Syllabus subtopic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
Prelims and Mains focus: About the Bhima Koregaon conflict; its outcome and significane
News: Lakhs of devotees, neo-Buddhists, members of Ambedkarite outfits, politicians, students and other visitors are expected to congregate near the ransthamb or victory pillar in Bhima-Koregaon village for the 202nd anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle of 1818 on New Year’s Day on Wednesday.
About Bhima-Koregaon conflict
Outcomes of the battle:
Why Bhima Koregaon is seen as a Dalit symbol?
Source: The Hindu
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 5G; its advantages and significance in development of various sectors
News: The telecom department has initiated the process of rolling out 5G networks in the country, with telecom operators set to begin testing the technology later this month.
Background
Case of China’s Huawei
5G scenario in India vis-a-vis other countries
Source: mint
Syllabus subtopic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests, Indian diaspora.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the bill passed by Taiwan; China-Taiwan dispute; difference between One China policy and principle
News: Taiwan passed a controversial bill on Tuesday aimed at countering China’s influence on the selfruled island, less than two weeks before it goes to the polls to elect a new President.
What is the Bill about?
What is the reason behind the passage of the Bill
China’s response
Background
One China Policy
The One-China policy refers to the policy or view that there is only one state called "China", despite the existence of two governments that claim to be "China".
What is the ‘One China’ principle?
The principle affirms Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan and is the cornerstone of bilateral diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing.
Source: Indian Express
Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the findings of RTF regarding malnutrition among tribes in Odisha; about juanga and Paudi Bhuyan tribe
News: Right to Food Campaign (RTF), a platform of social activists, said poor implementation of government welfare programmes was marginalising tribals further in backward pockets of Odisha.
Background
In the wake of malnutrition deaths of 20 infants of the Juanga tribe at Nagada village in Jajpur district in 2016, the RTF campaigners started visiting villages inhabited by particularly vulnerable tribal groups(PVTGs) in different parts of the State.
What did it reveal?
About PVTGs
Identification:
The criteria followed for determination of PVTGs are as under:
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the government’s move to boost infrastructure investments and the role of NIP; Greenfield and brownfield projects
News: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a plan to invest ?102 trillion over five years to develop social and economic infrastructure to boost India’s sagging growth.
How the projects will get implemented and the role of NIP
Other measures taken by the govt. to boost economic growth
Reforms suggested by the NIP report
What are Greenfield and Brownfield projects?
Source: mint
Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the eight core sectors of the Indian Economy and their performance; Index of Industrial Production
News: India’s eight infrastructure sectors shrank for the fourth straight month in November at 1.5%, though the magnitude of contraction slowed from 5.8% in the previous month. The eight core sectors contribute 40% to the Index of Industrial Production.
What does it signify?
Background
Sector-wise performance
About Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
Source: mint
Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the Current Account Deficit (CAD) and the reasons for it narrowing down this fiscal: about External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs)
News: India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to 0.9% of GDP, or $6.3 billion, in the September 2019 quarter, on account of lower trade deficit. It had stood at 2.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP), or $19 billion, in the corresponding quarter of 2018-19.
On a sequential basis, CAD had printed 2% of GDP, or $14.2 billion, in the June 2019 quarter. “The contraction in the CAD was primarily on account of a lower trade deficit at $38.1 billion as compared with $50 billion a year ago,” the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a release on Tuesday.
Yearly trend of various parameters in 2019 vis-à-vis 2018
About Balance of Payments (BOP)
Balance of Payment is systematic record of overall international economic transactions during specific time period
Components of the Balance of payments (BOP)
The components of the balance of payment are:
Current account: It includes the financial transactions dealing with the export and import of goods, services, unilateral transfers, investment income etc.
Capital account: It includes the financial transactions dealing with assets such as foreign direct investment, foreign portfolio investment, foreign loans etc.
Official reserve transactions: It conducted by the central bank in case of the BOP deficit or BOP surplus.
Errors and omissions: It is the element of BOP (other than the current account and the capital account) which refers to the balancing items reflecting the inability to record all the international financial transactions.
Source: The Hindu
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