Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes May 2020 English Medium

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Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes May 2020 English Medium

INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 1
GENERAL STUDIES – I __________________ 1
1. A greater impact on women_____________1
2. How tropical cyclones are named ________3
GENERAL STUDIES – II__________________ 6
1. Making access to justice a virtual reality ___6
2. Failing to perform as a constitutional court _8
3. Reaffirm cooperative federalism ________11
4. India’s disease surveillance system needs a
reboot_______________________________14
5. Getting India back to the Afghan high table17
6. What explains the India-China border flareup? ______19
7. UNGA president discusses options to conduct
Security Council elections in June _________21
GENERAL STUDIES – III ________________ 23
1. We have a narrow window to enact fiscal
relief measures ________________________23
2. Slower growth and a tighter fiscal _______26
3. Economic package math: It’s 10% of GDP but
about half is already factored in___________29
4. Public sector assets must be monetised to
fund physical, social infrastructure ________31
5. Why the govt had to inject money into the
power sector__________________________34
6. How India can become self-reliant_______36
7. Contempt for labour: On dilution of labour
laws_________________________________39
8. Working safely: On workplaces during the
pandemic ____________________________42
9. MGNREGA work demand at five-year high,
shows stress in informal sector ___________44
10. ‘One nation, one ration card’ scheme: 5
more states join the initiative ____________46
11. It’s about food, nutrition and livelihood
security ______________________________48

12Agriculture needs 1991-like reforms push 51
13. Understanding zoonotic diseases: How
viruses break the nature-human divide _____53
14. Needed: a pandemic patent pool_______57
15. COVID must not be used as an excuse to
ignore environment protection ___________59
16. Why the worst locust attack in decades has
invaded north India? ___________________61
17. Visakhapatnam gas leak: What is styrene
gas?_________________________________64
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________67
GENERAL STUDIES – I __________________67
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ____________67
2. World Day Against Child Labour_________68
3. Cyclone Fani ________________________70
4. Western disturbance _________________72
GENERAL STUDIES – II _________________74
1. Primary education: Opportunities &
challenges____________________________ 74
2. National Institute Ranking _____________76
3. Gilgit-Baltistan polls illegal _____________78
4. Golan Heights _______________________80
GENERAL STUDIES – III _________________82
1. Way forward for manufacturing sector ___82
2. Localising Globalisation _______________84
3. Changing labour and tax laws __________86
4. A-SAT Missile _______________________88
5. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome___________89
6. Drug resistance______________________91
7. The deadly fungus- Candida Auris _______93
8. Malaria vaccine______________________94
9. Coronavirus impact on environment _____96
10. Earth Day _________________________ 98
11. Visakhapatnam gas leak _____________100
UPSC IAS ESSAY WRITING CHALLENGES____103