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About 9 PM Brief<\/strong>- With the 9 PM Daily Current affairs for UPSC brief we intend<\/span> to simplify the newspaper reading experience. In 9PM briefs, we provide our reader with a summary of all the important articles and editorials from three important newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, and Livemint. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage, and factual information from a Mains examination point of view.<\/p>\r\n About Factly<\/strong>- The Factly initiative covers all the daily news articles regarding Preliminary examination. This will be provided at the end of the 9 PM Brief.<\/p>\r\n Dear Aspirants,<\/p>\r\n We know for a fact that learning without evaluation is a wasted effort. Therefore, we request you to please go through both our initiatives i.e 9PM Briefs and Factly, then evaluate yourself through the 10PM Current Affairs Quiz.<\/p>\r\n We plan to integrate all our free daily initiatives to comprehensively support your success journey. Source<\/b>: Click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus<\/b>: GS 3 –\u00a0 Natural resources + Pollution and degradation<\/span><\/p>\n Synopsis<\/b>: NITI Aayog has expressed concerns over the poor water quality in India. This gives a conducive environment for the spread of another pandemic through the water. Thus, it requires an effective mechanism for water conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n Background<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n How virus spreads through contaminated water?<\/b><\/p>\n Dangerous viruses can spread from animals to humans through the consumption of their meat. The closeness creates an artificial environment that can give birth to mutations in erstwhile dormant viruses.<\/p>\n Need for water conservation in India<\/b><\/p>\n Is there any clean source of water left?<\/b><\/p>\n Way Forward:<\/b><\/p>\n There is no technological substitute for living natural resources like pristine natural water and soil. The focus should be shifted from artificial infrastructure to natural infrastructure. Source<\/b>: Click Here<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus<\/b>: GS 3 – mobilization of resources<\/span><\/p>\n Synopsis<\/b>: Selling of Public assets (Disinvestment) has similar macroeconomic results to fiscal deficit. Both increase wealth inequalities in the society and hence should be avoided.<\/span><\/p>\n Background<\/b><\/p>\n Fiscal Strategy of selling Public Sector Undertakings<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, there is not much difference between fiscal deficit and disinvestment.<\/p>\n Relationship between Disinvestment and Fiscal Deficit<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n How does fiscal deficit increase wealth inequality<\/b>?<\/span><\/p>\n Fiscal Deficit generates additional private savings. It enhances wealth inequality.<\/span><\/p>\n How selling of public assets increases wealth inequality?<\/b><\/p>\n Alternative of disinvestment for increasing spending<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n Thus, the multiple benefits associated with PSUs like social empowerment (role in green revolution), protection against the dominance of multinational corporations, etc. cannot be ignored. \\<\/span><\/p>\n Even if we ignore these, the sale of public assets to finance government spending is undesirable and unnecessary on purely fiscal terms.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nSimilarities between Disinvestment and fiscal deficit<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nAssessment on India\u2019s counter to International criticism<\/a><\/h3>\n