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The fiscal deficit touches 128.5% of the Budget Estimate Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the government’s fiscal deficit target; on various terms used in the budget News: The fiscal deficit touched 128.5 per cent of the whole-year Budget target during the April-January period. Background The deficit in the year-ago pe
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the contamination in drinking water; about BIS; about ISO standards News: None of the drinking water samples randomly collected from across Delhi conforms to the ISO standards of purity in one or more requirements, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) informed the Supreme Court. Background On January 13, the court
Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Prelims and Mains focus: about the disinvestment plan and its benefits; about LIC News: The government is working on the modalities of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) share sale which is India’s largest and oldest life insurer. Background The Budget 2020-21 announced an ambitious disinvestment agenda, aiming
FDI policy regarding Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Prelims and Mains focus: above the move and its significance; about SEZs News: Goods procured from units in special economic zones (SEZ) by single-brand retailers, owned by foreign companies, would qualify for meeting the mandatory 30% local sourcing norms, the government said in a clarifi
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the project; about EAC News: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), an apex environmental screening committee has deferred a decision on clearance to the Parliament redevelopment project. Why? This has been done on the grounds that there was a dispute, being heard in the Delhi High Court, regarding the land on which
RBI study on digital payments Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the RBI study and its key findings News: A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) study on the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic was recently released. Key findings of the study Cash still rules, but it is increasingly seen as a way to store value as an economic asset rather t
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about Olive Ridley Turtles and steps taken for their conservation; about IUCN News: Preparations are almost done at the Rushikulya rookery on the Odisha coast to welcome and protect Olive ridley turtles during mass nesting. Odisha has half of the world’s Olive Ridley turtle population and 90% of India’s turtle population lives i
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about MM wildlife sanctuary and the tiger reserves mentioned; about NTCA News: Decks have been cleared to notify the Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district as a tiger reserve. The approval from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is expected any time now. Background St
Thal Sena Bhawan Syllabus subtopic: Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate. Prelims and Mains focus: on the details of the new structure and its significance; about GRIHA News: Defence Minister performed the stone-laying ceremony for the proposed ‘Thal Sena Bhawan’ of the Army in the Delhi cantonment. About Thal Sena Bhawan The building spread over 39 acres opposite Manekshaw centre in Delhi cantonment will bring together Army headquarters
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the findings of the report; challenges and steps taken News: The latest telemetry report by the Bihar Minor Water Resources Department was released recently. Key findings of the report The Water table has dipped alarmingly across Bihar between August 2019 and February 2020. The dips in water table
Operation Control Centre for goods trains Syllabus subtopic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Prelims and Mains focus: on DFCs and their significance; about DFCCIL News: The world’s second-biggest Operation Control Centre for goods trains, built in India by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) is ready to begin operations. About the centre The centre, built at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, will be the ‘ner
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the species and conservation status; about WCCB and its mandate News: Four rare Indian Tent Turtles were rescued by the Delhi police in north Delhi and were handed over to officials of the Delhi zoo after inspection by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB). Indian Tent Turtle (kachuga tecta tecta) The Indian tent tur
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on CPI and its significance; on inflation targeting News: The RBI governor has stressed the need to review the monetary policy framework. An inflation targeting framework is effective when the measure of inflation is accurate. But there are concerns about CPI’s composition.
The link between small savings and deficit Prelims and Mains focus: on the exemptions in this year’s budget and its impact on savings and deficit News: Getting rid of exemptions under a new tax regime proposed by the budget could make small savings less attractive for individuals and dry up this source of funds for the government. How do exemptions apply to small savings? Small savings schemes are savings instruments such as the Public Prov
Pledging of Shares Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Prelims and Mains focus: about the move; benefits and significance; about share pledging News: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended the SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations by including an additional explanation that states that ‘pledge’ would also refer to ‘re-pledg
Force Majeure Clause Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the move and its implications; on the force majeure clause News: The government said supply chain disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in China would allow companies to invoke the force majeure clause Background The announcement comes a day after Finance Minister m
Karbis against ST status for hill Bodos in Assam Syllabus subtopic: Security Challenges and their Management in Border Areas Prelims and Mains focus: on the issue and concerns raised by Karbis; about Bodo Accord; CAA; Assam Accord News: An Assam-based insurgent group of Karbis, which signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, has demanded that the Bodos in the hill areas not be given the Scheduled Tribe status as it will affect the “identity of the Karbis”. B
Foodgrain production set to touch a record high Syllabus subtopic: Major Crops - Cropping Patterns in various parts of the country Prelims and Mains focus: on the foodgrain production in India and the challenges associated News: The Agriculture Ministry’s second advance estimates were released recently. Key highlights Total foodgrain production is projected to scale an all-time high of almost 292 million tonnes in 2019-20, propelled by record
