Table Of Contents AIR POLLUTANTS LOCAL SELF GOVERNANCE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE ILO BECA COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT ESEENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT 1. AIR POLLUTANTS Subject: Environment Context : Delhi woke up to high levels of air pollution on Friday as air quality index (AQI) slipped into ‘very poor’ category while some parts of the city […]

Subject: Important Legislations Context: Govt imposes stock limits on onion to check prices under Essential commodities act. Concept: Essential Commodities Act The ECA is an act which was established to ensure the delivery of certain commodities or products, the supply of which if obstructed owing to hoarding or black-marketing would affect the normal life of […]

Subject: Polity Context: Facebook India’s policy head Ankhi Das on Friday appeared before the Joint Committee of Parliament that is examining the draft Data Protection Bill. However, e-commerce giant Amazon declined to depose before the panel. Concept: Parliamentary Committee: Parliament scrutinises legislative proposals (Bills) in two ways: The first way is by discussing it on […]

Subject: International Relations Context: US Officials has said that no commitment can be given about BECA agreement as  2+2 Dialogue between India and US is scheduled later this month. Concept: Basic Exchange Cooperation Agreement : BECA will allow India to use the geospatial maps of the USA to get pinpoint military accuracy of automated hardware […]