Table Of Contents Election timing and Election Commission Delimitation Exercise Business Advisory Committee NGT Status of Tiger Public good Australian bush fire 1. Election timing and Election Commission Subject: Polity Context: The Election Commission of India has made reply asserting that all decisions on the conduct and timing of elections are its sole remit, in […]

Subject: Environment Context: Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfires of the past year. Concept: Bushfires are a routine occurrence in the country, but this bushfire season is believed to be the worst and has started even before the beginning of the Southern Hemisphere summer. Australia, where the summer starts […]

Subject: Economy Concept: A public good has two key characteristics: it is nonexcludable and nonrivalrous. Non-excludable means that it is costly or impossible for one user to exclude others from using a good. Non-rivalrous means that when one person uses a good, it does not prevent others from using it. Examples of public goods are education, infrastructure, flood control […]

Subject: Environment Context: Union Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change has released the detailed Status of Tigers Report 2018on occasion of International Tiger Day celebrated on July 29. Findings: Tigers were observed to be increasing at a rate of 6 per cent per annum in India from 2006 to 2018. There were nine tiger […]

Subject: Environment Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Oil India Limited (OIL) to deposit ₹25 crore with the administration of eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district for environmental damage due to the fire in Baghjan well. Concept: The well is close to the Maguri-Motapung wetland, which is within the eco-sensitive zone of the fragile Dibru-Saikhowa National […]

Subject: Polity Context: Rajasthan state government in its fresh recommendation to governor has refused to mention whether it is seeking a trust vote. The government has said that the agenda of the House has to be decided by the Business Advisory Committee (BAC). Concept: The Business Advisory Committee of LokSabha consists of 15 members including […]

Subject: Polity Context: Delimitation committee is appointed for Jammu and Kashmir Concept: Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body. Under Article 82 of the Constitution, the Parliament by law enacts a Delimitation Act after every census. The […]