Table Of Contents Tax Buoyancy Endangered species Sessions of Parliament Ease of doing business Article 341 and 342 Reinfection Onam 1. Tax Buoyancy Subject: Economy Context: Even as the government is battling much-reduced tax buoyancy and a yawning revenue deficit, finance minister kept alive industry’s hopes for further tax cuts. Concept: Tax buoyancy […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: An animated video depicting Maveli’s visit to Kerala during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the importance of wearing a mask, is being widely shared on social media Concept: It is a harvest festival celebrated in Kerala irrespective of religion According to legends, the festival is celebrated to commemorate King Mahabali, whose spirit is said […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States acknowledge that there had been instances in which people had tested positive again after having recovered from the disease once. Concept: It could be because of what it described as “persistent viral shedding”. Recovered patients can have low levels of virus for up to […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court has given cogent reasons for a reconsideration of the verdict given by a five-judge Bench in 2004 that State legislatures have no power to create sub-classifications among the list of Scheduled Castes notified by the President Concept: The Bench has disagreed with the formulation in V. Chinnaiah vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (2004)that […]
Subject: Economy Context: World Bank halted its annual publication, ‘Doing Business’ report, as it detected irregularities of data for a few countries Concept: The World Bank’s Doing Business study ranks 190 countries on the freedom they provide to conduct business by measuring aspects of business regulation that affect small domestic firms located in their largest […]
Subject: Polity Context: Monsoon session of Parliament from September 14 to October 1, will see many firsts including staggered seating, different shifts for both the houses, no breaks during the session and social distancing. Concept: The president from time to time summons each House of Parliament to meet. But, the maximum gap between two sessions […]
Subject: Environment Context: Four persons, including two from Pune, were arrested for allegedly trying to sell a pangolin in Satara district Concept: Pangolin, also known as scaly anteater, is an insectivorous mammal that has hard scales of keratin on its body. Two of the eight subspecies of the animal are found in India. The animal […]
Subject: Economy Context: Even as the government is battling much-reduced tax buoyancy and a yawning revenue deficit, finance minister kept alive industry’s hopes for further tax cuts. Concept: Tax buoyancy explains this relationship between the changes in government’s tax revenue growth and the changes in GDP. It refers to the responsiveness of tax revenue growth […]
Daily Prelims Topic Tax Buoyancy Why Centre not borrowing Sessions of Parliament Budget session Article 85 Article 341,342 IUCN Endangered Onam and Maveli Daily Mapping Channapatana Daily Constitution Article 85 Article 341 Article 342 Daily Mains Mantra NEWSPAPER GS 1: Society How Gender Inequality is measured? Discuss the legal and policy framework of […]