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Table of Contents
No. Article Newspaper Syllabus
1 Should judges accept official posts after retirement? The Hindu GS - 2

2 Happiness index in Bengal is negative The Hindu GS - 2

Indian
3 RBI Retail Direct scheme advertisement GS - 3
express
Timely treatment can limit disability in children with
4 The Hindu GS - 2
Juvenile Arthritis

5 Nuclear energy: fixing the finance The Hindu GS - 3

Other articles:
a) RBI finalizes framework for SROs in regulated entities
6 b) Water, an instrument to build world peace
c) Navigating the global waterscape, its challenges
d) How water insecurity affects women
e) SC stays Govt fact check unit, says challenges involves free speech
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The Hindu
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Part B—Main Examination

PAPER-III
General Studies‐II : Governance, Constitution,
Polity, Social Justice and International Relations.
• Structure, Organization and Functioning of the
Executive and the Judiciary
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Retirement of judges
• Article 128 - any retired judge of the
• Article 124 (2) - the supreme court judges supreme court of India can be called back
retire upon attaining the age of 65 years. to sit and act as a supreme court judge.
• Article 217 (1) - high court judges,  The CJI may request a retired judge of
retirement age is fixed at 62 years the supreme court or a retired judge of
• Resignation to the president. the high court

• After retirement, a judge of the supreme  permission of both the president of India
court is prohibited from practicing law in and the person who will be nominated for
any court in India or pleading before any the position.
government authority.  The president of India shall set the
salary and allowances

• Pension and Benefits - Not detailed in the

• Post-Retirement Appointments - Often
Constitution. Governed by
appointed to tribunals and commissions like
 The High Court Judges (Salaries and the
Conditions of Service) Act, 1954,
 National Green Tribunal
 The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and
 Armed Forces Tribunal
Conditions of Service) Act, 1958.
 various regulatory commissions, leveraging
 Includes pensions, housing, and other
their judicial experience.
benefits.
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Previous year question

Q. With reference to Indian Judiciary, consider the
following statements
1. Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of
India can be called back to sit and act as a
Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of
India with prior permission of the president
of India.
2. A High Court in India has the power to
review its own judgement as the Supreme
Court does.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Indian express
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World Happiness Report

Part A—Preliminary Examination
Paper I - (200 marks) • A minor amendment to respective State

 Current events of national and international APMC Acts or the Centre’s Essential
importance. Commodities Act.
Part B—Main Examination • produced by- the Oxford Wellbeing Research
PAPER-III Centre, the UN Sustainable Development
General Studies‐II: Governance, Constitution, Solutions Network (SDSN), and the World
Polity, Social Justice and International Relations.
Happiness Report's Editorial Board.
• Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and
Developing Countries on India’s interests, Indian • Based on - 2011 resolution adopted by the
Diaspora. UN
• Important International Institutions, agencies and
• Called as the Bhutanese Resolution.
fora - their Structure, Mandate.

International Labour Organization (ILO) • Finland topped the list for the seventh year in

• Indicators: a row

 social support • Netherlands and Australia- populations over 15

million, in the top 10.
 Income
India’s stand in this report:
 health
• ranked 126th on the list, the same as last
 freedom, generosity
year.
 the absence of corruption
• older Indian men are happier than older
• average of data over a three-year period. women .

Outcome of the report: • older age is associated with higher life

satisfaction in India
• surveyed 143 countries
• Older adults with secondary or higher education
• Afghanistan remained at the bottom
and social castes reported higher life
• The United States and Germany out of top 20.
satisfaction .
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Practice Question – Mains

GS - III
Q. Do you think, India’s low ranking given by World Happiness Report, is
based on a key misjudgment? Give reasons for your arguments.
(150 words, 10 marks)

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RBI Retail Direct Scheme

About the Scheme.

Part B—Main Examination
• Small investors - Buy or sell government
PAPER-IV securities (G-Secs), or bonds.

General Studies‐III : Technology, Economic  Directly in the primary and secondary

Development, Bio-diversity, Environment,
markets.
Security and Disaster Management.
• Allows direct purchase of bonds without the need
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning,
for an intermediary.
mobilization, of resources, growth, development
and employment. • Invest in G-Secs by opening a gilt securities
account called Retail Direct Gilt (RDG) Account
with the RBI.

Eligibility criteria.
objective of the scheme

• Diversifying the G-sec market. • Permanent Account Number (PAN).

• Portal avenue to invest in Central government • Access to primary issuance of Government

securities, treasury bills, State development Securities.

loans and sovereign gold bonds etc. • Any Officially Valid documents (OVD) for KYC

• Allows the Investor to invest in primary & purpose.

secondary market government securities • Valid e-mail ID.

markets.
• Registered mobile number.
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• Non-Resident retail investors - Eligible to • To Buy government bonds.

invest in Government Securities under Foreign
 payment should be made to the designated
Exchange Management Act, 1999.
account of CCIL (Clearing Corporation of
 RDG account can be opened singly or jointly. India NDS-OM).

