Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 02 May 2022
Contents
- India must use markets to decarbonize
- Making the most of the diplomatic attention
- Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence
India Must Use Markets To Decarbonize
Context
Climate change is bound to impact human lives and the global economy at an exceptionally high scale in the not-so-distant future. The solution to the problem calls for government intervention.
Relevance
GS-III: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.
Dimensions of the Article
- Carbon intensive nature of India’s Energy Ecosystem
- Climate change as a feature of market failure
- What can be done?
- Way Forward
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Making the Most of the Diplomatic Attention
Context
India has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity during the past week with a long line of ministers, senior military officers and diplomats from a number of countries visiting Delhi and engaging with their Indian counterparts.
Relevance
GS-II: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Dimensions of the Article
- Highlights of this year’s Raisina Dialogue
- What should be India’s approach toward West?
- Why India should recalibrate its ties with Russia?
- What more can India do?
- Way Forward
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Revisiting Death Penalty Jurisprudence
Context
On April 22, a Bench of the Supreme Court of India, led by Justice U.U. Lalit, decided to critically examine the routine and abrupt way in which trial judges often impose the death penalty on convicts.
Relevance
GS-II: Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency and Accountability, E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; Citizens Charters, Transparency & Accountability and institutional and other measures.
Dimensions of the Article
- Individualistic Approach
- Background of the humane and reformist framework
- Is the Bachan Singh doctrine followed?
- Issue of misuse and overuse
- Social Implications
- What can be done?
- Way Forward
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