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Forwarded from Upsc ethics
🔆 Key Terms & Their Meanings

📍 Moral Muteness
Occurs when people witness unethical behavior but choose not to speak out, or communicate in ways that obscure moral beliefs.

📍 Moral Myopia
Inability to see ethical issues clearly, leading to distorted moral vision (moral blindness).

📍 Cognitive Bias
People make errors in thinking, affecting decisions across various areas, including ethics.

📍 Bounded Ethicality
Ethical choices limited by internal/external pressures, such as conformity or self-serving bias.

📍 Conformity Bias
People imitate others’ actions instead of making personal judgments.

📍 Ethical Fading
Ethical aspects disappear when focus shifts to other decision factors, like profit.

📍 Moral Cognition
Study of the brain’s role in moral judgment and decision-making.

📍 Role Morality
People act unethically when they see themselves in roles that excuse unethical behavior.

📍 Moral Absolutism
Universal moral principles by which actions can be judged, a form of deontology.
🔆 India’s Employment Landscape: 2023–24 Snapshot

📍 Sectoral Employment Share
Agriculture – 45%
Industry – 25%
Services – 30%

📍 Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)
Overall (15+ yrs): 60.1%
Male LFPR:
  • 2017–18 → 75.1%
  • 2023–24 → 77.5%
Female LFPR:
  • 2017–18 → 21.1%
  • 2023–24 → 35.6%
Rural LFPR: 50.7% → 63.7%
Urban LFPR: 47.6% → 52.0%

📍 Female Workforce Global Context
India (2023): 37%
Global Average: 65%

📍 Unemployment Rate
2017–18 → 8.7%
2023–24 → 4.9%

📍 MGNREGA Employment Assurance
99.74% of job seekers received employment in 2023–24 under the scheme

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🔆Offshore Security Coordination Committee:
It was constituted in 1978 to ensure the effective functioning of offshore security arrangements.
Since then, the committee has contributed effectively in framing policies and providing guidance and resolution to Offshore Defence Area related issues.
Itwas constituted to ensure smooth and efficient functioning of offshore security arrangements, and to identify peace-time threats to offshore installations, such as terrorism and sabotage.
The OSCC develops contingency plans to be implemented by various agencies in respect of offshore security.
The exponential growth in the offshore Oil and Natural Gas sector has necessitated a manifold increase in the responsibilities of the ICG, in terms of responding to breaches of security, or likely threats, as well as fishing activity in the vicinity of oil platforms that could jeopardize safety.
Chairman: Director General, ICG

📍Key Facts about Indian Coast Guard
It is an armed force that protects India’s maritime interests and enforces maritime law, with jurisdiction over the territorial waters of India, including its contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone.
It was formally established in 1978 by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 as an independent Armed force of India.
It operates under the Ministry of Defence.
It is headed by the Director General Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).
Headquarters: New Delhi.
🔆 Vocal for Local Initiative

Under the initiative: Indigenous local products from 500 Aspirational Blocks have been mapped and consolidated under the brand of Aakansha.
Brand: Aakansha will be an umbrella brand which could be supplemented into multiple sub-brands.
Logo: The logo for ‘Aakansha’ was unveiled under the ‘Vocal for Local’ initiative.
Dedicated Window: A dedicated window for the Aspirational Blocks Program under the brand name ‘Aakansha’ will be established on the GeM portal.
GeM Portal Support: GeM portal will provide technical and operational support for the facilitation of e-commerce onboarding, establishing linkages, financial/digital literacy, documentation/certification, and skill enhancement etc.
🔆 UNFPA 2025 Report: It’s Not About Fewer Babies

📍 The Real Crisis?
Not declining fertility — but lack of reproductive choice for women.

📍 Global Shift
Fertility: 5 (1960) ➝ 2.2 (2024)
Over 50% live in countries below 2.1 rate
By 2054, all nations may dip below 2.0

📍 India’s Reality
Fertility down: 2.9 ➝ 2.0 (2005–2020)
Child population peaked in 2004, teens in 2009
Growth slowing, but positive due to longer life spans

📍 The Dual Paradox
36% had unintended pregnancies
30% couldn’t conceive when they wanted
Some have too few, others too many
9.4% unmet family planning needs (NFHS-5)

📍 What’s Blocking Reproductive Freedom?
Money, housing, childcare, jobs
Unequal gender roles & infertility stigma
Workplace fear of losing jobs for being pregnant

📍 New Parenthood Norms
More women now have kids in late 20s–30s
Spacing issues still poorly addressed

📍 Policy Direction
Drop the population panic
Invest in choices, equity & healthcare — not control

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🔆 Virtual Assets & Terror Financing

📍 Overview
FATF flagged deficiencies in global standards on virtual assets (VAs) & virtual asset service providers (VASPs) related to money laundering and terror financing.