Syllabus subtopic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Prelims and Mains focus: about the programme and reasons for its shutdown; about internet penetration in India News: After five years of providing free internet access to people in developing countries, Google plans to shut down its Station program. What was the Station programme? The initia
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the report: key findings and recommendations News: The State of India’s Birds 2020 (SoIB), a new scientific report was jointly released by 10 organisations that included ATREE, BNHS, Foundation for Ecological Security, NCF, National Biodiversity Authority of India, National Centre for Biological Sciences, SACON (Salim Ali Centre
Steps were taken by the office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Syllabus subtopic: Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate. Prelims and Mains focus: about Chief of Defence Staff: mandate and significance; about other initiatives in the Indian defence sector News: The office of the Chief of Defence Staff is working on a tentative timeline that will see the establishment of an air defence command by end of the year, a peninsula command by 2021-end, and the firs
Bank Frauds in India Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the frauds in Indian banks: causes and link to slow growth Context: Banking frauds have been rising. During the first six months of this fiscal, frauds of Rs.1 lakh and above, as reported by commercial banks, touched Rs.1.13 trillion. This, after frauds worth Rs.41,167 crore had been repo
Syllabus subtopic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology. Prelims and Mains focus: about GISAT-1: its orbit and significance; about Gaganyaan; ISRO News: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch GISAT-1, a new earth obser
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the proposal of notifying as a tiger reserve: arguements for and against; about NTCA News: The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), though home to more than half the number of tigers present in Kerala, may not be notified as a tiger reserve as the proposal lacks public support. Background The ‘Status of Tigers in In
Kashi Mahakal Express Syllabus subtopic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Prelims and Mains focus: about the train: route, significance etc; about jyotirlingas News: PM Modi flagged off the latest religion-themed train, the Kashi Mahakal Express in Varanasi, the PM’s constituency. Details of the train The Lord Shiva-themed train connects, for the first time, places related to three jyotirlingas—Omkareshwar near Indore, Mahakale
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about Indian Pangolin: features, threat and conservation efforts. News: Scientists have, for the first time, radio-tagged the Indian pangolin, an endangered animal (IUCN status: EN) that is rarely sighted in forests. About Radio-tagging technique Radio-tagging involves attaching a transmitter to an animal to monitor its m
Sovereign Credit Rating Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the sovereign credit ratings and their significance News: Global rating agency Standard and Poor’s affirmed India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-’ with a stable outlook. Reason According to S&P, despite a notable deceleration in India’s economy in re
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the report and its key highlights News: “The Future of Earth, 2020” report was released in Bengaluru by the South Asia Future Earth Regional Office, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, and the Indian Institute of Science. About the report As many as 222 leading scientists from 52 countries conducted the s
Syllabus subtopic: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life. Prelims and Mains focus: about the concept and its benefits; about SPV cells; India’s efforts at tapping solar energy News: South Central Railway (SCR) has become the first on Indian Railways to come up with the concept of ‘Energy Neutral’ railway stations. What does it mean? The SCR is now capable of meeting 100% energy requirem
RBI to set up a new umbrella entity (NUE) Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the functions and eligibility criteria for setting up of NUEs; other guidelines issued by RBI News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to set up a new pan-India new umbrella entity (NUE) or entities focussing on retail payment systems with a minimum paid-up capital of Rs 500 crore
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the move and its benefits; about CMS; about GIB; efforts made by India for conservation of migratory species News: The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is scheduled from February 17 to 22 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. About the COP meet Rep
Syllabus subtopic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Prelims and Mains focus: about the mission and its significance; about Ulysses and Parker missions; about Heliosphere News: The Solar Orbiter spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral (USA) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket and is on a 10-year voyage. Background This follows the
Syllabus subtopic: Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Prelims and Mains focus: about the highlights of the training programme; about Gaganyaan mission and its significance News: The four Indian pilots chosen as candidate-astronauts began the
GST rates to be revised yearly Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the move and its benefits; about inverted duty structure; about GST; GST Council News: GST Council, the federal indirect tax body, is set to make changes in tax rates of goods and services a yearly affair, moving away from frequent rate revisions to remove ‘uncertainty’ for businesses a
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology. Prelims and Mains focus: about the new device and its significance in forecasting air quality News: A team of researchers, with funding from the Earth Sciences Ministry (MoES), has devised a system capable of almost accurately tracking variati
India’s tariff policy Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: about import tariff regime in India; amended proposed to it and its implications News: Some of the budget proposals have the potential to revive the import substitution regime of the pre-1991 liberalization era. The old regime, which sought to protect domestic industries, bred an uncompetitive man
RBI steps in to revive economy Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the steps taken by the MPC and their implications; repo rate; CRR; MPC; CPI News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stepped in to do the heavy lifting to revive the economy after the Union budget appeared to have few measures to spur credit growth and boost demand. About
