Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 24th March, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Lockdown and beyond
?India has responded by ordering a full national
lockdown.
?Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
?Epidemic DiseasesAct, 1897
?Indian Penal Code
?Main goal: to flatten the transmission curve
?Also, to help a frayed health system cope with a large
number of cases.
?What must follow is the galvanising of governmental
machinery to address essential requirements.
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Lockdown and beyond
?India has responded by ordering a full national
lockdown.
?Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
?Epidemic DiseasesAct, 1897
?Indian Penal Code
?Main goal: to flatten the transmission curve
?Also, to help a frayed health system cope with a large
number of cases.
?What must follow is the galvanising of governmental
machinery to address essential requirements.
?It should not be difficult to provide to them a
package of staples to last a week using civil
supplies departments, civic workers, and non-
governmental organisations.
?It is essential for governments to ensure that poor
and vulnerable people get subsistence wages for
as long as restrictions last.
?Funds transfers during the containment phase of
the pandemic, followed by a stimulus to sustain
employment are necessary.
?Bigger challenge: universally accessible testing
system in place to prevent transmission when the
lockdown is lifted.
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Lockdown and beyond
?India has responded by ordering a full national
lockdown.
?Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
?Epidemic DiseasesAct, 1897
?Indian Penal Code
?Main goal: to flatten the transmission curve
?Also, to help a frayed health system cope with a large
number of cases.
?What must follow is the galvanising of governmental
machinery to address essential requirements.
?It should not be difficult to provide to them a
package of staples to last a week using civil
supplies departments, civic workers, and non-
governmental organisations.
?It is essential for governments to ensure that poor
and vulnerable people get subsistence wages for
as long as restrictions last.
?Funds transfers during the containment phase of
the pandemic, followed by a stimulus to sustain
employment are necessary.
?Bigger challenge: universally accessible testing
system in place to prevent transmission when the
lockdown is lifted.
The Maoist trap
? Ch hat ti sga rh’ s Sukma district and attack by Maoist
extremists
?Killed 17 security personnel and injured 15,
including two critically
?There was intelligence that Maoists were going to
assemble at Elmagunda village, which is dominated by
the P eoples’ Liberation GuerrillaArmy Battalion 1.
?Accordingly, security forces, comprising District
Reserve Guards, Special Task Force, numbering 500,
were dispatched into the forests to deal with the
emergent situation.
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Lockdown and beyond
?India has responded by ordering a full national
lockdown.
?Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
?Epidemic DiseasesAct, 1897
?Indian Penal Code
?Main goal: to flatten the transmission curve
?Also, to help a frayed health system cope with a large
number of cases.
?What must follow is the galvanising of governmental
machinery to address essential requirements.
?It should not be difficult to provide to them a
package of staples to last a week using civil
supplies departments, civic workers, and non-
governmental organisations.
?It is essential for governments to ensure that poor
and vulnerable people get subsistence wages for
as long as restrictions last.
?Funds transfers during the containment phase of
the pandemic, followed by a stimulus to sustain
employment are necessary.
?Bigger challenge: universally accessible testing
system in place to prevent transmission when the
lockdown is lifted.
The Maoist trap
? Ch hat ti sga rh’ s Sukma district and attack by Maoist
extremists
?Killed 17 security personnel and injured 15,
including two critically
?There was intelligence that Maoists were going to
assemble at Elmagunda village, which is dominated by
the P eoples’ Liberation GuerrillaArmy Battalion 1.
?Accordingly, security forces, comprising District
Reserve Guards, Special Task Force, numbering 500,
were dispatched into the forests to deal with the
emergent situation.
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Lockdown and beyond
?India has responded by ordering a full national
lockdown.
?Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
?Epidemic DiseasesAct, 1897
?Indian Penal Code
?Main goal: to flatten the transmission curve
?Also, to help a frayed health system cope with a large
number of cases.
?What must follow is the galvanising of governmental
machinery to address essential requirements.
?It should not be difficult to provide to them a
package of staples to last a week using civil
supplies departments, civic workers, and non-
governmental organisations.
?It is essential for governments to ensure that poor
and vulnerable people get subsistence wages for
as long as restrictions last.
?Funds transfers during the containment phase of
the pandemic, followed by a stimulus to sustain
employment are necessary.
?Bigger challenge: universally accessible testing
system in place to prevent transmission when the
lockdown is lifted.
The Maoist trap
? Ch hat ti sga rh’ s Sukma district and attack by Maoist
extremists
?Killed 17 security personnel and injured 15,
including two critically
?There was intelligence that Maoists were going to
assemble at Elmagunda village, which is dominated by
the P eoples’ Liberation GuerrillaArmy Battalion 1.
?Accordingly, security forces, comprising District
Reserve Guards, Special Task Force, numbering 500,
were dispatched into the forests to deal with the
emergent situation.
?The real story is still to emerge, but it is odd that
in the battle that began about noon and lasted
five-and-a-half daylight hours, reinforcements
could not be sent to hapless personnel.
?It is yet to be convincingly explained how as many
as 400 personnel so near did not rush to aid their
uniformed brethren.
?Was it a leadership or assessment issue?
?Was there a communication breakdown? Was the
initial intelligence properly vetted or was it bait?
?Was this entire operation properly supervised?