👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES -1 --> 14 APRIL👀

💥Daily word bytes - 1  from editorial - Divided we Fall 💥

• terms of reference (phrase) – scope, limits, range/purview.

Hindu Editorial usage : Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks vested interests are behind the “baseless” allegation that the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission are biased against certain States or a region

• vested interest (noun) – a personal interest in something to get benefit.

Hindu Editorial usage : Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks vested interests are behind the “baseless” allegation that the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission are biased against certain States or a region

• bias (against) (phrase)- prejudice against someone; influence, sway.

Hindu Editorial usage : Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks vested interests are behind the “baseless” allegation that the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission are biased against certain States or a region

• clamour (noun) – protest, complaints, outcry/commotion.

Hindu Editorial usage : he was clearly responding to growing clamour from the southern States 

• moot (verb) – put forward, propose, suggest (an idea).

Hindu Editorial usage : Centre has mooted incentives for those who have done well on population control.

• incentive (noun) – (financial) stimulus.

Hindu Editorial usage : Centre has mooted incentives for those who have done well on population control.

• wade in (phrasal verb) –make a strong intervention.

Hindu Editorial usage : That the Prime Minister has had to wade in to try and manage a controversy

• narrative (noun) – statement, report, description.

Hindu Editorial usage : Arun Jaitley had termed it as ‘needless’, signals the Centre’s concerns about the narrative turning against the BJP ahead of the Karnataka election.

• come in (phrasal verb) – have a useful function.

Hindu Editorial usage : One will have to wait till October 2019, when the Finance Commission’s final recommendations come in,

• constructive (adjective) – positive, productive, effective.

Hindu Editorial usage :  framing the issue as a southern vs northern States debate is not constructive.

• discernible (adjective) – distinguishable, visible, detectable.

Hindu Editorial usage : there was no discernible impact on allocations to the more populous States

• demography (noun) – the statistical study/structure of populations, especially human beings.

Hindu Editorial usage : all positive changes in demographics are a result of their own actions or policies

• procreation (noun) – reproduction.

Hindu Editorial usage : there are a variety of factors at play when individuals make decisions about procreation

• deprive (verb) – deny/prevent a person from having something.

Hindu Editorial usage : that the genuinely needy are not deprived

• shun (verb) – avoid, ignore, reject.

Hindu Editorial usage : the incentives proposed for shunning populism 

• populism (noun) – related to policies that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people 

Hindu Editorial usage : the incentives proposed for shunning populism 

• envision (verb) – imagine, visualize, envisage.

Hindu Editorial usage : the Centre a larger share of the resources to build the New India it envisions by 2022

• amount to (verb) – constitute, comprise, be equivalent to.

Hindu Editorial usage : employment schemes for the rural poor amount to populist

• populist (adjective) – related to politicians who claim that they are representing the common/ordinary people.

Hindu Editorial usage : employment schemes for the rural poor amount to populist

• pander (verb) – indulge, gratify, satisfy/cater to (immoral or distasteful desire).

Hindu Editorial usage : employment schemes for the rural poor amount to populist pandering is an extremely subjective call

• subjective (adjective) – personal, irrational, individual.

Hindu Editorial usage : employment schemes for the rural poor amount to populist pandering is an extremely subjective call

• populous (adjective) – densely populated.

Hindu Editorial usage : something that should concern all States, whether populous or not.

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