DPN Topics
National Agriculture Market (eNAM) Subject: Agriculture Context: The government on Thursday announced integration of trading, transportation, logistics, warehousing, assaying, packaging, weather forecast and fintech services provided by 41 private entities with its electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). Concept: National Agriculture Market (eNAM) It is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing […]
G 20 Finance Track and Public Goods Subject: Economy Section: External Sector Context: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday impressed upon the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to permit India to ship out grains from its official granaries to help nations that are facing a food crisis. Details: At a seminar on ‘Strengthening global […]
The political tussle over podu cultivation and forest lands in Telangana Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: The Telangana government has decided to move landless, non-tribal farmers engaged in shifting cultivation inside forests to peripheral areas as it looks to combat deforestation. Concept – Telangana government has red-flagged encroachment of forests by non-tribals, who […]
NHAI back to build-operate-transfer model Subject: Economy Context: After Funding highway projects through public money for a better part of the last decade, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to return to funding through private investments and plans to offer at least two highway upgradation projects to private players using […]
Production of vegetables to go up Subject: Economy Section: Agriculture Context: According to the second advanced estimates of area and production of various horticultural crops released by the Union Agriculture Ministry, the total horticulture production in 2021-22 is estimated to be 341.63 million tonnes (MT), an increase of about 7.03 MT or 21% […]
DSR technique Subject: Science & Tech. Why weedicides are essential for DSR technique to prosper? Context: Punjab CM recently claimed that nearly 20 lakh acres of land will be used to grow rice using the DSR technique, the highest ever of any paddy sowing season in state history What is Direct Seeding of […]
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Subject: Governance Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Context: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the Centre’s flagship programme for women’s empowerment, which focuses on education of girl child and improving sex ratio, will now be extended across the country, according to guidelines issued by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry Objective: […]
Ground Water Extraction Guidelines Subject: Environment Guidelines to regulate and control Ground Water Extraction Context :Just over a fortnight after it declared as “illegal” the extraction of groundwater by 2,069 industries, including projects and units of big corporates like Tata Steel, Adani Wilmar and Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) […]
Flag Code Subject: Polity What is the Flag Code and how has it been changed recently? Context: The Flag Code of India, 2002 was amended vide Order dated December 30, 2021 What is Flag Code? The Flag Code of India took effect on January 26, 2002 The use, display and hoisting of the […]
‘Unparliamentarily words’ unfit for the House Subject: Polity What are ‘unparliamentarily words’ unfit for the House, and how are they compiled? Context: Ahead of the Monsoon Session, a row has erupted over a 50-page compilation of words deemed unfit for use in Parliament Article 105 in the Constitution of India Powers, privileges, etc […]