Daily Prelims Notes 9 December 2021 Table Of Contents E-commerce at WTO RBI keeps the Repo Rates Unchanged Ambergris- The Floating Gold WHO’s latest report on Omicron variant Biomarker Variable Reverse Repo Rate (VRRR) Coonoor Ghat Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) Two plant species now extinct in wild Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Civil Registration System […]
Ken-Betwa Project Subject – Environment Context – Cabinet nod for KenBetwa project Concept – Ken Betwa Link Project (KBLP): The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the River interlinking project that aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken river in MP to Betwa in UP to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region. The region […]
Law Commission of India Subject – Polity Context – Law panel appointments under consideration Concept – The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India from time to time. The first Law Commission of independent India was established in 1955 for a three-year term. Since then, twenty one more Commissions have […]
Civil Registration System Subject – Governance Context – Establishing reliable, real-time mortality surveillance is an essential element of pandemic preparedness Concept – The history of Civil Registration System (CRS) in India dates back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1886 a Central Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act was promulgated to […]
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Subject – Government Schemes Context – High LPG prices are scorching the air pollution fight Concept – Prime Minister launched the second phase of Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) or Ujjwala 2.0 Scheme. PMUY-I – Launched in May 2016 to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households. PMUY-II: It is […]
Two plant species now extinct in wild Subject – Environment Context – ‘Two plant species now extinct in the wild’ Concept – Two species of plants first collected by botanists more than 125 years ago from Meghalaya and the Andaman Islands are now extinct in the wild. Classified under the genus Boesenbergia, the […]