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Essay Paper

1. Tamil Nadu seeks to promote ‘Linguistic Sub

Nationalism’......................................……………………………..…..03

GS 1

Geography

1. Geo-heritage monument- Lonar Lake ………………………………..04

GS 3

Economic Development

1. Centre’s slew of measures to ease tax compliance ……………..06

Snippets

GS 1

Geography

1. Agricultural Soil Scientist wins World Food Prize, 2020……….07

GS 2

International Relations

1. Beijing think-tank raises the Article 370 ………………………………08

GS 3


1. Forex reserves cross $500 billion for the 1st time…………..…….08

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Essay Paper

Editorial

Q – Provide evidence as of how Tamil Nadu seeks to promote

‘Linguistic Sub Nationalism’?

INTRO = Spelling and pronunciation are not “first cousins” in English.

This holds good for other languages, including Tamil, a surviving

ancient language.

Over a thousand cities, towns and localities in Tamil Nadu will now

bear a changed name or spelling following the completion of a

project that began two years ago. The government has explained it

as a step to re-include the local, native contexts of names, that were

ignored by the colonial administration, and for place names to

resonate with their Tamil pronunciation. It is now for the Revenue

and Disaster Management Department, which handles land records

in the State, and the respective rural and urban local bodies to take

the notification forward.

Chronology of tracing Linguistic Sub Nationalism

This bout of renaming is not the outcome of an emotional pitch or

mobilisation against any perceived threat to regional identity or

assertion of linguistic pride.

Earlier exercises of a similar kind were deemed to be acts of sub

nationalist assertion, with anti-caste undertones; the ideologues

often framed Sanskrit, Hindi, the non-Tamil or the Brahmin as the

Other to emphasise an egalitarian impulse in asserting the Tamil

self over other identities.

The anti-Hindi agitations in the 1930s and 1960s were a major

factor in facilitating the growth of the Dravidian Movement in the

Madras state.

Unsurprisingly, its political face, the DMK, renamed Madras state as

Tamil Nadu, the land of Tamils, when it won office in 1967.

The first World Tamil Conference was held soon after to

emphasise the glory of the Tamil language and to celebrate

the civilisational ethos of the Tamil-speaking region.

Linguistic sub regionalism has since become a part of the political

consensus in Tamil Nadu.

Other issues with the renaming –

As a matter of principle, the renaming is welcome, but it is also

advisable to discover the root of the name.

Ex - Srirangam and Srivilliputtur, centres of religious importance,

have been changed into “Thiruvarangam” and “Thiruvillipuththur”.

Tamil purists may argue that “Thiru” is the equivalent term for “Sri”

but what should not be overlooked is that it is because of religious

sensibilities that neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has seldom attempted

to give Telugu flavour to “Tirupati”, which is a Tamil name.

Apart from the initial confusion over the new spellings, people in the

areas concerned have started becoming anxious about getting crucial

documents of identification changed once the gazette notification is

implemented.

Also, without making it look like change being made for the sake of

change, the exercise should be based on logic and convention

Ex - After all, the term, Tamil Nadu itself is an anglicised name.

Finally, Changes to the name or spelling of places should not disrupt

public equilibrium during a difficult time.

GS 1

Geography

Q – Explain the changing of a Geo-heritage monument- Lonar Lake

pink overnight?

BACKGROUND =

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Geo-heritage monument

Formed after a meteorite hit the Earth some 50,000 years ago, Lonar

lake has saline water and is a notified national geo-heritage

monument. Located around 500 km from Mumbai, it is a popular

tourist hub and also attracts scientists from all over the world.

As Lonar lake is located within a sanctuary, the Forest Department is

responsible for its maintenance. The change in colour of the lake,

having a mean diameter of 1.2 km, has not only surprised the locals,

but also nature enthusiasts and scientists.

Current Developments –

A day after the colour of water in Lonar lake in Buldhana district

turned pink, the State Forest Department has sent samples to

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nagpur and

Agarkar Research Institute in Pune.

Some experts have attributed the change to the mixing of dunaliella

algae with halo bacteria, forming a beta carotine pigment and turning

the water pink.

There have been such instances in other parts of the world. In a

lake in Iran, the water turns reddish due to increase in salinity.

We are still studying the phenomenon, but it is certain that no

artificial occurrence resulted in the change in colour.”

GS 3


Q –Discuss the status of State’s GST collection and the centre’s role

to compensate?

BACKGROUND = GST collections in the past two months have only

reached 45% of the target amount by the states, given the current

Covid Crisis.

