Rashtriya Gokul Mission Subject – Agriculture Context – Improving livestock breeding Concept – Rashtriya Gokul Mission comprises of two components namely: The national program for bovine breeding and National mission for bovine productivity Objectives: Development and conservation of indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner. Undertake breed improvement program for indigenous cattle […]
Shadow Cabinet Subject – Polity Context – A shadow foreign policy for the first time Concept – The concept of a shadow cabinet is popular in some of the western democracies such as the United Kingdom. Opposition parties form an alternative cabinet that scrutinises decisions taken by the government. The positions in such […]
General Studies – 1 Public Heath: The country’s target of 2.5 per cent of the GDP. Land degradation: India’s land is undergoing degradation or desertification. In 2011-2013, it stood at 29.3 percent of the total land, representing an increase of 0.57 percent (which is 1.87 million hectares in area) compared with 2003-2005, according […]
General Studies – 1 Children during pandemic A total of 1,742 children were orphaned, 140 abandoned and 7,464 children have lost one parent because of the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020, as per National Commission for Child Rights (NCPCR). 9,346 in total — are in need of care and that 3,711 children are […]
Daily Practice Sheet 18 October 2021 Daily Prelims Topic Kew Declaration Recovery in Employment China’s hypersonic glide vehicle test Structural problems fuelling the coal crisis Higher tariff value on edible oils Oil Seeds WTO Ministerial Conference Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) Bond yields trend higher despite softer inflation One-Health IMF Quota Firm to […]