• There is renewed demand for creation of ADCs in Arunachal Pradesh – Mon Autonomous Region (MAR) in the west and Patkai Autonomous Council (PAC) in the east under the provisions of the 6th Schedule of the Constitution. About: •…
• Draft defence production and export promotion policy (DPEPP) is a guiding document to provide a focused, structured and significant thrust to defence production capabilities of country for self-reliance and exports. • Share of domestic procurement in overall defence procurement…
• Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises said that government is working on a policy to enable an MFI fund even the smallest of businesses. Key highlights: • It is aimed to increase liquidity in the market which…
• A recent amendment made in ISA agreement has now allowed alii92 member countries of the United Nations to join the Alliance. • Earlier, the alliance was only open to the solar resource-rich countries situated between the tropic of Cancer…
• Electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN) is an indigenously developed technological solution aimed at strengthening universal immunization by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows. It combines: • Technology: to facilitate evidence-based decision-making. • Governance: to ensure efficient vaccine…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: PM-KISAN Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • The Supreme Court disposed of a petition by Jammu and Kashmir Congress leader Saifuddin Soz’s wife challenging his “illegal detention” • It…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: PM-KISAN Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is the first universal basic income-type of scheme targeted towards landed farmers. • It was…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Repo rate cut Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The RBI decision to frontload repo rate cuts (115 basis points since February)…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Sample Registration System’s 2018 report Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The first-quarter data on central government accounts, released by the Controller…
Mains Paper 2: International Prelims level: Hong Kong’s National Security Law Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora Context: • In the month since China imposed the controversial national security…
• Two US astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, returned from the International Space Station (ISS) on 2 August 2020. The Crew Dragon was designed and operated by Space-X. It is being used for this flight test can stay in…
• Insecurities (job, income and food) coupled with a fear psychosis forced migrant workers to reverse migrate to their homes. • There is a need for a national policy on migrant labour to protect the interests of the migrant workers.…
