DPN Topics
Section 13 of FCRA Subject – Governance Context – Centre ‘refuses’ to renew Mother Teresa charity’s FCRA status, cites ‘adverse inputs’ Concept – According to provisions of Section 13 in the Act, the suspension lasts 180 days each time. Section 14(d) of the FCRA Act states that the FCRA certificate could be cancelled […]
Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) Subject – Agriculture Context – Just 1-5 per cent of FPOs have received funding under central government schemes introduced to promote them in the last seven years, the State of India’s Livelihood (SOIL) Report 2021 stated. Concept – FPO is an organization, where the members are farmers itself. Farmers […]
Unicorns Soonicorns are startup companies that have a good possibility of becoming ‘unicorns’, with the chance of acquiring late-stage investment. In the world of business, the term ‘unicorn’ denotes a private company, many times a start-up with a stock valuation of over $1 billion. The term unicorn is of a recent origin in the business […]
Look out circular Subject – Polity Context – Home Ministry puts out lookout notice for Akali Dal leader Majithia Concept – Look out circular (LOC) is a circular letter used by authorities to check whether a traveling person is wanted by the police. It may be used at immigration checks at international borders […]
VIP Security in India Subject – Defence and Security Context – Women commandos to guard houses of Amit Shah, Gandhis Concept – This protection is informally called “VIP security”, and it is generally given only to someone who holds a position of consequence either in the government or in civil society. Certain individuals, by reason of positions they hold in […]
Forest Rights Act (FRA) Subject – Environment Context – The Forest Rights Act (FRA) has been in existence for 15 years Concept – History of forest laws In the colonial era, the British diverted abundant forest wealth of the nation to meet their economic needs. While procedure for settlement of rights was provided under statutes such as the Indian Forest Act, 1927, these were hardly […]
Kurumba Community Subject – Governance Context – The Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Ltd is run by the tribal people of the Nilgiris, with 1609 indigenous shareholders. Almost 90 percent of employees are tribal women. The farmer producer company that started as a small tribal collective has bagged this year’s UN Equator Prize. Concept […]
Indigenous breeds of Cattle Subject – Agriculture Context – Artificial Insemination Concept – Indigenous dairy breeds of cattle Name Origin Gir Originated in Gir forests of South Kathiawar in Gujarat. Red Sindhi This breed mostly found in Karachi and Hyderabad district of Pakistan. Sahiwal Originated in Montgomery district in present Pakistan Deoni Originated […]
Repo Rate Subject – Economy Context – ‘Policy support key to sustain recovery’ Concept – With Real interest rates (interest rate minus inflation rate) turning negative, and erosion in the returns of savers, a large section of bankers say the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI— scheduled to meet August 4-6 — […]
Life Expectancy Subject – Governance Context – Life expectancy reduced in 2020 after steady increase for 15 years: Study Concept – Life Expectancy is an estimate of the average number of additional years that a person of a given age can expect to live. Life expectancy, a widely used metric of mortality, is […]