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 The Hindu Analysis: 17 May 2020
 
 1. India opposes rejoining RCEP over China concerns
 Context:
? Fresh Proposal for India to rejoin RCEP negotiations.
 Background:
?   India  had  quit  the  ASEAN-led  trade  Regional  Comprehensive
  Economic  Partnership  (RCEP),  which  includes  the  10  ASEAN
  nations, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
  in  November  2019,  citing  lack  of  protection  for  the  country’s
 agricultural sector among others.
?   The RCEP’s Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) Chairperson
  made an offer to India to reconsider its objections and made a
  fresh proposal of India rejoining negotiations of RCEP. The TNC
  had offered protective measures like giving market access only
 for a limited number of products if India would rejoin the talks.
¦   Australia  and  Japan  have  been  at  the  forefront  of
  efforts to convince India to rejoin the RCEP as a possible
  counterweight  to  China  in  the  grouping  that  would
 represent a third of global trade.
?   India has decided against agreeing to the fresh proposal from
 RCEP.
 Details:
 India’s concerns:
?   A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official has stated
  that the global post-COVID-19 concerns over China had
 strengthened India’s opposition to the RCEP.
¦   The COVID-19 experience has shown the limitations of
  being overly dependent on imports from China or any one
 country.
?   India’s experience of the past trade pacts was that they had
  badly affected domestic manufacturing capabilities and would
  thus hamper the government’s renewed commitment to the
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 17 May 2020
 
 1. India opposes rejoining RCEP over China concerns
 Context:
? Fresh Proposal for India to rejoin RCEP negotiations.
 Background:
?   India  had  quit  the  ASEAN-led  trade  Regional  Comprehensive
  Economic  Partnership  (RCEP),  which  includes  the  10  ASEAN
  nations, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
  in  November  2019,  citing  lack  of  protection  for  the  country’s
 agricultural sector among others.
?   The RCEP’s Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) Chairperson
  made an offer to India to reconsider its objections and made a
  fresh proposal of India rejoining negotiations of RCEP. The TNC
  had offered protective measures like giving market access only
 for a limited number of products if India would rejoin the talks.
¦   Australia  and  Japan  have  been  at  the  forefront  of
  efforts to convince India to rejoin the RCEP as a possible
  counterweight  to  China  in  the  grouping  that  would
 represent a third of global trade.
?   India has decided against agreeing to the fresh proposal from
 RCEP.
 Details:
 India’s concerns:
?   A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official has stated
  that the global post-COVID-19 concerns over China had
 strengthened India’s opposition to the RCEP.
¦   The COVID-19 experience has shown the limitations of
  being overly dependent on imports from China or any one
 country.
?   India’s experience of the past trade pacts was that they had
  badly affected domestic manufacturing capabilities and would
  thus hamper the government’s renewed commitment to the
 
 
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 RCEP’s stand:
?   The RCEP will provide a more stable and predictable economic
  environment to support the much-needed recovery of trade
  and investment in the region, which has been adversely
 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
?   India’s willingness to rejoin the RCEP negotiations would send a
  positive signal to the world. It would portray India as an
  attractive place to invest and highlight its potential of being a
  global manufacturing hub as envisaged by the government’s
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 
  2.  Aiming  to  achieve  herd  immunity  naturally  is
 ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
 Context:
?   The World Health Organization has condemned the “dangerous”
  concept of herd immunity for managing the coronavirus
 pandemic.
 Details:
?   The concept of herd immunity is generally used for calculating
  how many people will need to be vaccinated in a population in
 order to protect those who are not vaccinated.
 Challenges:
?   Achieving herd immunity through natural infections has many
  challenges.
¦   While  antibodies  (IgG  and  IgM)  against novel coronavirus
  generally  develop  in  one–three  weeks  after  infection,
  some people do not seem to develop an immune response,
  as reflected by detectable antibodies.
¦   How long neutralising antibodies against the virus would
  last is currently not known.
¦   Infected  people  may  have  some  level  of  protection
  against the virus, but the level and duration of protection
 are still not known.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 17 May 2020
 
