• The Reserve Bank of India has established a comprehensive Digital Payment Index (DPI) to record the degree of digitization of payments across the country. The RBI-DPI has been constructed with March 2018 as the base period. The DPI in…
• India has started exports of Moringa powder, keeping in mind its rising global demand and nutritional properties, the commerce ministry said. Two tonne of organic certified Moringa powder were sent to the US through air consignment on December 29,…
• Transaction data was reportedly lifted from Bengaluru-based digital payments platform, Juspay and is now offered for sale on dark web. About: • Darknet/Dark web refers to encrypted networks on the Internet that cannot be accessed by search engines such…
• Centre is looking at various options, such as inclusion of paddy and wheat in the Pradhan Mantri Annadaata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-ASFIAA), to break the deadlock with protesting farmers. • Inclusion in PM-ASFIAA will make paddy and wheat eligible…
• Draft policy aims to ensure that harnessing of Arctic resources is done sustainably and in consonance with policies formulated by bodies such as Arctic Council. • It will also focus on building capacities to increase India’s level of engagement…
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity at Fordow plant. • It would take Iran’s nuclear enrichment program to pre-2015 levels, when it entered the Joint Comprehensive Plan…
• A South Asia Group for Energy has been set up under Ministry of External Affairs run think tank Research and Information System for Developing Countries. • Objective is to achieve an optimal development of energy infrastructure through mutual understanding…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Aadhaar Payments Bridge Systems Mains level: Inclusive growth and issues arising Context: • Financial exclusion refers to individuals and populations without access to common financial services. These can include savings accounts, loans, cashless transactions,…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Joint Economic and Trade Committee Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context: • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who, due to the ravages of…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: National Family Health Survey-5 Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes. Context: • Recently, the first-phase data of the National…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: APMC Act Mains level: Marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers. Context: • Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-mandi policies for agricultural marketing, initiated in the 1960s…
Mains Paper 4: Ethics Prelims level: Special Marriage Act Mains level: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions. Context: • Uttar Pradesh recently passed an ordinance which criminalizes inter¬faith marriages, which is against the exercise…
