Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 9th July, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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A case for extension | TH
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
Parochial Self Goal | ToI
Cruel and reckless | IndExp
Green-lighting ecological decimation amidst a pandemic | TH
UN at 75 | Statesman
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A case for extension | TH
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
Parochial Self Goal | ToI
Cruel and reckless | IndExp
Green-lighting ecological decimation amidst a pandemic | TH
UN at 75 | Statesman
A case for extension
?8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80
days of the 100-day limit for work under the MGNREGS
?1.4 lakh among those have completed the full quota
?This year, 4.6 crore households have benefited from
MGNREGS.
?Distress has driven them to MGNREGA.
?The scheme has come as a huge relief to poor
families.
?Demand for MGNREGA has doubled or tripled in many
districts.
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A case for extension | TH
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
Parochial Self Goal | ToI
Cruel and reckless | IndExp
Green-lighting ecological decimation amidst a pandemic | TH
UN at 75 | Statesman
A case for extension
?8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80
days of the 100-day limit for work under the MGNREGS
?1.4 lakh among those have completed the full quota
?This year, 4.6 crore households have benefited from
MGNREGS.
?Distress has driven them to MGNREGA.
?The scheme has come as a huge relief to poor
families.
?Demand for MGNREGA has doubled or tripled in many
districts.
?Centre should extend the limit of MGNREGA, at
least on State-by-State basis.
?MGNREGA has so far worked like an insurance in a
time of crisis.
?It should be used as a vehicle for rural
development.
?The lessons from its successes and failures could
be used for a more comprehensive job guarantee
plan that covers urban India too.
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A case for extension | TH
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
Parochial Self Goal | ToI
Cruel and reckless | IndExp
Green-lighting ecological decimation amidst a pandemic | TH
UN at 75 | Statesman
A case for extension
?8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80
days of the 100-day limit for work under the MGNREGS
?1.4 lakh among those have completed the full quota
?This year, 4.6 crore households have benefited from
MGNREGS.
?Distress has driven them to MGNREGA.
?The scheme has come as a huge relief to poor
families.
?Demand for MGNREGA has doubled or tripled in many
districts.
?Centre should extend the limit of MGNREGA, at
least on State-by-State basis.
?MGNREGA has so far worked like an insurance in a
time of crisis.
?It should be used as a vehicle for rural
development.
?The lessons from its successes and failures could
be used for a more comprehensive job guarantee
plan that covers urban India too.
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
?Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the UN in 2015:
“community of shared future of mankind”
?At the 19th CPC National Congress in 2017,
“building a community with a shared future for
mankind” was enshrined as a core concept and basic
policy guiding Chinese diplomacy.
?China claims that this is the goal of its BRI.
?UN agencies sprinkle it in their documentation.
?73rd session in 2018 even called for a “community of
shared future for humankind in cyberspace”.
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A case for extension | TH
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
Parochial Self Goal | ToI
Cruel and reckless | IndExp
Green-lighting ecological decimation amidst a pandemic | TH
UN at 75 | Statesman
A case for extension
?8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80
days of the 100-day limit for work under the MGNREGS
?1.4 lakh among those have completed the full quota
?This year, 4.6 crore households have benefited from
MGNREGS.
?Distress has driven them to MGNREGA.
?The scheme has come as a huge relief to poor
families.
?Demand for MGNREGA has doubled or tripled in many
districts.
?Centre should extend the limit of MGNREGA, at
least on State-by-State basis.
?MGNREGA has so far worked like an insurance in a
time of crisis.
?It should be used as a vehicle for rural
development.
?The lessons from its successes and failures could
be used for a more comprehensive job guarantee
plan that covers urban India too.
Beijing likes to talk about “community of shared future of mankind” | ToI
?Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the UN in 2015:
“community of shared future of mankind”
?At the 19th CPC National Congress in 2017,
“building a community with a shared future for
mankind” was enshrined as a core concept and basic
policy guiding Chinese diplomacy.
?China claims that this is the goal of its BRI.
?UN agencies sprinkle it in their documentation.
?73rd session in 2018 even called for a “community of
shared future for humankind in cyberspace”.
?Chinese scholars trace the term’s lineage to the tianxia (all under
heaven) system.
?It’s said to build on Deng Xia opin g ’ s “peace and development” thesis,
Jiang Ze min ’ s “new security concept” and Hu Jin tao’ s call for a
“harmonious world”.
?According to Liu Ming, a Chinese scholar
1. Developing a new model for major power competition
2. Shifting security concerns to non-traditional threats
3. Promoting win-win economic cooperation instead of trade and technological
competition
4. Integrating non-Western practices and governance with the Western system
of universal values
5. Managing economic development in a way that ensures ecological balance.