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26/02/2024

NEWS TO BE READ

Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief (page 1)

Relevance: Prelims and Mains -GS-3 ECONOMY

FOCUS AREA:

  • What is ‘household consumption expenditure’ and its significance in resetting  CPI indices?
  • How is the poverty line defined by various committees in India?
  • What is CPI and its variation?

Source link: The Hindu

Kerala capital sees massive turnout of devotees for Attukal Pongala (page 6)

Relevance: Prelims, Mains GS-1 History, Art&culture

FOCUS AREA:

  • What is Attukal Pongala festival in Kerala?
  • Which goddess is worshipped in Attukal Pongala?
  • What are the Sangam epics?
  • Silappadhikaram (author and story)
  • Manimekalai (author and story)

Source link: The Hindu

Discovery of temples in Telangana shows spread of Chalukya region( page 6)

Relevance: Prelims – Medieval History

FOCUS AREA:

  • What is the geographical extent of the Chalukya Badami kingdom?
  • What are the features and locations of temples of the Chalukya period?

Source link: The Hindu

Why were surrogacy rules modified? (Page 10)

Relevance: Prelims; GS-2, GS-3 Science & Technology, Government legislations

FOCUS AREA:

  • What does the new amendment state?
  • What did the Supreme Court say?
  • Can single women avail of the same?

Source link: The Hindu

Consumption survey (page Explained)

Relevance: Prelims; GS-3 ECONOMY

FOCUS AREA:

  • How has the share of spending on food in India changed over the last 20-odd years?
  • Within foods, what are Indians now consuming?
  • Is there a need to review the inflation basket? What do the average MPCE data show?
  • What does the difference in imputed and non-imputed average MPCE data show?
  • Which states have a lower standard of living compared with the national average?

Source link: The Indian Express

Changes in electricity rules: boost to rooftop solar power (page- explained)

Relevance: Prelims; GS- 2 Government schemes

FOCUS AREA:

  • What are the features of the Electricity Act 2003 and Electricity Rules 2020?
  •  What are the latest changes in the 2020 rules?
  • What is PM SURYODAYA YOJANA and its components?

Source link: The Indian Express

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