Tribal Freedom Fighters of India Subject – History Context – PM Modi to lead first Tribal Day celebrations. Concept – Freedom Fighter Associated Movement Period About the fighter Alluri Seetarama Raju Rampa Revolt 1922-24 Against British interference in tribal areas Birsa Munda Ho and Munda Uprising 1899-1900 Tribal hero from the tribal belt […]
General Secretary of Rajya Sabha Subject – Polity Context – PC Mody replaces Ramacharyulu as Rajya Sabha secretary general Concept – Secretariat of Rajya Sabha The Secretariat of Rajya Sabha was set up pursuant to the provisions contained in Article 98 of the Constitution. The said Article, which provides for a separate secretarial staff […]
Integrated Farming Systems Subject – Agriculture Context – Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution Concept – Integrated Farming System (IFS):- A sub system of a high level land use system like a village or a watershed which includes crop production, raising livestock, fishery, poultry, beekeeping etc. on a particular farm […]
Landraces Subject – Agriculture Context – Among the winners of this year’s Padma awards is RahibaiPopere, popularly known as Seedmother, from Akole taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Her Padma Shri is a recognition of her work that has helped save hundreds of landraces (wild varieties of commonly grown crops) at the village level. Concept […]
Daily Prelims Notes 12 November 2021 Table Of Contents Earth’s first landmass emerged in Singhbhum Devasahayam Carbon Border Tax Delhi’s smog Electoral Bonds Migrant Population For Remote Voting Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Current Account Deficit (CAD) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana 1. Earth’s first landmass emerged in Singhbhum Subject – […]
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana Subject – Government Schemes Context – Centre decided to stop PMGKAY Concept – PMGKAY is a part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) to help the poor fight the battle against Covid-19. Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance. It was initially announced for a three month period (April, […]
Current Account Deficit (CAD) Subject – Economy Context – CAD seen at 1.4% by March as crude soars Concept – The current account measures the flow of goods, services, and investments into and out of the country. It represents a country’s foreign transactions and, like the capital account, is a component of a country’s Balance of Payments (BOP). There […]
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Subject – IR Context – Xi warns against Cold War in AsiaPacific Concept – Established: 1989 Members: 21 India is not a Member. Member Nations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese […]
Migrant Population For Remote Voting Subject – Polity Context – Poll commission plans to map migrant population for remote voting Concept – The Election Commission plans to start mapping the population of migrant workers across the country to prepare a roadmap for the introduction of remote voting. The EC has been working with […]