News of The Day – 31 January 2024

Sources: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Bussiness Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.

• About Mahatma Gandhi 
• What is the Contribution of Mahatma Gandhi to India’s Freedom Struggle?
• Mahatma Gandhi’s Thoughts and Philosophy?
• Additional Reading: Gandhism

• About Dhimsa Dance 

• What is Female Labour Force Participation?
• What is the Status and Trend Of FLFP  in India?
• What are the Potential Benefits and Significance of Increasing FLFP for India? 
• What are the key Obstacles to the Participation of Women in the Workforce?

GS 2: Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

• What is Social Security and its significance?
• Social Security Code and Other Labour Codes
• Additional Reading: Maternity Benefit Act, Challenges in Implementation

GS 2: Issues Arising Out of Design & Implementation of Policies

• What is Migration, its types and Pattern
• What are the Key Reason of Internal Migration
• What are the issues faced by migrants
• Government Intervention for Welfare of Migrants

• What is stamp duty?
• Why is the Indian Stamp Bill, 2023 being proposed?
• What are the notable provisions of the draft Bill?
• What is the Indian Stamp Act, of 1899?

• What was SC’s 2016 order of Highway liquor ban?
• What are key issue with the liquor ban order?
• Additional Reading: Judicial Overreach and Judicial Governance, Separation of Power

• What is Budget Session of Parliment? 
• Constitutional Provision and Signficance in Parlimentary Democracy

• What are Constitutional Provisions respect to election and Nomination of Rajyasabha
• Process of Nomination to Rajyasabha
• Additional Reading: Significance of Rajyasabha as Second Chamber of Parliment

• What is Finance Commission?
• What are constitutional Provisions: Composition, Eligibility and Mandate?
• Additional Reading: Fiscal Federalisnm

• What is Corruption Perceotion Index and Indai’s ranking?
• What are Major reason for Corruption?
• What are Measures to tackle menace of Corruption?

• What is India-China Border Clashes?
• What is What is the Line of Actual Control (LAC)?
• LAC vs Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan:
• Current Arrangement to Reconcile Differences over LAC

• About India-US Strategic Partnership
• Significance of US for India and vice versa
• Additional Reading: Quad and Indo- Pacific

• India-Butan Relation and Key challenges
• Additional Reading: India’s Neighbourhood Policy, SAARC

• Application of Social Media in Various fields?
• What are key concerns with rising use of Social Media
• Impact of Social Media on Indian Society

• What is Black hole?
• What are Types of Black Holes?
• AdditionalReading: Gravitational Lensing

• What are Key Findings of Survey?
• About Snow Leopard: Habitat and Protection Status
• Domestic and Global Conservation Measures

• About Kangarro Lizard and Unique Characterstics

• Left Wing Extremism or Naxalism: Introduction and Origin, Philosophy and Ideology
• What were the roots of the Naxalism movement?
• What are the steps taken by the government to stop Naxalism?
• Way Forward: Converting Vicious Cycle Into A Virtuous Cycle Of Development