Palm Oil Subject – Geography Context – ‘Several studies have shown that palm oil poses no risk to health’. Concept – India imports 60 per cent of the edible oil it consumes and runs up an import bill of ₹80,000 crore. Of that, palm oil alone accounts for 55 per cent. While palm […]
Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles Subject – Economy Context – The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the textiles sector worth Rs 10,683 crore. Concept – The scheme aims to attract fresh investment of Rs 19,000 crore in the sector for production of in-demand textiles, and additional turnover […]
Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Subject – Governance Context – Punjab will tackle its drug problem with opioid assisted treatment Concept – The move to set up OOAT centres in Punjab began in October 2017. The centres administer de-addiction medicine, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, to the opioid dependent people registering there. […]
Island discovered off Greenland Subject – Geography Context – Island discovered off Greenland is the new speck on the world map Concept – Measuring 60×30 metres and with a peak of three metres above sea level, it has now become the new northernmost piece of land on Earth. Before this, Oodaaq was marked […]
Daily Prelims Notes 8 September 2021 Table Of Contents Central Armed Police Forces Minimum Support Price (MSP) Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 Vidyanjali 2.0 Portal G-20 Panjshir Valley Mapping Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs (EPCES) Bitcoin as a legal tender Adjusted Gross Revenue Card-Tokenisation Services Options and Futures […]
‘Food Emergency’ in Sri Lanka Subject – IR Context – On August 30, 2021, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, using powers vested in the country’s Public Security Ordinance, declared Emergency regulations pertaining to the distribution of essential food items. Concept – On August 30, 2021, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, using powers vested […]
Manda Buffalo Subject – Environment Context – Manda buffalo gets ‘unique breed’ tag. Concept – The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has recognised the Manda buffalo, found in the Eastern Ghats and plateau of Koraput region of Odisha, as the 19th unique breed of buffaloes found in India. The Manda are resistant to parasitic […]
ASER Report Subject – Governance Context – ASER report finds huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka State Concept – It is a nationwide survey of rural education and learning outcomes in terms of reading and arithmetic skills that has been conducted by the NGO Pratham for the last 15 years. It uses Census 2011 as the sampling frame and continues […]
Tribunals Subject – Polity Context – Fill tribunal vacancies by Sept. 13, SC tells Centre. Concept – Tribunal is a quasi-judicial institution that is set up to deal with problems such as resolving administrative or tax-related disputes. It performs a number of functions like adjudicating disputes, determining rights between contesting parties, making an administrative decision, reviewing an existing administrative decision and so forth. A […]
Agri Workforce Subject – Agriculture Context – Women dominate agri workforce, but take home 22% less as wages. Concept – In rural areas, in 1987-88, about 74.5 per cent of the men workforce were doing agri-related work, while 84.7 per cent of women were working on farms. There was a drastic decline in […]