Daily Prelims Notes 20 September 2021 Table Of Contents Covid’s ‘hidden heroes’ 12-digit unique ID for farmers National Company Law Tribunals (NCLT) National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC) National E-Governance Services Ltd. (NeSL) World Health Organization Transboundary Climate Risks (TCR) Wildmeat consumption – greater threat to protected […]
Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 Subject – Polity Context – BJP President J P Nadda was joined by Union cabinet minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, in showering praise on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Concept – The CAA was never meant to help asylum seekers and protect persecuted people. To know about CAA, please click […]
Anti-Tank Guided Missile Helina Subject – Security Context – Antitank missile completes all trials Concept – The helicopter-launched Nag Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Helina, being developed indigenously by DRDO, has completed all trials. Helina is a third-generation fire-and-forget class ATGM mounted on an indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), and has a minimum range of 500 metres and […]
Coffee Act 1942 Subject – Government Schemes Context – Coffee Act will be simplified, says Piyush Goyal Concept – Indian coffee industry holds respect amongst coffee estates in the world. After the First World War, the Indian coffee economy was in a deplorable state and thus the Government of India established a Coffee […]
‘Crime India’ Report Subject – Governance Context – 1.2 lakh deaths in road accidents in 2020: NCRB Concept – National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the Crime in India Report 2020. India recorded 1.2 lakh cases of “deaths due to negligence relating to road accidents” in 2020, with 328 persons losing their lives […]
NIPUN Bharat Scheme Subject – Government Schemes Context – When the Centre launched its NIPUN Bharat scheme in July 2021 to improve foundational literacy and numeracy among primary school students, participants from non-Hindi speaking States complained that they were the ones left feeling illiterate. Concept – Ministry of Education has launched a National […]
This is why CAA is necessary Subject – Polity Context: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Purihad remarked that developments in Afghanistan are the reason why the enactment of the citizenship Amendment Act is necessary. Concept: Who is a refuge? Under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees and the subsequent 1967 Protocol, […]
National Register of Citizens (NRC) Subject – Polity Context – NRC is final, rules Assam Foreigners’ Tribunal Concept – While the Registrar General of India has not yet issued a notification on Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) to make it a legal document, a Foreigners’ Tribunal has gone ahead and recorded it […]
Common Services Centers (CSCs) Subject – Governance Context – Common Service Centres can now help with ration card issues Concept – Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages […]