IMD Classification of Monsoons Subject – Geography Context – IMD forecast foiled by 24% rain shortfall. Concept – IMD maintains five rainfall distribution categories on an all-India scale. These are: Normal or Near Normal: When per cent departure of actual rainfall is +/-10% of LPA, that is, between 96-104% of LPA. Below Normal: When departure of actual rainfall is […]
Mission 5000 Subject – Polity Context – ‘Discipline’ lawmakers, says VP Venkaiah. Concept – Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu exhorted voters to discipline the 5,000 elected representatives in Parliament, Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils by naming and shaming “disruptors”. Disrupted and dysfunctional legislatures can disrupt the lives of the people and the dreams of the nation. Identify […]
Oath of Supreme Court Judges Subject – Polity Context – In a first, nine SC judges take oath in one stroke. Concept – A person appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court, before entering upon his Office, has to make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the President, or some person appointed by him for this purpose. In his oath, […]
Registrar General of India Subject – Polity Context – The Registrar General of India (RGI) has not yet issued a notification on the NRC, which questions the legality of the list. Concept – Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, founded in 1961 by Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, for arranging, […]
National Register of Citizens (NRC) Subject – Polity Context – Two years since NRC draft, lakhs still in limbo. Concept – National Register of Citizens, 1951 is a register prepared after the conduct of the Census of 1951 in respect of each village, showing the houses or holdings in a serial order and indicating against each house or holding the […]
SAARC Subject – IR Context – Concerns over Afghanistan’s membership in SAARC arise. Concept – The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and political organization of eight countries in South Asia. SAARC was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. SAARC comprises […]
BRICS Subject – IR Context – The 13th BRICS summit is set to be held on September 9 in digital format under India’s chairmanship. Concept – BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The term BRIC was coined by […]
Different types of Economic Recoveries Subject – Economy Context – The government said the NSO numbers reaffirmed its prediction of an “imminent V-shaped recovery”. Concept – Economic recovery can take many forms, which is depicted using alphabetic notations. For example, a Z-shaped recovery, V-shaped recovery, U-shaped recovery, elongated U-shaped recovery, W-shaped recovery, L-shaped recovery and K-shaped recovery. K-Shaped Recovery: A K-shaped recovery occurs […]
National Statistical Office (NSO) Subject – Economy Context – Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy during the April to June period rose 18.8%, as per the National Statistical Office (NSO), from a 22.2% dip in the first quarter of 2020¬21. Concept – The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) merged with the Central […]
Gross Value Added (GVA) Subject – Economy Context – Economy grows 20.1% in Q1, lags pre-COVID level. ‘GVA during April to June rose 18.8%’. Concept – In economics, gross value added (GVA) is the measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy. Gross […]