The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 20 March 2023

The Hindu Newspaper Analysis for UPSC

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About the Visva-Bharati :

• It was founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921 at Santiniketan, Bolpur in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
• It is also the oldest Central University in the country and an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951.
• It brings a synergy between the country and the rest of the world therefore it is called Visva-Bharati.
• It consists of two campuses one at Shantiniketan and the other at Sriniketan.
• Sriniketan focuses on agriculture, adult education, village, cottage industries and handicrafts.

 The Hindu Editorial Today

• In the last three years, through patient negotiation, the two sides managed to disengage in four of the six points — Galwan, Pangong Tso, Gogra Post and near Jianan Pass (PP15). But two key areas remain unsettled, i.e., the Depsang Bulge and the Charding Ninglung Junction in the Demchok area involving nearly 1,000 square kilometres.
• While several proposals have been discussed, the most likely one (based on the experience of the last three years) is about converting other parts of the LAC into similar no-patrol zones. Immediately, this could lead to a package settlement in the two remaining areas of Depsang and Charding Nala.

• We all subscribed to the slogan “Health for All by 2000” that was proposed by Halfdan Mahler and endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 1977.
• Nobody is denied this and everybody is eligible without being discriminated against on the basis of financial status, gender, race, place of residence, affordability to pay or any other factors. Universal Health Care/coverage (UHC) was implied as early as 1977.
• India, through its National Health Policy 1983, committed itself to the ‘Health for All’ goal by 2000.
• The International Conference on Primary Health Care, at Alma Ata, 1978, listed eight components of minimum care for all citizens.
• The Astana declaration of 2018 calls for “partnership” with the private sector

• The latest global financial developments and recent economic data in India are together raising fears that several major economies worldwide, including India’s, may be headed for a spell of debilitating stagflation.
• While policymakers will, therefore, need to stay focused on containing inflation, the rising uncertainty about the growth momentum sustaining in the face of the heightened risks of a recession in advanced economies raises the risk that higher credit costs may further dampen consumption.
• Yet, failure to engender enduring price stability could lead to stagflation. Unless supply side measures such as GST rationalisation and fuel price cuts are expedited, the overall macroeconomic outlook appears worrying.

• The deliberative democracy index measures whether political decisions are made through public reasoning or emotional appeals and coercion. The egalitarian democracy index examines equal access to rights and liberties. The electoral democracy index evaluates election cleanliness and lack of fraud. The liberal democracy index measures protection of individual and minority rights against state tyranny. The participatory democracy index measures active citizen engagement in electoral and non-electoral political processes.
• India is among the countries which recorded significant erosion in this period along with Greece, Brazil, Poland and the Philippines.

Q) With reference to the PM MITRA Parks, consider the following statements:

1. The objective of this initiative is to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain.
2. The Ministry of Textiles will provide Development Capital Support up to Rs. 5000 crores per park.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

पीएम मित्रा पार्क के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिये:

1. इस पहल का उद्देश्य एक एकीकृत कपड़ा मूल्य श्रृंखला तैयार करना है।
2. कपड़ा मंत्रालय रुपये तक की विकास पूंजी सहायता प्रदान करेगा। प्रति पार्क 5000 करोड़।

उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?

1. केवल 1
2. केवल 2
3. 1 और 2 दोनों
4. न तो 1 और न ही 2

Explanation :

The Government of India recently announced the sites for setting up of 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks for the Textile industry.

• Seven sites were chosen out of 18 proposals for PM MITRA parks which were received from 13 States.
• The Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• It will offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing etc. at one location and will reduce the logistics cost of the Industry.
• A Special Purpose Vehicle owned by the Centre and State Government will be set up for each park which will oversee the implementation of the project.
• Funding
  • The Ministry of Textiles will provide financial support in the form of Development Capital Support up to Rs. 500 crores per park to the Park SPV.
  • A Competitive Incentive Support (CIS) of up to Rs 300 crore per park to the units in PM MITRA Park shall also be provided to incentivise speedy implementation.

