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MONTHLY EPIC! AN EXCLUSIVE CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE FOR PRELIMS + MAINS PREPARATION JUNE 2020 2 The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with the first Step Dear Forumites, You have in your hands (or your screen – depending on whether you have a hard copy or soft copy) the second edition of the Epic! Magazine – a single Magazine that provides you segregated, but comprehensive coverage of Prelims & Mains Examination for Civil Services Examination. Based on your feedback, we are now providing clickable links in the index. So now you can directly click on the links from the index and directly go to the article. From this issue onwards, we will be ensuring that coverage is expanded to include 7PM Articles and new concepts – primarily mains relevant keywords and concepts such as online diplomacy, Health Impact Fund etc. Some of you have reached out to us asking if CSE 2020 candidates can adopt the magazine, given that legacy / old issues of the magazine do not exist. For meeting these expectations, we shall be coming up with Epic Yearly Round up before Mains 2020 to provide a consolidated magazine to cover yearlong news. If you feel we can do something to help you prepare better, do write to us at [email protected] We read every email, even if we cannot reply to all of them. Wishing you Success, Always, ForumIAS Academy ForumIAS Guidance Center 2nd Floor, IAPL House, 19, Pusa Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi – 110005 | [email protected]| +91 – 9821711605 3 TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 SHOWCASE ARTICLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 India-China Border Dispute and the Age of Expansionism............................................................................... 6 GENERAL STUDIES 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Domestic Violence: The Shadow Pandemic ........................................................................................................... 11 Drug Abuse in India: A Socio-Medical Threat ...................................................................................................... 15 GENERAL STUDIES 2 ....................................................................................................................................................18 ADR and online mediation: Justice for All in Digital India ................................................................................ 18 Decoding the New Jammu and Kashmir Domicile Rules .................................................................................. 21 Fiscal Federalism: A Structure under Strain ........................................................................................................ 24 Hindi as Official Language in Our Linguistic Democracy ................................................................................. 27 Mental Health Crisis in India- Time to Act .......................................................................................................... 29 The Current School Education System and the Way Forward ...................................................................... 32 PPP in Healthcare: An Approach for Aarogya Bharat ........................................................................................ 35 Police reforms: an Achilles’ heel of progressive India ....................................................................................... 38 NAM in 21st Century: Relevant or Redundant? .................................................................................................... 41 Reforming G7: Democratic opportunity for an Outdated Group .................................................................. 45 UNSC Reforms: Chasing an Illusion........................................................................................................................ 48 GENERAL STUDIES 3 .................................................................................................................................................... 51 Data driven Government: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones ............................................................ 51 Rural Development: An Urgent Priority amid an Unprecedented Pandemic ............................................ 54 Universal Basic Income: The Need of the Hour ................................................................................................... 57 Reforms in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 ............................................................................................... 60 Food Security in India: Hunger Amid Abundance .............................................................................................. 62 Vocal about Local: Brand Bharat ............................................................................................................................. 65 Civil Aviation: Pandemic on Land, Silence in the Skies .................................................................................... 68 Cyber Security in India: Crime and War in the Borderless World ................................................................. 71 Defence Reforms and Swiss Cheese Model .......................................................................................................... 74 GENERAL STUDIES 4 ................................................................................................................................................... 76 Leadership and Leaders: A Reflection.....................................................................................................................76 Ethics of Nepotism: All that Glitters is not Gold ................................................................................................. 78 APPENDIX -1 | FACTLY MAGAZINE ........................................................................................................................81 POLITY .................................................................................................................................................................................81 K. 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Venugopal reappointed Attorney General for one year .......................................................................... 81 Governing Council Meeting of National Productivity Council (NPC) ........................................................... 81 Secrecy of ballot is the cornerstone of free and fair elections, says Supreme Court ............................. 82 PM CARES Fund Not A ‘Public Authority’ Under RTI Act ................................................................................. 82 POLICY ............................................................................................................................................................................... 83 NITI Aayog Launches Behaviour Change Campaign ......................................................................................... 83 Model village scheme hit by lack of interest, funds: Ministry study ............................................................ 84 COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Programme ............................................................. 84 ForumIAS Guidance Center 2nd Floor, IAPL House, 19, Pusa Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi – 110005 | [email protected]| +91 – 9821711605 4 Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan to boost livelihood opportunities in rural India........................................ 85 Union Minister launches Sahakar Mitra Scheme ............................................................................................... 85 Electronics incentive schemes launched ............................................................................................................. 86 Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign launched for 1.5 crore dairy farmers ................................................ 86 Government launches PM SVANIDHI scheme to provide affordable loan to street vendors ............... 87 Pointly for Policy ........................................................................................................................................................... 87 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 89 At RIC Meet, India Talks of Need to Respect Legitimate Interest of Partners .......................................... 89 China to join UN arms trade treaty, 'enhance' world peace ........................................................................... 89 India, Australia upgrade strategic talks to Minister level, as with US, Japan ............................................. 89 Pointly for International Relations ......................................................................................................................... 90 ECONOMY ..........................................................................................................................................................................91 Government launches 7.15% floating rate bonds ................................................................................................ 91 Urban, multi-State cooperative banks to come under RBI supervision