1st October 2022
Mains Question:
Discuss the effectiveness of Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves in forest and wildlife conservation in India. (150 words)
- Subject: Environment (GS III)
- Sub-topic: Environment Conservation
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Approach
- Introduction-briefly define Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves
- protected area systems which integrate local communities as well as private organizations into protected area management
- Significance of such systems
- safeguards forest catchment areas
- ecological monitoring and data collection
- community participation
- Discuss challenges associated with the system
- Wrap your answer with suggestive measure
Editorials
Context:
The draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022 (Telecom Bill) is out for public consultation. In its present form, its provisions appear to be stuck in the past.
A Repackaging:
- Missed Opportunities: The draft of the Bill represents multiple missed opportunities for significant legislative reform in terms of democratization of telecommunication services.
- New licensing regime: The Telecom Bill has stricter regulations and moves towards centralization of power by introducing licenses for telecommunication services.
Threat to innovation, privacy protection
- Same service, Same rules: Treating OTT services as a ‘substitute’ for Telecom services must not be treated the same because both have different functionalities. It will only increase compliance and legal costs leaving a negative impact on innovation.
- Privacy Concerns: By exercising its exclusive privilege to issue a license, the central government may ask the online service providers to store data locally. This discretion to the government may adversely affect the privacy of individuals.
- Blow to end-to-end encryption (E2EE): By expanding the definition of telecommunication services, coupled with interception provisions is signalling a blow to end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in India.
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