Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes Feburary 2020 English Medium

Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes Feburary 2020 English Medium

Table of Contents

INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 1
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________ 1
1. Rights, duties and the Constitution ___________ 1
2. Course correction for the Speaker’s office _____ 2
3. Crime and Politics: On Political Candidates with
Criminal Records____________________________ 4
4. Changes in 1971 abortion law, and why India feels
it necessary ________________________________ 6
5. ‘Only 82 trafficking survivors awarded relief in last
8 years’ ___________________________________ 8
6. Reservation as right: The Delhi model of
education ________________________________ 10
7. Nutrition and the Budget’s fine print ________ 12
8. Choice and candidacy: On crime and politics __ 14
9. In political micro-targeting, the vulnerable Indian
voter ____________________________________ 16
10. By agreeing to Partition, Congress kept India
united ___________________________________ 18
11. Powering the health-care engine with innovation
_________________________________________ 20
12. Youth can be a clear advantage for India ____ 22
ECONOMY _________________________ 24
1. Will Budget 2020 work in getting the Indian
economy back on track? ____________________ 24
2. Economic Survey 2020 takes a cue from China for
creation of 8 crore jobs _____________________ 27
3. Growing wealth inequality doesn’t bode well for
India’s future______________________________ 30
4. Fashioning the framework of a New India_____ 32
5. Why have LPG prices seen a sharp rise? ______ 34
SCIENCE & TECH _____________________ 36
Purifying water: On draft notification on RO systems
_________________________________________ 36
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 38
1. What Brexit means for the EU and its partners 38
2. US-India trade deal, a threat to dairy sector ___ 40

ENVIRONMENT ______________________41
Declare Eastern Ghats UNESCO cultural heritage
sites, say environmental groups ______________ 41
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________43
1. For a data firewall: On need for a data protection
law______________________________________ 43
2. Women-at-arms: on SC order on permanent
commission to women officers _______________ 46
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________48
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________48
1. Article 13- Special powers of Supreme Court __ 48
2. Law Commission of India __________________ 50
3. Anticipatory Bail _________________________ 52
4. Police Commissioner System _______________ 54
5. Education & Aspiring India_________________ 56
6. Census- Challenges & Importance ___________ 58
ECONOMY __________________________60
1. The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020 _________ 60
2. Multiple State Capitals & Governance________ 62
SCIENCE & TECH______________________63
Regulating AI- Artificial Intelligence____________ 63
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS____________65
1. Tamils of Sri Lanka _______________________ 65
2. India calls CPEC illegal ____________________ 67
3. India – Sri Lanka Relations _________________ 69
ENVIRONMENT ______________________71
1. Locust Attack ___________________________ 71
2. Endangered Species ______________________ 72
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________76
1. Defence Expo 2020_______________________ 76
2. Permanent Commission to Women Army Officers
_________________________________________ 78
Miscellaneous _______________________79
1. World Economic Forum 2020_______________ 79
2. Pornography- Impact on Children & Society ___ 81
3. Road Safety- Global Goals 2030_____________ 82