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 1:- G.D.P. GROWTH DIPS TO 6.3% AS MANUFACTURING SLIDES:-                                    PAGE NO.1, GS 3  • Manufacturing and mining output contracted year-on-year in the July-September quarter, dragging Gross Value Added growth to a slower-than-expected 5.6%, which together with high inflation and weak exports combined to slow overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to a 6.3% pace, as per estimates released by the National Statistical Office.          • Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said the data confirms that the economy’s recovery from the pandemic continues and is on track to clock between 6.8% to 7% real GDP growth this year.  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. GDP = private consumption +...

 1:- DOUBLING COURT STRENGTH WON'T END PENDENCY :-SC            PAGE NO.1,GS 2  • The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that increasing the number of judges will not demolish the perennial problem of pendency, noting that it is already difficult finding good lawyers to accept the call to the Bench in High Courts.  • The court said that a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking to “double” the number of judges in the High Courts and the district judiciary was a rather “simplistic” solution to arrears.  • At one point, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud asked petitioner-advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay whether he wanted the Supreme Court to increase its judicial strength to 70 from the current 34.  •As per the Article 124(1) of the Constitution of India, the strength of the Supreme Court is fixed by the law made by the Parliament.  •In 2019 Cabinet has taken a decision to increase the strength (an increase of...

       ABOUT TRIBUNALS:- :- TRIBUNALS ARE INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR DISCHARGING JUDICIAL QUASI-JUDICIAL DUTIES :- THE OBJECTIVE MAY BE TO REDUCE CASE LOAD OF THE JUDICIARY OR TO BRING IN SUBJECT EXPERTIES FOR TECHNICAL MATTERS. :- THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT TRIBUNALS, BEING QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES, SHOULD HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE EXECUTIVE AS THE JUDICIARY. :- IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT TRIBUNALS ARE INDEPENDENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE,  THE SUPREME COURT HAD RECOMMENDED THAT ALL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS BE MANAGED BY THE LAW MINISTRY RATHER THAN THE MINISTRY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT AREA. :- LATTER, THE COURT RECOMMENDED CREATION OF AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL TRIBUNALS COMMISSION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF TRIBUNALS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. :- WHEREAS THE REASONING FOR SETTING UP SOME TRIBUNALS WAS TO REDUCE PENDENCY OF CASES IN COURTS, SEVERAL TRIBUNALS ARE FACING THE ISSUE OF A LARGE CASE LOAD AND PENDENCY.  ...

*** :- ANGUISH OVER NJAC ORDER BEHIND POSTING DELAYS : S.C.(SUPREME COURT)    PAGE NO. 1 , GS 2  About NJAC and the Act: NJAC is a body responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in India. NJAC Bill sought to replace the collegium system of appointing the judges of Supreme Court and High Courts with judicial appointments commission wherein the executive will have a say in appointing the judges.  • A new article, Article 124A, (which provides for the composition of the NJAC) was to be inserted into the Constitution.  • The Bill provided for the procedure to be followed by the NJAC for recommending persons for appointment as Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court (SC), and Chief Justice and other Judges of High Courts (HC).  According to the bill the commission will consist of the following members: 1.Chief Justice of India (Chairperson, ex officio) 2.Two other senior judges of the Supreme C...

 1:-CHINA'S ANTI LOCKDOWN PROTESTS SPREAD TO DOZENS OF CAMPUSES .      PAGE NO. 1, GS -2                 • ‘We need democracy, rule of law, and freedom of expression,’ chant students at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Chinese president Xi Jinping’s alma mater; call for an end to lockdowns and mass testing gathers steam on social media  • The protests have coincided with a record outbreak of COVID cases across China in recent days, which have brought fresh lockdowns. The National Health Commission on Sunday reported more than 39,500 cases, the highest since the pandemic began. 2:- G-20 PRESIDENCY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL GOOD : MODI-  PAGE NO. 1 GS -2 • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that assuming the G20 presidency was a huge opportunity for India and that the country must utilise it by focusing on the global good. He said this during his monthly radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat. ...

 1 :-GOVERNMENT FORMS PANEL TO LOOK INTO "MGNREGA'S" EFFICACY:-                  Pg no. 1 GS 3   • Poorer States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar haven’t been able to use the scheme optimally to alleviate poverty, while economically betteroff States like Kerala use it as an asset creation tool, say officials • The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool . • The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005, and the scheme guarantees 100 days of unskilled work per year for every rural household that wants it. Currently, 15.51 crore active workers are enrolled in the scheme. About MGNREGA  •The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Empl...

 QUESTION:-How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for small and marginal farmers? INTRODUCTION:_-  •Government subsidizes agricultural inputs in an attempt to keep farm costs low and production high. There are various subsidies available to farmers in terms of cheap input credit, seeds and fertilizers, subsidized electricity and irrigation etc. Agriculture subsidies always have some impact on various activities of agriculture.  Body:  •Cropping pattern:- Crop selection gets distorted in favour of those crops which have high share of subsidies or attract large volume of subsidies. For example cheap electricity and irrigation subsidies motivated Punjab farmers to go for water guzzling crops like rice.  •Crop diversity:.  Crop diversity gives way to the standard staple crops where there is assured market and cost of...