 1. India opposes rejoining RCEP over China concerns
 Context:
? Fresh Proposal for India to rejoin RCEP negotiations.
 Background:
?   India  had  quit  the  ASEAN-led  trade  Regional  Comprehensive
  Economic  Partnership  (RCEP),  which  includes  the  10  ASEAN
  nations, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
  in  November  2019,  citing  lack  of  protection  for  the  country’s
 agricultural sector among others.
?   The RCEP’s Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) Chairperson
  made an offer to India to reconsider its objections and made a
  fresh proposal of India rejoining negotiations of RCEP. The TNC
  had offered protective measures like giving market access only
 for a limited number of products if India would rejoin the talks.
¦   Australia  and  Japan  have  been  at  the  forefront  of
  efforts to convince India to rejoin the RCEP as a possible
  counterweight  to  China  in  the  grouping  that  would
 represent a third of global trade.
?   India has decided against agreeing to the fresh proposal from
 RCEP.
 Details:
 India’s concerns:
?   A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official has stated
  that the global post-COVID-19 concerns over China had
 strengthened India’s opposition to the RCEP.
¦   The COVID-19 experience has shown the limitations of
  being overly dependent on imports from China or any one
 country.
?   India’s experience of the past trade pacts was that they had
  badly affected domestic manufacturing capabilities and would
  thus hamper the government’s renewed commitment to the
 
 
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 RCEP’s stand:
?   The RCEP will provide a more stable and predictable economic
  environment to support the much-needed recovery of trade
  and investment in the region, which has been adversely
 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
?   India’s willingness to rejoin the RCEP negotiations would send a
  positive signal to the world. It would portray India as an
  attractive place to invest and highlight its potential of being a
  global manufacturing hub as envisaged by the government’s
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 
  2.  Aiming  to  achieve  herd  immunity  naturally  is
 ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
 Context:
?   The World Health Organization has condemned the “dangerous”
  concept of herd immunity for managing the coronavirus
 pandemic.
 Details:
?   The concept of herd immunity is generally used for calculating
  how many people will need to be vaccinated in a population in
 order to protect those who are not vaccinated.
 Challenges:
?   Achieving herd immunity through natural infections has many
  challenges.
¦   While  antibodies  (IgG  and  IgM)  against novel coronavirus
  generally  develop  in  one–three  weeks  after  infection,
  some people do not seem to develop an immune response,
  as reflected by detectable antibodies.
¦   How long neutralising antibodies against the virus would
  last is currently not known.
¦   Infected  people  may  have  some  level  of  protection
  against the virus, but the level and duration of protection
 are still not known.
 
 
¦   Possibility of re-infection is a concern given the evidence
  of  short-lived  protective  immunity  and  re-exposure  to
 genetically distinct forms of the same viral strain.
 
  3.  Govt.  throws  open  defence  production  and  coal
 sectors
 Context:
?   The  fourth  tranche  of  the  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyan  economic
 stimulus package.
 Details:
 Defence sector:
 Indigenization efforts:
?   In  a  move  aimed  at  indigenising  defence  production  and  enhancing
  self-reliance in defence production, there are provisions for banning the
  import  of  some  weapons  and platforms. The list of such weapons and
 platforms would be widened every year as domestic capacities grew.
¦   While the state of the art weapons required by the Services would
  be met through imports, some that were produced in the country
  and meet the standards will be procured locally only. The negative
  list  would  be worked out in consultation with the Department of
 Military Affairs headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff.
? Indigenisation of imported spare parts would be given priority.
?   There  is  a  provision  for  a  separate  budget  for  domestic  capital
  procurement.  This  would  help  reduce  the  defence  import  bill  and
 encourage domestic production.
 Increasing foreign investment:
?   The  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  limit  in  defence  manufacturing
 under automatic route will be raised from 49% to 74%.
 Corporatization of ordnance factory:
?   Ordnance Factory Boards (OFB) would be corporatized and listed on the
   stock  market  to  improve  autonomy,  efficiency  and  accountability.
 However, they would not be privatised.
¦   The  Kolkata-headquartered  OFB,  with 41 factories spread across
  the country, functions as a department under the Department of
 Defence Production.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 17 May 2020
 