Syllabus subtopic: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life. Prelims and Mains focus: about the study and its significance; about cancer News: In a series of papers published in the journal ‘Nature’, scientists from several international consortium have mapped the handful of genes whose mutation causes several different kinds of cancer. Why is it important Cancer is often said to be many disease
Syllabus subtopic: Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology. Prelims and Mains focus: about the project and its significance News: The government has cleared an ambitious gene-mapping project that is being described by those involved as the “first scratching of the surface of the vast genetic diversity of India”. Background Steps to get the project underway started in
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the move to curb air pollution from thermal power plants; about NGT; CPCB News: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has pulled up 14 thermal power plants for not complying with a December 31, 2019 deadline to limit sulphur dioxide emissions. Where are these plants located? These are 5 plants in Haryana, 3 in
Declining Savings Rate Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment Prelims and Mains focus: on the declining savings rate in India and its causes Context: India has been witnessing a slowdown in consumption as well as savings for a while now, raising questions over the growth of real income in the economy. Why are savings so important? People can use their money for eit
Syllabus subtopic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Prelims and Mains focus: about the move and its significance; about quantum computing and its applications News: The Union Budget 2020-21 proposal to earmark Rs.8,000 crore for quantum computing over the next five years can boost critical areas of the Indian economy, including space research and defence capabi
Syllabus subtopic: Basics of Cyber Security Prelims and Mains focus: about the report: its findings and concerns associated; about PACS News: Greenbone Sustainable Resilience, a German cybersecurity firm recently published an updated report on medical data leaks. About the report The first report was published in October last year, in which Greenbone revealed a widespread data leak of a massive number of records, including images of CT scans, X-rays,
Syllabus subtopic: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life. Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the prohibition and its significance; about BIS; NGT; CPCB; water filtration technology News: The Union Environment Ministry has published a draft notification that effectively prohibits users from installing membrane-based water purif
Locust attack in Punjab Syllabus subtopic: Major Crops - Cropping Patterns in various parts of the country Prelims and Mains focus: on the locust attack; threat and action were taken to contain it News: Swarms of locusts were spotted in two border villages of Punjab’s Fazilka district, prompting the state Agriculture Department to sound a high alert. Where did the attack originate from? Emanating from Pakistan, the swarms of pests — three to four-km
Samurai Loan Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Prelims and Mains focus: about the Samurai loans raised by NTPC and its utility
Anti-dumping duty Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Prelims and Mains focus: on the move to abolish duties and its significance; on dumping News: The government’s decision to abolish anti-dumping duties on Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) will bring down manufacturing cost and potentially boost exports. Background The anti-dumping duties, first imposed around July 20
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Price (CACP) Syllabus subtopic: Issues related to Direct and Indirect Farm Subsidies and Minimum Support Prices Prelims and Mains focus: about the open-ended procurement policy and the need to review it; about CACP and its mandate News: As the debate surrounding the review of open-ended procurement policy has started gaining momentum, following a recommendation by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Price (CACP) to the Cent
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the CRZ regime and its significance News: As many as 2,130 backwater islands of Kerala, including Maradu, have been brought under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regime thereby imposing curbs on development activities. Background The provisions of the CRZ 2011 notification made special provisions for Kerala consideri
Foreign Portfolio Investors ( FPIs) Syllabus subtopic: Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Government Budgeting. Prelims and Mains focus: About steps taken to boost private investment; associated terms and their meaning News: Finance minister took several measures to woo foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) after the misstep last year of imposing a surcharge on investors who were regi
National Logistics Policy Syllabus subtopic: Food Processing and Related Industries in India- Scope’ and Significance, Location, Upstream and Downstream Requirements, Supply Chain Management. Prelims and Mains focus: about the draft national logistics policy: benefits and challenges in implementation News: In her Union budget speech, the finance minister said the government will release the policy soon. Background India’s logistics sect
Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) Syllabus subtopic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Government Budgeting Prelims and Mains focus: about the move to boost private InviTs and its benefits News: Union budget proposals are set to boost investments in the infrastructure space with tax exemptions for private infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), which have emerged as an investment route of choice for large institutiona
Economic Survey on India's economic growth Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the suggestions and observations made in the survey related to India’s economic growth News: The Economic Survey, authored by the Chief Economic Adviser (CEA), said that the government must use its strong mandate to deliver expeditiously on reforms which will
Economic Survey on entrepreneurship Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: on the remarks made in the survey regarding entrepreneurship News: The Economic Survey said that India currently ranks third globally in the number of new firms created with about 1.24 lakh new entities coming up in 2018. Entrepreneurship scenario in India As p
Economic Survey on Privatisation Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. Prelims and Mains focus: about the suggestions/observations made in the survey regarding the disinvestment of CPSEs News: The Economic Survey has aggressively pitched for divestment in public sector undertakings (PSUs) Observations and suggestions made in the survey The government can tr
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