Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes January 2020 English Medium

Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes January 2020 English Medium

Table of Contents

INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 2
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________ 2
1. All India Judicial Service no panacea, says study_ 2
2. A case for including Tulu in the Eighth Schedule_ 4
3. Ending inaction: On Speakers and disqualification5
4. Abolition politics: On A.P. Cabinet nod to abolish
Legislative Council __________________________ 7
5. Supreme Court not to review Sabarimala case, to
examine ‘larger issues’ _______________________ 9
6. A government that chooses its critics ________ 11
7. Governance Index: On study of States on
governance _______________________________ 13
8. The need for a single energy ministry ________ 15
9. Reform of grain management system ________ 17
10. India’s under-5 mortality of girls exceeds that of
boys_____________________________________ 19
11. Chalk and cheese in private vs. government
schools __________________________________ 21
12. Guaranteeing healthcare, the Brazilian way __ 23
ECONOMY _________________________ 25
1. India needs a bottom-up growth model ______ 25
2. What Railways restructure means___________ 27
3. Mining deep: on Cabinet easing mining laws __ 29
4. Is the Indian economy staring at stagflation? __ 31
5. Redesigning India’s ailing data system _______ 33
6. Will the Budget suspend the FRBM’s fiscal deficit
goals? ___________________________________ 35
7. The flawed spin to India’s cotton story _______ 37
SCIENCE & TECH _____________________ 39
Unprecedented step: On Wuhan lockdown _____ 39
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 41
Middle East braced for backlash after killing of
Qassem Soleimani _________________________ 41
ENVIRONMENT _____________________ 44
1. Total tree, forest cover in India increased by 5,188
sq km____________________________________ 44
2. Amidst a tragedy, an opportunity ___________ 46
3. Think climate change action, act glocal _______ 48
SECURITY ISSUES ____________________ 50
1. Decisive shift: On Chief of Defence Staff ______ 50

Brus to permanently settle in Tripura, pact signed
_________________________________________ 52
3. Black and grey: On terror funding and Pakistan 54
Miscellaneous _______________________56
How Swami Vivekananda became the ‘messenger of
Indian wisdom’ to West _____________________ 56
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________58
POLITY & GOVERNANCE _______________58
1. Election Commission: Collegium System &
Appointments _____________________________ 58
2. Electoral Politics- Need for reform __________ 59
3. NPR- National Population Register __________ 61
4. Governance Index________________________ 63
5. Higher education quality mandate __________ 65
6. Tackling infant mortality __________________ 67
ECONOMY __________________________69
1. National Statistical Commission Bill__________ 69
2. RBI’s Operation Twist _____________________ 71
3. Ease of Doing Business ____________________ 72
4. Private Trains in India_____________________ 74
5. Electric Vehicles in India___________________ 75
SCIENCE & TECH______________________77
1. India’s Solar Mission- Aditya _______________ 77
2. Coronavirus_____________________________ 79
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS____________81
1. Raisina Dialogue 2020 ____________________ 81
2. SCO Summit 2020 ________________________ 82
ENVIRONMENT ______________________84
1. Australia Fire- Climate Emergency___________ 84
2. Ensuring water security ___________________ 86
3. Alternatives to Plastic_____________________ 88
4. India will shift to BS VI norms ______________ 90
5. Carbon Trading & Climate Change___________ 92
SECURITY ISSUES _____________________94
1. Chief of Defence Staff: Role and Responsibility 94
2. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Report,
2018 ____________________________________ 96
3. The Extremist Threat _____________________ 99
Miscellaneous ______________________100
SDG India Index 2019-20 ___________________ 100