Daily Prelims Notes 20 January 2022 Table Of Contents Najafgarh Lake Seed Money Top Producers and Consumers of Oil Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA) Contingency Fund of India Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) report Houthis and the war in Yemen RBI’s Digital Payment Index National Commission on Urbanization in India Octroi Tax […]
DGCA to probe Context: Two IndiGo flights that took off from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on January 7 had come close to colliding with each other mid-air while taking off. Concept: Directorate General of Civil Aviation is an attached office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The Directorate General of Civil […]
Bishing Village Subject – Geography Context – Chinese PLA abducted Arunachal youth: BJP MP Concept – Bishing, on the left bank of the Siang river, is the last Indian village near the border with China. Bishing is a border village in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Upper Siang district, Gelling Circle. It is one of […]
Octroi Tax Subject – Economy Context – Before value added tax and other centralised taxation systems, one of the major earnings of cities used to be from octroi. Concept – Octroi duty is the tax levied by local or state governments on certain categories of goods as they enter the area. It is a charge for allowing transit of good through the jurisdiction. Just as customs duty ensures that goods […]