The GST council approved a slew of measures to ease tax compliance

–

1) Including reduction in late fees for past returns,

2) And COVID-19 related relief for small tax payers for the period

between February and July 2020 provided returns are filed by

September.

3) Businesses who have not filed their GSTR-3B returns from July 2017 to

January 2020 can avail of a reduced late fee of 500 if they have tax

liabilities and a late fee waiver for those with nil liabilities, so long as

returns are filed between July 1 and September 30.

4) Small taxpayers with an aggregate turnover of 5 crore or less will not

be charged any interest for late filing of returns for the tax period of

February, March and April 2020 until July 6. For returns filed after that

but before the end of September, the rate of interest has been

reduced from 18% to 9%.

5) The GST Council also agreed that there is a need to correct the

inversion of duties

6) The Centre paid pending compensation dues for the December 2019

to February 2020 period. However, with revenues crashing since the

lockdown, alternative options may be explored.

Under GST law, the Centre must pay States full compensation for any

shortfall in revenue collections until 2022. Thus, given the shortfall in

revenue, the council will meet again in July to discuss the issue of

compensation cess and dues to States, and the possibility of

borrowing money from the market to meet these dues.

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Snippets

GS 1

Geography

Agricultural Soil Scientist Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize, 2020

The announcement was made by World Food Prize Foundation

president Barbara Stinson in an online ceremony from Washington

on June 11.

PAU (Punjab Agricultural University) may be the only institution in

the world to have two alumni as World Food Laureates. The honour

was earlier won by PAU alumnus Dr Gurdev Singh Khush, a plant

breeder and pioneer in rice genetics.

Dr Lal did his graduation (B.Sc in agriculture) from Punjab

Agricultural University (PAU) in 1963, M.Sc (soils) in 1965 from the

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and PhD (soils) in 1968

from Ohio State University. A professor of Soil Science at Ohio State

University, he is also the founding director of the university’s Carbon

Management and Sequestration Center.

Dr Lal as “trailblazer in soil science with a prodigious passion for

research that improves soil health, enhances agricultural production,

improves the nutritional quality of food, restores the environment

and mitigates climate change”.

GS 2 International Relations

Beijing think-tank raises the Article 370

A Chinese think-tank (China Institutes of Contemporary International

Relations (CICIR). CICIR is a Beijing-based think-tank that is affiliated

to the Ministry of State Security, China’s top intelligence body)has

linked the current tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to

India’s move last year to abrogate Article 370 and change the status

of Jammu and Kashmir, a decision that China had voiced opposition

to.

Status of Ladakh - On the Chinese side, India opened up new territory

on the map, incorporated part of the areas under the local

jurisdiction of Xinjiang and Tibet into its Ladakh union territory,” it

said. “This forced China into the Kashmir dispute, stimulated China

and Pakistan to take counter-actions on the Kashmir issue, and

dramatically increased the difficulty in resolving the border issue

between China and India.

GS 3 Economic Development

Forex reserves cross $500 billion for the 1st time

The latest data from the RBI showed that India’s forex reserves surged

by $8.2 billion, as the Reserve Bank of India builds up a war chest even

as the rupee has been the worst performer among emerging market

currencies since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic in

March.

The increase in reserves was mainly due to a rise in foreign currency

assets

Currency dealers said the sharp increase was due to gains from both

currency revaluation (as the dollar depreciated against major

currencies) and dollar mop-up through intervention by the central

bank.

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-china-border-standoff/article31755218.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jk-loses-its-special-status-divided-into-two-uts/article28827159.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jk-loses-its-special-status-divided-into-two-uts/article28827159.ece



India now has reserves to meet an import cover of about 14 months.

Forex Spurs FPI - The RBI’s FX policy has reverted to the Jalan-Reddy

policy of building high FX reserves to insure against contagion.

Experience suggests that higher FX reserves paradoxically lead to

higher FPI inflows by comforting investors.

How about this today!?

Current rate of FOOD INFLATION has accelerated to ____

according to the Consumer Food price Index?

a. 8.36%

b. 9.69%

c. 4.83%

d. 9.28%

Hey from yesterday….

In the NHRC submitted report on human rights in India

to UNHRC, which of the following sectors have been

reviewed?

1. Child Trafficking and sexual abuse

2. Wages under schemes for employment

3. Gaps in education policies

4. Universal Basic Income

5. Health and Nutrition

a. 4 alone

b. 1,3,5

c. 1,2,3,5

d. All of the above

Answer: d

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