Answer the questions in not more than the word limit specified at the end of each question in the parentheses. Content of the answer is more important than its length. General Studies – 1 Q.1) Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the […]
Subject: Polity Context: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has informed the Assembly Speaker that the Chief Government Whip had not issued any whip to MLAs of his party to support him during the Motion of Confidence moved by him in the House on February 18, 2017. Concept: A whip is a directive from the party […]
Subject: IR/Science and tech Context: China and Pakistan possess more nuclear weapons than India, according to a new yearbook released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Concept: Findings: The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) together […]
Subject: Economy Context: Wholesale prices in the country have deflated to 3.21 per cent in May due to sharp decline in prices of fuel and power, even as food articles turned expensive. The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at (-) 3.21 per cent (provisional) for May 2020 as […]
Subject: Polity/Scheme Context: Tribal people due to lack of market access have been severely affected by COVID pandemic. As relief Cental government announced expanded coverage of PM Van Dhan Yojana current 18,000 SHGS to 50,000 Van Dhan SHGS. Coverage to 10 lakh tribal gatherers through the Covid19 relief plan of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs […]
Subject: IR Context: India becomes founding member of global alliance on AI Concept: GPAI is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and economic growth. This is also a first initiative of its type for evolving better understanding of the challenges […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India has come up with a discussion paper to inform about the governance structure at commercial banks and institute new checks and balances on their business, compliance and risk management functions. Concept: Being Central bank of India, following functions are performed by RBI Issue of Bank Notes: The Reserve […]
Subject: Economy Context: To seize the moment and to become an electronics manufacturing giant in the post-Covid-19 era, Indian government announced policies involve spending Rs-50,000 crore and aim to attract everyone from semiconductor manufacturers to mobile phone and component giants Concept: Schemes announced: Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI)for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing shall extend an […]
Table Of Contents New Policy on Electronics Role of RBI Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay) Article 275(I) and Van Dhan Scheme Wholesale Price Index( WPI) Nuclear Weapons Whip 1. New Policy on Electronics Subject: Economy Context: To seize the moment and to become an electronics manufacturing giant in the post-Covid-19 era, Indian […]