 1. India opposes rejoining RCEP over China concerns
 Context:
? Fresh Proposal for India to rejoin RCEP negotiations.
 Background:
?   India  had  quit  the  ASEAN-led  trade  Regional  Comprehensive
  Economic  Partnership  (RCEP),  which  includes  the  10  ASEAN
  nations, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
  in  November  2019,  citing  lack  of  protection  for  the  country’s
 agricultural sector among others.
?   The RCEP’s Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) Chairperson
  made an offer to India to reconsider its objections and made a
  fresh proposal of India rejoining negotiations of RCEP. The TNC
  had offered protective measures like giving market access only
 for a limited number of products if India would rejoin the talks.
¦   Australia  and  Japan  have  been  at  the  forefront  of
  efforts to convince India to rejoin the RCEP as a possible
  counterweight  to  China  in  the  grouping  that  would
 represent a third of global trade.
?   India has decided against agreeing to the fresh proposal from
 RCEP.
 Details:
 India’s concerns:
?   A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official has stated
  that the global post-COVID-19 concerns over China had
 strengthened India’s opposition to the RCEP.
¦   The COVID-19 experience has shown the limitations of
  being overly dependent on imports from China or any one
 country.
?   India’s experience of the past trade pacts was that they had
  badly affected domestic manufacturing capabilities and would
  thus hamper the government’s renewed commitment to the
 
 
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 RCEP’s stand:
?   The RCEP will provide a more stable and predictable economic
  environment to support the much-needed recovery of trade
  and investment in the region, which has been adversely
 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
?   India’s willingness to rejoin the RCEP negotiations would send a
  positive signal to the world. It would portray India as an
  attractive place to invest and highlight its potential of being a
  global manufacturing hub as envisaged by the government’s
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 
  2.  Aiming  to  achieve  herd  immunity  naturally  is
 ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
 Context:
?   The World Health Organization has condemned the “dangerous”
  concept of herd immunity for managing the coronavirus
 pandemic.
 Details:
?   The concept of herd immunity is generally used for calculating
  how many people will need to be vaccinated in a population in
 order to protect those who are not vaccinated.
 Challenges:
?   Achieving herd immunity through natural infections has many
  challenges.
¦   While  antibodies  (IgG  and  IgM)  against novel coronavirus
  generally  develop  in  one–three  weeks  after  infection,
  some people do not seem to develop an immune response,
  as reflected by detectable antibodies.
¦   How long neutralising antibodies against the virus would
  last is currently not known.
¦   Infected  people  may  have  some  level  of  protection
  against the virus, but the level and duration of protection
 are still not known.
 
 
¦   Possibility of re-infection is a concern given the evidence
  of  short-lived  protective  immunity  and  re-exposure  to
 genetically distinct forms of the same viral strain.
 
  3.  Govt.  throws  open  defence  production  and  coal
 sectors
 Context:
?   The  fourth  tranche  of  the  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyan  economic
 stimulus package.
 Details:
 Defence sector:
 Indigenization efforts:
?   In  a  move  aimed  at  indigenising  defence  production  and  enhancing
  self-reliance in defence production, there are provisions for banning the
  import  of  some  weapons  and platforms. The list of such weapons and
 platforms would be widened every year as domestic capacities grew.
¦   While the state of the art weapons required by the Services would
  be met through imports, some that were produced in the country
  and meet the standards will be procured locally only. The negative
  list  would  be worked out in consultation with the Department of
 Military Affairs headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff.
? Indigenisation of imported spare parts would be given priority.
?   There  is  a  provision  for  a  separate  budget  for  domestic  capital
  procurement.  This  would  help  reduce  the  defence  import  bill  and
 encourage domestic production.
 Increasing foreign investment:
?   The  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  limit  in  defence  manufacturing
 under automatic route will be raised from 49% to 74%.
 Corporatization of ordnance factory:
?   Ordnance Factory Boards (OFB) would be corporatized and listed on the
   stock  market  to  improve  autonomy,  efficiency  and  accountability.
 However, they would not be privatised.
¦   The  Kolkata-headquartered  OFB,  with 41 factories spread across
  the country, functions as a department under the Department of
 Defence Production.
 
