Power Sector Schemes Subject – Economy Context – India has Made Massive gains in nationwide Power Supply in Last 6 Years Concept – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana is an Indian government scheme intending to provide an uninterrupted power supply to the rural parts […]
G-secs to ‘soon’ join global bond indices Subject – Economy Context – Framework finalised: G-secs to ‘soon’ join global bond indices Concept – The government has finalised most of the background infrastructure and sorted out the supply-side issues to prepare India’s entry into global bond indices. The Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank […]
Gain-of-function research Subject – Science and Tech Context – Gain-of-function research to know whether novel coronavirus come from a lab Concept – Gain-of-function research (GoF research or GoFR) is medical research that genetically alters an organism in a way that may enhance the biological functions of gene products. Gain-of-function research refers to the […]
Global Drug Policy Index Subject – Governance Context – A ranking of countries on drug policies and implementation Concept – The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index, released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, ranks Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, the UK and Australia as the five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies. The […]
PM’s climate promises Subject – Environment Context – At the UN climate conference in Glasgow last Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised India’s existing climate targets, and also announced a few new targets. Concept – Target Achievement Reduce its ‘emissions intensity’, or emissions per unit of GDP, by 45% from 2005 levels by […]
Fuel and Food Prices Subject – Economy Context – Last week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation released data showing its world Food Price Index (FPI) averaging 133.2 points in October, the highest since July 2011. Concept – One reason why petroleum and agri-commodity prices move in tandem is the bio-fuels link. When […]
A brief history of India’s poverty levels Subject – Economy Context – Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, tweeted the screen-grab of a story published on the website of Jansatta, which stated that poverty in India had increased between 2012 and 2020. Concept – What is poverty? In 2009, the report […]
Gross National Happiness Index Subject – Economy Context – Bhutan, a small, landlocked mountainous least developed country (LDC) in South Asia is next in line to graduate from the LDC category in 2023. It is best known for its philosophy of promoting Gross National Happiness over Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Concept – Gross […]
Constitution (105th Amendment) Act Subject – Polity Context – Madras High Court invalidated the separate reservation of 10.5% for the Vanniyar community Concept – The Constitutional 105th Amendment will amend clauses 1 and 2 of Article 342A and also introduce a new clause 3. The bill will also amend the Articles 366 (26c) […]
Daily Practice Sheet 7 November 2021 Daily Prelims Topic Kashmir Weed World Resources Institute (WRI) Report G20’s coal declaration Development Finance Institutions (DFI) Indigenous Food System in Meghalaya Green lending The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 Darjeeling’s ‘Toy Train’ Kameng River Cooperative banks Gigafactory National Security Adviser Chumbi Valley […]