________________93
2. Global Climate Risk Index ______________95
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________97
1. Deportation rules in India & across the world
____________________________________97
2. End of Bodo militancy ________________99
3. Online predators putting children at risk _100

 UPSC IAS ESSAY WRITING CHALLENGES ___ 103