National Commission for Minorities, Act 1992 Subject: Polity Context: The SC issued notice to the Centre for transfer of cases from several high courts to it against the Centre’s notification to declare five communities Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsee as minorities in states/UT even where they are in majority. Concept: In 2019 […]
Niti Valley and Niti Pass Subject: Geography Context: There are many villages which has been cut-off due to recent flood in Uttarakhand Concept: The Uttarakhand flood has cut-off this and other remote villages. Niti Valley is one of northernmost region of the Uttarakhand. It is the las village in the valley before border […]
Kotia dispute Subject: Polity Context: Odisha to move Supreme Court over Andhra bid to conduct polls in disputed region. Concept: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are involved in dispute since 1960 over Kotia Gram Panchayat which involves 21 villages. The village currently receives benefits from blocks of both states. Odisha was formed after taking […]
Election and Tenure of Rajya Sabha MP Subject: Polity Context: Some of the Rajya Sabha MPS retired from the house after completing their term yesterday. Concept: Article 80 of the Constitution lays down the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha as 250 and current strength is 245, out of which 12 members are nominated […]
Ujjwala Scheme Subject: Welfare schemes Context: The retirement of J&K MPs saw praise for Ujjawala scheme in the J&K. Concept: Addition of 10 million beneficiaries during the year to the government’s flagship scheme was announced during the budget 2021-22. As on January 31, about 83 million LPG connections have been given under the […]
Private Members bill Subject: Polity Context: MPs have filed private member bills jointly and individually titled, Repealing and Amendment Bill 2021 for repeal of farm laws. Concept: It is a bill brought by the private members in any house. Private member is any Member of Parliament who is not a minister. The Chairman […]
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Subject: Current affairs Context: NCPCR, NCB releases a joint action plan to combat drug and substance abuse among children Concept: The common drugs used by children and adolescents were tobacco and alcohol, followed by inhalants and cannabis The action plan includes: Every police station should have a list of […]
BTIA Subject : International Agreements Context: India – EU Sumit is scheduled to take place this year may. This has increased the expectations about BTIA. Concept: About BTIA: In June 2007, India and the EU began negotiations on a broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) in Brussels, Belgium. These negotiations are pursuant […]
E COMMERCE REGULATIONS Subject : Economy Context: The Centre plans to issue a clarification on the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the e-commerce sector in the wake of investigations into some foreign players’ operations following complaints about malpractices, according to Commerce and Industry Minister PiyushGoyal. Concept: The government had sought information from […]
CDSCO Subject : National Legislations Context: A subject expert committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has given approval to Bharat Biotech to launch the first phase of clinical trial of an intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Concept: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO): The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) […]