 
 Mineral sector:
?   The  Union  Finance  Minister  has  announced  measures  to  liberalize  the
 mineral sector.
 Coal:
?   The  government  monopoly  on  coal  would  be  removed  with  the
 introduction of commercial mining on a revenue sharing basis.
¦   Any private player would be allowed to bid for a coal block and sell
  it  in  the  open  market  as  against  the  earlier  system  where  only
  captive  consumers  with  end-use  ownership  could  bid  for  coal
  blocks.
?   The  private  sector  would  be  allowed  to  bid  for  50  coal blocks. Private
 players would also be allowed to undertake exploration activities.
?  The government also plans to auction Coal Bed Methane (CBM) blocks.
 Other minerals:
?   Composite  exploration  cum  mining  cum  production regime for minerals
 will be announced under which 500 mining blocks would be auctioned.
 Space sector:
?   Measures to encourage private involvement in space projects have been
 announced.
¦   The  government  has  promised  to  create  a  level  playing field for
  private  players  in  the  space  sector,  allowing  them  to  use  ISRO
  facilities  and  participate  in  future  projects  on  space travel and
 planetary exploration.
¦   The  government  has  assured  of  a  predictable  policy  and
 regulatory environment.
¦   The  government  will  ease  geo-spatial  data  policy  to  make
  remote-sensing  data  more  widely  available  to  tech
 entrepreneurs, with safeguards put in place.
 Aviation sector:
?   Six more airports are up for auction on private public partnership mode,
 while additional private investment will be invited at 12 airports.
?   Measures  to  ease  airspace  restrictions  have  been  announced  which
 would make flying more efficient.
¦ Currently only 60% of the airspace is freely available.
?   The  MRO  (maintenance,  repair  and  operations)  sector  of  aviation  has
  received  attention  in  the  recent  announcements.  There  has  been  the
  rationalising of the MRO tax structure with an aim to make India an MRO
 hub.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis: 17 May 2020
 
 1. India opposes rejoining RCEP over China concerns
 Context:
? Fresh Proposal for India to rejoin RCEP negotiations.
 Background:
?   India  had  quit  the  ASEAN-led  trade  Regional  Comprehensive
  Economic  Partnership  (RCEP),  which  includes  the  10  ASEAN
  nations, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
  in  November  2019,  citing  lack  of  protection  for  the  country’s
 agricultural sector among others.
?   The RCEP’s Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) Chairperson
  made an offer to India to reconsider its objections and made a
  fresh proposal of India rejoining negotiations of RCEP. The TNC
  had offered protective measures like giving market access only
 for a limited number of products if India would rejoin the talks.
¦   Australia  and  Japan  have  been  at  the  forefront  of
  efforts to convince India to rejoin the RCEP as a possible
  counterweight  to  China  in  the  grouping  that  would
 represent a third of global trade.
?   India has decided against agreeing to the fresh proposal from
 RCEP.
 Details:
 India’s concerns:
?   A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official has stated
  that the global post-COVID-19 concerns over China had
 strengthened India’s opposition to the RCEP.
¦   The COVID-19 experience has shown the limitations of
  being overly dependent on imports from China or any one
 country.
?   India’s experience of the past trade pacts was that they had
  badly affected domestic manufacturing capabilities and would
  thus hamper the government’s renewed commitment to the
 
 
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 RCEP’s stand:
?   The RCEP will provide a more stable and predictable economic
  environment to support the much-needed recovery of trade
  and investment in the region, which has been adversely
 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
?   India’s willingness to rejoin the RCEP negotiations would send a
  positive signal to the world. It would portray India as an
  attractive place to invest and highlight its potential of being a
  global manufacturing hub as envisaged by the government’s
 ‘Make in India’ policy.
 
  2.  Aiming  to  achieve  herd  immunity  naturally  is
 ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
 Context:
?   The World Health Organization has condemned the “dangerous”
  concept of herd immunity for managing the coronavirus
 pandemic.
 Details:
?   The concept of herd immunity is generally used for calculating
  how many people will need to be vaccinated in a population in
 order to protect those who are not vaccinated.
 Challenges:
?   Achieving herd immunity through natural infections has many
  challenges.
¦   While  antibodies  (IgG  and  IgM)  against novel coronavirus
  generally  develop  in  one–three  weeks  after  infection,
  some people do not seem to develop an immune response,
  as reflected by detectable antibodies.
¦   How long neutralising antibodies against the virus would
  last is currently not known.
¦   Infected  people  may  have  some  level  of  protection
  against the virus, but the level and duration of protection
 are still not known.
 
