Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes September 2020 English Medium

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Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes September 2020 English Medium

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NSIGHTS into EDITORIAL _______________ 3
GENERAL STUDIES I_____________________ 3
1. Women in armed forces: new strides,
miles to go__________________________ 3
2. Impediments to equal productivity,
dignity _____________________________ 5
3. What discovery of phosphine gas in the
atmosphere of Venus means? __________ 8
GENERAL STUDIES II ___________________ 10
1. A ‘new’ democracy? _______________ 10
2. Parliamentary scrutiny on the back
burner ____________________________ 13
3. A politics of avoidance that must be
questioned ________________________ 16
4. Court’s drift and chinks in the judiciary’s
armour____________________________ 18
5. The second chair: On Lok Sabha Deputy
Speaker ___________________________ 21
6. In blockchain voting, leave out the
general election ____________________ 23
7. Mind the gaps in India’s health care
digital push ________________________ 26
8. Why has Japan mooted the Supply Chain
Resilience Initiative?_________________ 29
9. The birth of the United Nations, and its
growth in the last 75 years ____________ 32
10. UN and the retreat from multilateralism
__________________________________ 35
GENERAL STUDIES III___________________ 38
1. The issues in GST compensation _____ 38
2. An agriculture-led revival as flawed claim
__________________________________ 40
3. Urban employment as the focal point _ 43

4.Why are the Agriculture Bills being

opposed ___________________________46
5. Will the farm bills benefit farmers?____49
6. The twisted trajectory of Bt cotton ____51
7. A five-point action plan to manage waste
effectively __________________________54
8. Reject this inequitable climate proposal57
9. On India banning more China apps ____59
GENERAL STUDIES IV ___________________62
1. Mission Karmayogi- National Programme
for Civil Services Capacity Building ______62
2. Great power, little responsibility______64
3. Weighing in on the efficacy of female
leadership__________________________67
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS ______________71
GENERAL STUDIES II ____________________71
FATF and Pakistan’s terror list __________71
GENERAL STUDIES III ___________________73
1. Indian satellite AstroSat discovers one of
the earliest galaxies of Universe ________73
2. ARCI developed high-performance tin
anodes for lithium-ion battery used in
Electric Vehicles _____________________74
3. Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
has developed an invisible and flexible
electromagnetic interference shield using
Copper metal mesh __________________74
4. Modelling water levels of northwestern
India in response to improved irrigation use
efficiency __________________________75
5. Climate Performance Index __________75
ESSAYS _____________________________79