Table Of Contents INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS COMMISSION FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT FISCAL DEFICIT DAM STRENGTHENING INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IPBES VACCINE HESITANCY CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CVC 1. INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS Subject: Polity Context: Former diplomat and Central Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is tipped to be appointed as the country’s next Chief Information Commissioner. […]
Subject: Statutory National Organization Context: CVC to receive vigilance clearance proposals only via email from November. Concept: Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964. CVC was set up based on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Santhanam. The CVC became a Statutory […]
Subject: Economics Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue fresh guidelines on credit default swaps (CDS), a financial derivative instrument to hedge risks in bond investments. Concept: A credit default swap (CDS) is a financial derivative or contract that allows an investor to “swap” or offset his or her credit risk with […]
Subject: Science & tech Context : The trend of vaccine hesitancy has increased in many countries between 2015 and 2019, showed a study published in journal The Lancet. Concept: WHO defines Vaccine hesitancy as a delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccination services. Vaccine hesitancy has been reported in more […]
Subject: Environment Context: Land use change is prime trigger for COVID-19 and responsible for 30 percent of new diseases since 1960 according to IPBES. Concept: The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental body, established by member States in 2012. Objective of IPBES: Strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity […]
Subject: Economics Context: India’s eight core industry sectors shrank just 0.8% in September on a year-on-year basis, recording their lowest contraction since March 2020. Concept: Index of Industrial Production The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index that shows the growth rates in different industry groups of the economy in a fixed period of […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: The cabinet committee on economic affairs on Thursday approved a Rs 10,211-crore project to improve the safety and performance of select dams across India. Concept: The dam rehabilitation and improvement project (DRIP)–phase II and phase III–is financially supported by the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. DRIP will be implemented […]