 
¦   Possibility of re-infection is a concern given the evidence
  of  short-lived  protective  immunity  and  re-exposure  to
 genetically distinct forms of the same viral strain.
 
  3.  Govt.  throws  open  defence  production  and  coal
 sectors
 Context:
?   The  fourth  tranche  of  the  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyan  economic
 stimulus package.
 Details:
 Defence sector:
 Indigenization efforts:
?   In  a  move  aimed  at  indigenising  defence  production  and  enhancing
  self-reliance in defence production, there are provisions for banning the
  import  of  some  weapons  and platforms. The list of such weapons and
 platforms would be widened every year as domestic capacities grew.
¦   While the state of the art weapons required by the Services would
  be met through imports, some that were produced in the country
  and meet the standards will be procured locally only. The negative
  list  would  be worked out in consultation with the Department of
 Military Affairs headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff.
? Indigenisation of imported spare parts would be given priority.
?   There  is  a  provision  for  a  separate  budget  for  domestic  capital
  procurement.  This  would  help  reduce  the  defence  import  bill  and
 encourage domestic production.
 Increasing foreign investment:
?   The  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  limit  in  defence  manufacturing
 under automatic route will be raised from 49% to 74%.
 Corporatization of ordnance factory:
?   Ordnance Factory Boards (OFB) would be corporatized and listed on the
   stock  market  to  improve  autonomy,  efficiency  and  accountability.
 However, they would not be privatised.
¦   The  Kolkata-headquartered  OFB,  with 41 factories spread across
  the country, functions as a department under the Department of
 Defence Production.
 
 
 Mineral sector:
?   The  Union  Finance  Minister  has  announced  measures  to  liberalize  the
 mineral sector.
 Coal:
?   The  government  monopoly  on  coal  would  be  removed  with  the
 introduction of commercial mining on a revenue sharing basis.
¦   Any private player would be allowed to bid for a coal block and sell
  it  in  the  open  market  as  against  the  earlier  system  where  only
  captive  consumers  with  end-use  ownership  could  bid  for  coal
  blocks.
?   The  private  sector  would  be  allowed  to  bid  for  50  coal blocks. Private
 players would also be allowed to undertake exploration activities.
?  The government also plans to auction Coal Bed Methane (CBM) blocks.
 Other minerals:
?   Composite  exploration  cum  mining  cum  production regime for minerals
 will be announced under which 500 mining blocks would be auctioned.
 Space sector:
?   Measures to encourage private involvement in space projects have been
 announced.
¦   The  government  has  promised  to  create  a  level  playing field for
  private  players  in  the  space  sector,  allowing  them  to  use  ISRO
  facilities  and  participate  in  future  projects  on  space travel and
 planetary exploration.
¦   The  government  has  assured  of  a  predictable  policy  and
 regulatory environment.
¦   The  government  will  ease  geo-spatial  data  policy  to  make
  remote-sensing  data  more  widely  available  to  tech
 entrepreneurs, with safeguards put in place.
 Aviation sector:
?   Six more airports are up for auction on private public partnership mode,
 while additional private investment will be invited at 12 airports.
?   Measures  to  ease  airspace  restrictions  have  been  announced  which
 would make flying more efficient.
¦ Currently only 60% of the airspace is freely available.
?   The  MRO  (maintenance,  repair  and  operations)  sector  of  aviation  has
  received  attention  in  the  recent  announcements.  There  has  been  the
  rationalising of the MRO tax structure with an aim to make India an MRO
 hub.
 