Q) With reference to the Horseshoe crab, consider the following statements:

1. It belongs to the chelicerate arthropod family which lives in shallow coastal waters.
2. It is listed under the Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

हॉर्सशू केकड़े के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिये:

1. यह चेलीकेरेट आर्थ्रोपोड परिवार से संबंधित है जो उथले तटीय जल में रहता है।
2. यह वन्यजीव संरक्षण अधिनियम 1972 की अनुसूची IV के तहत सूचीबद्ध है।

उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?

1. केवल 1
2. केवल 2
3. 1 और 2 दोनों
4. न तो 1 और न ही 2

• The horseshoe crab is a marine chelicerate arthropod living in shallow coastal waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms and spawns mostly on intertidal beaches at summer-spring high tides.
• It is known as a marine ‘living fossil’.
• There are four extant horseshoe crab species:
  • The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is along the eastern coast of the USA and in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The tri-spine horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
  • The coastal horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)
  • The mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)
• The last three are Indo-Pacific species found mainly in the coastal waters of India, Southeast Asia, China and Japan.
• Conservation status in India
  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule IV

Q) Karnala Bird Sanctuary, which was recently seen in the news, is located in which state?

1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. Rajasthan
4. None of these

हाल ही में खबरों में रहा कर्नाला पक्षी अभयारण्य किस राज्य में स्थित है?

1. गुजरात
2. महाराष्ट्र
3. राजस्थान
4. इनमें से कोई नहीं

Explanation :

The recent annual scientific bird count report covering three seasonal bird counts at the Karnala Bird Sanctuary finds a total of 187 species of birds.

• Karnala Bird Sanctuary is located in the Raigad District of Maharashtra.
• It is a habitat of woodland birds in the Western Ghats & was one of the favoured areas of well-known ornithologist Dr Salim Ali.
• It also forms a catchment area of the Patalganga River.
• Flora: The Sanctuary area is covered with mixed deciduous forest.
• Fauna: Globally threatened and endemic birds like Long Billed Vultures, Malabar Gray Hornbill, Small Sun Bird and Shahin Falcon birds spp. are found in Karnala Bird Sanctuary.

Q) Namdapha Tiger Reserve, which was recently seen in the news, is located in which state?

1. Gujarat
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. None of these

हाल ही में खबरों में रहा नमदाफा टाइगर रिजर्व किस राज्य में स्थित है?

1. गुजरात
2. अरुणाचल प्रदेश
3. राजस्थान
4. इनमें से कोई नहीं

Explanation :

Recently, a tiger spotted in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve after an eight-year gap could have helped uncover timber ‘depots’ deep inside India’s easternmost tiger reserve.

• Namdapha Tiger Reserve is located in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Namdapha is the name of a river which originates from Daphabum and meets the Noa-Dehing river.
• This river flows right across in a North-South direction of the National Park and hence the name Namdapha has been given.
• This protected area is wedged between the Dapha Bum ridge of Mishmi Hills, of North Eastern Himalayas and the Patkai Ranges.
• Flora: Evergreen Forests, Moist deciduous forests, sub-tropical forests, Temperate Forests and Alpine.
• Fauna: Earthworms, Butterflies & Moths, Amphibians, Reptiles etc.

Q) Matua community, which was recently seen in the news resides in which state?

1. Karnataka
2. Gujarat
3. West Bengal
4. Uttar Pradesh

हाल ही में खबरों में रहा मतुआ समुदाय किस राज्य में रहता है?

1. कर्नाटक
2. गुजरात
3. पश्चिम बंगाल
4. उत्तर प्रदेश

Explanation :

Recently, the Prime Minister of India has urged people to visit Matua Maha Mela in large numbers which are being celebrated by the Matua community and also paid tribute to Shri Harichand Thakur.

• Matuas trace their ancestry to East Bengal, and many of them entered West Bengal after Partition and after the formation of Bangladesh.
• Today, Matuas constitute the second largest SC population of West Bengal.
• The Matua community has members on either side of the Bengal border.
• The Matua Mahasangha, a religious reform movement and a sect was formed by Harichand Thakur in East Bengal in the mid-1800s.
• It is a Hindu reform movement which has a considerable number of adherents in West Bengal as well as in Bangladesh.

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