NEWS TO BE READ
THE HINDU
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
THE INDIAN EXPRESS
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