 
 Power sector:
?   Power  departments/utilities  and  distribution  companies  in  U.T.s  would
 be privatized based on a new tariff policy to be announced.
?   The government plans to introduce a tariff policy with reforms focused
  on  consumer  rights,  promotion  of  industry  and  sustainability  of  the
 sector.
 Atomic sector:
?   Research reactor in PPP mode would be set up for production of medical
 isotopes.
 Significance:
?   Many  sectors  need  policy  simplification  to  decongest these sectors to
  realize their growth and employment generation potential. The recently
  announced  measures  would  bring  in  the  much  needed  structural
 reforms in the sector.
?   With  the  current  set  of  reforms  these  sectors  would  become  more
 attractive for investments.
 Defence sector:
?   The stress laid on domestic manufacturing of defence equipment is very
  encouraging as India today is among the largest importers in the world
  of  defence  equipment.  The  list  of  non-importable  items  and
  corporatisation  of  OFB  are  some  landmark  steps  and  will  boost  the
 confidence of domestic manufacturers.
?   The  increase  in  FDI  limit  for  the  defence  sector  to  74%  would  attract
 foreign funds into this sector, along with technology infusion.
 Mineral sector:
?   The  structural  reform  measures  in  the  coal  and  mining  sector  are
  expected to give a boost to private investments in the sector enhancing
  supplies  and  reduce  India’s  reliance  on  imports  thus  helping  save
 precious foreign exchange.
?   The  reforms  could  help double the mineral sectors’ contribution to the
 GDP.
?   The  elimination  of  distinction  between  captive  mines  and  non-captive
  will  ensure  a  level  playing  field  for  players  in  the  integrated  metals
 space.
 Power sector:
?   The Centre’s decision to privatise power distribution companies in union
  territories  would  help  improve  government  finances  and  bring  much
 more efficiency to the sector.
 
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1. What is the importance of daily analysis of 'The Hindu' for UPSC exam preparation?
Ans. The daily analysis of 'The Hindu' is crucial for UPSC exam preparation as it provides comprehensive coverage of current affairs, national and international news, and important editorials. It helps candidates stay updated with the latest events, issues, and developments, which are often asked in the UPSC exam.
2. How can the daily analysis of 'The Hindu' assist UPSC aspirants in their exam preparation?
Ans. The daily analysis of 'The Hindu' can assist UPSC aspirants in their exam preparation by providing them with relevant and reliable information on various subjects such as politics, economy, science, technology, environment, and culture. It helps candidates understand diverse perspectives on important topics and enhances their analytical and critical thinking skills.
3. What are the key sections of 'The Hindu' that UPSC aspirants should focus on during their daily analysis?
Ans. UPSC aspirants should focus on the following key sections of 'The Hindu' during their daily analysis: 1. Front Page: It covers the most important national and international news. 2. Editorial Page: It provides insights into different viewpoints on current issues. 3. National News: It covers news related to politics, governance, policies, and social issues. 4. International News: It provides updates on global affairs and international relations. 5. Opinions and Analysis: It includes articles and opinion pieces on various subjects. 6. Science and Technology: It covers advancements and developments in the field of science and technology. 7. Economy and Business: It provides news and analysis related to the economy, finance, and business.
4. How can UPSC aspirants effectively incorporate the daily analysis of 'The Hindu' into their study routine?
Ans. UPSC aspirants can effectively incorporate the daily analysis of 'The Hindu' into their study routine by following these steps: 1. Allocate a specific time slot for reading and analyzing 'The Hindu' every day. 2. Start with the front page headlines to get an overview of the day's news. 3. Read the editorials and opinion pieces to understand different perspectives. 4. Focus on news related to national and international affairs, policies, and governance. 5. Take notes while reading and highlight important information. 6. Make a habit of summarizing the key points of each article in your own words. 7. Discuss and debate the articles with fellow aspirants or mentors to enhance understanding. 8. Regularly revise the important topics and current affairs covered in 'The Hindu'.
5. Can relying solely on the daily analysis of 'The Hindu' be sufficient for UPSC exam preparation?
Ans. Relying solely on the daily analysis of 'The Hindu' may not be sufficient for UPSC exam preparation. While it is an excellent source of current affairs and news analysis, UPSC requires a comprehensive understanding of various subjects including history, geography, polity, economy, and science. Therefore, aspirants should supplement their newspaper analysis with standard textbooks, reference books, and other relevant study materials to cover the entire UPSC syllabus.
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