NEWS TO BE READ
THE HINDU
Panchayats earn only 1% of their revenue through taxes [Page 07}
Relevance: Prelims – Polity
Focus Area:
- What are the provisions under Schedules 11 and 12?
- What are the sources of revenue in the Panchayati Raj governance?
Source link: The Hindu
On Uttarakhand’s uniform civil code [Page 08]
Relevance: Prelims – polity
Focus Area
- What are the Constitutional Provisions of the Uniform Civil Code?
- What are the Supreme Court rulings for the Uniform Civil Code?
- What has the Law Commission said about the Uniform Civil Code?
Source link: The Hindu
The importance of keeping personally identifiable information safe [Page 09]
Relevance: Prelims – Science and Technology
Focus Area
- What is Personally Identifiable Information [PII]?
- What is Non-Personally Identifiable Information?
- What is the difference between sensitive and non-sensitive PII?
- What are the risks of PII exposure?
- What are the preventive measures of PII?
Source link: The Hindu
THE INDIAN EXPRESS
Crown jewel that was: Ongoing crisis in WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism must be resolved (Page 10)
Relevance: – Prelims and Mains: Important International Institutions
Focus Area:
- What is the World Trade Organization?
- What is the WTO trade dispute mechanism?
Source link: The Indian Express
Dealing with government debt [Page 12]
Relevance: Prelims – Economy
Focus Area:
- What is Public/Government Debt?
- What is a Fiscal Deficit?
- What are the fiscal deficit targets under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act [FRBM]?
Source link: The Indian Express
Northern Ireland and gets new government: The deadlock and the resolution (page 12)
Relevance: Mains – International Affairs
Focus Area:
- Term in news: Windsor Framework?
- Term in news: Internal Market Guarantee?
Source link: The Indian Express