DPN Topics
Plastic Pollution Subject: Environment Section: Environmental Pollution Context: UNEA-5 in Nairobi endorsed a historic resolution to end Plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Concept: The resolution, based on three initial draft resolutions from various nations, establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which will begin its work in 2022. […]
Noise Pollution Subject: Environment Section: Environmental Pollution Context: According to the UNEP’s Frontiers 2022 Report, the city of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is the second-most noise polluted city globally. Concept: Moradabad has recorded noise pollution of a maximum of 114 decibels (db). The highest noise pollution of 119 db has been recorded in […]
What are Census towns? Subject: Polity Section: Panchayati raj Concept: What are Census town? Census towns are areas that the census classifies as urban because they have more than 5,000 people, a density greater than 400 persons per sq. km, and 75% of the male working population in non-agricultural activities. However, census towns […]
Trade deficit trends Subject: Economy Section: External Sector Context: Trade deficit already hit $188.2 billion as of March 21 this fiscal. At this rate, it’s expected to touch 19% of overall goods trade in FY22, compared with a record 24% in FY13, 23% in FY12 and 20.5% in the pre-pandemic year of FY20 […]
Cess and surcharge as deductions Subject :Economy Section :Fiscal policy Context: The Finance Ministry has proposed that deduction claimed for cess and surcharge under the Income Tax Act will be treated as “under-reported” income. Amendment to Finance Bill inserts a new clause to Section 155 of the IT Act. If declared ‘under-reported’, total […]
Wheat exports What? The Centre has set a target to export at least a million tonnes (mt) of wheat every month in 2022-23 as it wants the country to emerge as a reliable source of the grain both in “quantity and quality”. Cause? Ukraine war-The conflict-induced bottlenecks at Black Sea ports—where cargo vessels […]
RBI Innovation Hub Subject: Economy Context: RBI Governor inaugurated the Bengaluru based RBIH, which has been set up as a Section 8 company under Companies Act, 2013 with an initial capital of Rs. 100 Cr. Concept: RBI Innovation Hub (RBIH): It is an investment for the future aimed at facilitating an environment that […]
Revocation of Disaster Act Subject: Disaster Management Section: Context: Two years on, with the country’s active caseload falling and cumulative vaccine doses administered, the MHA has asked states to “appropriately” discontinue the guidelines on containment of Covid-19. Concept: Background: Since March 24, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been issuing orders […]
Towards eradicating TB from India’s tribal communities Subject: Governance Section: Health Context: Aashwasan campaign Launched in 2021 by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs About Aashwasan campaign Aashwasan campaign Launched in 2021 by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Anamaya, Tribal […]
History of Ladakh Subject: GEOGRAPHY Section: Mapping Ladakh emerged as a distinct entity with the Treaty of Timosgang in 1684. This treaty established relations between Leh and Lhasa through trade exchanges. With the Treaty of Chushul in 1842, Ladakh and Tibet agreed to maintain the status quo. The Treaty of Amritsar in 1846 […]