Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 18 May 2022
Contents
- Focusing on public health engineering
- For a better South Asian Neighborhood
- India’s U-turn on Wheat Exports
Focusing on Public Health Engineering
Context
As we confront the public health challenges emerging out of environmental concerns, expanding the scope of public health/environmental engineering science becomes pivotal.
Relevance
GS-II: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
Dimensions of the Article
- Why does India need a specialized cadre of Public Health Engineers
- What can be done?
- Way Forward
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For a Better South Asian Neighborhood
Context
Recent developments — in Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan — underline the geographic imperative that binds India to its neighbours in the Subcontinent.
Relevance
GS-II: India and its Neighborhood- Relations.
Dimensions of the Article
- Need for intensive regional cooperation for managing the new dangers
- Hope for transcending internal divide between India and Sri Lanka
- Relations with Nepal and role of cultural ties
- Recent trends in India-Pakistan relations
- Way Forward
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India’s U-turn on Wheat Exports
Context
The Union commerce ministry was preparing to send delegations abroad to boost the country’s wheat exports, when the government abruptly banned its exports on 14 May.
Relevance
GS-III: Public Distribution System – Objectives, Functioning, Limitations, Revamping; Issues of Buffer Stocks and Food Security
Dimensions of the Article
- Why did India ban the export of wheat?
- Is India staring at a food shortage?
- What has been the global reaction to the ban?
- Will the ban affect India’s neighbors?
- What is the impact on farmers and traders?
- Issues with the ban
- Way Forward
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