📍 Virtual Assets
Digital value: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin.
(Note: Not government-issued currencies)

📍 VASPs
Facilitate:
• Exchange between virtual & fiat currencies
• Transfers between virtual assets
• Custody/administration of assets
Examples: Crypto exchanges, wallet providers, ATM operators.

📍 Security Challenges
Anonymity: VPNs & anonymity tools mask identities.
Regulatory Arbitrage: Entities relocate to weak oversight jurisdictions.
Crowdfunding: Extremists use social media & crowdfunding for global donations.

📍 India’s Response
PMLA Inclusion (March 2023): VDASPs under AML/CFT norms.
Mandatory FIU-IND Registration: For VASPs.
FATF Evaluation: Enhanced monitoring for 2025 review.

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📍Schengen area

The zone is known after Schengen, the tiny Luxembourg village bordering France and Germany, where the agreement was signed in 1985 among five of the six EU founding members except Italy.

Currently, it is an area encompassing 27 European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their mutual borders.

It mostly functions as a single jurisdiction under a common visa policy for international travel purposes.

Croatia, a EU member since 2013, joined Schengen in 2023, while Romania and Bulgaria, EU members since 2007, will gain partial Schengen entry from 31 March 2024.
🔆 Transport Sector – Key Facts

📍 Transport sector contribution to GDP ~ 4.5%
Source: Economic Survey 2023

📍 Freight transport share – Road > 60%, Railways 30%, Waterways 10%
Source: National Logistics Policy

📍 Passenger transport share – Road & others 85%, Railways 15%
Source: Economic Survey 2023

📍 Transport sector accounts for ~ 14% of India’s total emissions
Source: NITI Aayog

📍 Cost of transport (tonne per km) – Road ₹2.5, Railways ₹1.3, Waterways ₹1
Source: Economic Survey 2023


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📍 Theyyam
Place of Origin: Kerala
Cultural Significance:
• UNESCO-recognized intangible cultural heritage of India.
• A captivating blend of dance, music, and storytelling, performed to honor deities and ancestral spirits.
• Particularly popular during the harvest season.

Unique Features:
• Dancers wear intricate masks, colorful costumes, and headdresses, with their bodies adorned with vibrant body paint.
• Traditional Keralan instruments such as the chenda, ilathalam, and maddalam are used during performances.
🔆 India’s Taxation & Fiscal Snapshot (2024-25)

📍 Tax to GDP Ratio
Centre: 12%
Centre + States Combined: 18%
🔸 (Compared to ~34% in OECD countries)

📍 Tax Buoyancy (2024–25)
Estimated at 1.18
🔸 (Reflects responsiveness of tax revenue growth to GDP growth)

📍 Composition of Central Tax Revenue
Direct Taxes: 52%
Indirect Taxes: 48%

📍 Taxpayer Base in India
Only 6% of Indians pay income tax
🔸 Of which, ~50% have zero tax liability

📍 Public Debt (Centre + States)
Total: 90% of GDP
Centre: 60%, States: 30%
Internal Debt: 87%, External Debt: 3%

📍 Capital Expenditure (2023–24)
Highest ever capex by Centre: 3.4% of GDP


🔆 Takeaway
Despite rising capex and tax buoyancy, India’s tax base remains narrow, and public debt levels are high, demanding fiscal prudence and structural reforms.

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🔆 Assessment of Climate Change Over the Indian Region
📝 Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India

📍 Rising Temperatures:
India’s average temperature ↑ by 0.7°C since 1901; projected rise of 4.4°C by century end.

📍 Warming Oceans:
Indian Ocean’s sea surface temperature ↑ by 1°C (1951–2015), exceeding global average.

📍 Shifting Rainfall Patterns:
6% decline in summer monsoon rainfall (1951–2015), especially in Indo-Gangetic Plains & Western Ghats.

📍 Increased Droughts:
Decrease in monsoon rainfall → more frequent and widespread droughts since 1951.

📍 Rising Sea Levels:
3.3 mm/year sea level rise in the North Indian Ocean (1993–2017); matches global trend.

📍 Cyclone Activity:
Significant decline in cyclone frequency in North Indian Ocean since mid-20th century.

📍 Warming Himalayas:
1.3°C rise in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region (1951–2014) with declining snowfall.
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