• only one bid per security is permitted in the • Registered investors - Secondary market
scheme. transaction link on the online NDS-OM portal
to buy or sell government securities.
• payment can be made using the net-banking or
UPI facility from the linked bank account.

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements regarding
the Retail Direct Scheme.
1. It is a flagship scheme of Securities and
Exchange Board of India.
2. Only Resident Individuals can Invest in
this scheme.
3. It allows the Investor to invest only in
the primary market.
How many of the statements given above
are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
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Juvenile Arthritis.

About the Disease.

• Most common type of chronic arthritis that

Part B—Main Examination
affects children is called juvenile idiopathic
PAPER-IV arthritis (JIA).

General Studies‐III : Technology, Economic
Development, Bio-diversity, Environment,
Security and Disaster Management.
• Science and Technology- developments and their
applications and effects in everyday life.
• JIA begins in children & adolescents before the
age of 16.
• Most types of the disease - more frequent in
girls.
• Enthesitis-related JIA - Inflammation of the
places where ligaments and tendons attach to
bones, is more common in boys.
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Cause of JIA

• JIA is an autoimmune disease.

Symptoms.
 Body's immune system attacks its own
healthy cells & tissues and cause joint • Morning stiffness, joint inflammation, often

pains. accompanied by warmth due to inflammation.

 Caused by several factors like genes, • Eye inflammation - resulting in blurred vision,

environment etc. • Dryness, or conjunctivitis.

 JIA is linked to part of a gene called • Fatigue, suboptimal weight gain, delayed
HLA antigen DR4. growth, high fever, a pervasive body rash, and

 A person with this antigen may be swollen lymph nodes etc.

more likely to have the disease.

Prevention & Control.

• Cannot be prevented& No cure for it.

• Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly

improve a child’s prognosis.

• Child’s age & physical therapy such as aquatic

exercises, swimming, and cycling etc.
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Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Which of the following is not an Auto-
Immune disease.
a) Rheumatoid arthritis
b) Psoriasis
C) Vitiligo
d) Alzheimer

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Part B—Main Examination

PAPER-IV Practice Question – Mains

GS – II
General Studies‐III : Technology, Economic
Q. Give an account of the growth and
Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and
development of nuclear science and
Disaster Management.
technology in India, What are the
• Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; advantages of a fast breeder reactor
Indigenization of Technology and Developing New programme in India?
Technology. (250 words, 15 marks)

Introduction

• Recently, the first-ever Nuclear Energy

Summit happened in Brussels

• COP28 declaration emphasizing the need

to triple nuclear capacity by 2050,
reflecting the indispensable role of
nuclear energy.

• India has also made significant

improvement in this field for achieving
a sustainable and low-carbon future.
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Growth and development of nuclear technology

• peaceful nuclear explosion at Pokhran in
in India.
1974, and later in 1998.
• The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) -
• Development of indigenous technology for both
1948 - Homi J. Bhabha
power generation and strategic purposes.
• The Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay
Advantages of fast breeder reactors
(AEET) - the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC) As of 2023, India is in the second stage of
its nuclear power program, with Fast Breeder
• India’s first nuclear power plant was
Reactors being developed and tested. Offering
commissioned in 1969 at Tarapur,
several advantages as follows.
Maharashtra

Conclusion

• India has made significant progress in

• efficiency of uranium utilization by nuclear science and technology that
transforming non-fissile uranium (U-238) into emphasizes self-reliance and the efficient
fissile plutonium (Pu-239) use of domestic resources.
• Burning actinides - reducing the volume and
• Joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
hazard of nuclear waste
remains a crucial step for India to further
• long-term energy needs. They enable the
its achievements and secure a sustainable
conversion of thorium into fissile uranium-233
energy future.
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
DISCUSSION
 22-03-2024

Previous year question

Q. With reference to Indian Judiciary, consider the
following statements
1. Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of
India can be called back to sit and act as a
Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of
India with prior permission of the president
of India.
2. A High Court in India has the power to
review its own judgement as the Supreme
Court does.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Consider the following statements regarding
the Retail Direct Scheme.
1. It is a flagship scheme of Securities and
Exchange Board of India.
2. Only Resident Individuals can Invest in
this scheme.
3. It allows the Investor to invest only in
the primary market.
How many of the statements given above
are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
 22-03-2024

Practice Question – Prelims

Q. Which of the following is not an Auto-
Immune disease.
a) Rheumatoid arthritis
b) Psoriasis
C) Vitiligo
d) Alzheimer

Practice Question – Mains

GS - III
Q. Do you think, India’s low ranking given by World Happiness Report, is
based on a key misjudgment? Give reasons for your arguments.
(150 words, 10 marks)
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