Topic 1: Is Internet freedom sacrificed for security in India? [Reference: The Hindu] Topic 2: The Disconnect Between the Economy and the Stock Market
Daily Prelims Notes 27 February 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents Model Code of Conduct Vellore mutiny Haemorrhagic Septicemia RBI for retaining inflation target band India’s core industries output sees marginal 0.1% rise in January […]
NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Context: India has become the first country to act on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease The Union Health Ministry has operationalized guidelines to integrate Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) into the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), a step towards addressing the […]
Khelo India Context: The second edition of Khelo India Winter Games saw a grand launch on Friday in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated the sports meet virtually, delivered the inaugural address of the Games and said that this is a major step towards making Jammu and Kashmir a […]
CARACAL Context: The National Board for Wildlife and Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change last month included the caracal, a medium-sized wildcat found in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, in the list of critically endangered species Concept: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists caracals as a species of ‘least […]
India exits recession Context: India exited ‘technical recession’ with GDP growth estimated at 0.4 per cent in the third (October-December) quarter of 2020-21. Technical Recession: It is often considered a recession to be in progress when real GDP has declined for at least two consecutive quarters. That is how real quarterly GDP has come to […]
India’s core industries output sees marginal 0.1% rise in January Context: The core sector index, which measures output of eight infrastructure industries, rose marginally by 0.1 per cent in January Concept: The production of eight core sectors had recorded a growth of 0.7 per cent in November 2019, data released by the commerce and industry […]
RBI for retaining inflation target band Context: According to the Reserve Bank of India’s Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for 2020-21 maintaining the inflation target at 4 per cent into the medium-term is appropriate. Threshold Inflation above which growth is unambiguously impaired ranges 5-6 per cent in India, indicating that an inflation […]