DPN Topics
Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Authority Subject – IR Context – Win for farmers as India revokes PepsiCo’s patent on FL-2027 potato variety Concept – History – PepsiCo, a multi-million-dollar conglomerate, had sued Gujarati farmers asking them to pay ₹1.05 crore each for alleged violation of Intellectual Property Rights. The […]
How MPs’ questions are allowed and disallowed in parliament? Subject – Polity Context – On Tuesday, The Indian Express reported how a question by Congress MP K C Venugopal in Rajya Sabha, scheduled to be answered on December 2, was removed from the list of finally admitted questions. Concept – In both Houses, […]
Battle of Aberdeen Subject – History Context – Tribal communities, workers, peasants, students and the common people braved imprisonment or bullets and fought for the dream of a freedom that would ensure justice and equality. The Constitution was and remains the culmination of that struggle. Concept – It is a violent clash between […]
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Subject – IR Context – The Government on Thursday took strong exception to the UN Human Rights agency’s criticism of the arrest of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, accusing the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) of “bias” for […]
Smart Cities Mission (SCM) Subject – Governance Context – The deadline for completing projects under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was extended for all 100 participating cities to June 2023 due to the delays caused by COVID¬19 and based on a NITI Aayog recommendation in August, according to Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry […]
Paika Rebellion Subject – History Context – The 1817 Paika rebellion of Odisha could not be called the first war of Independence, but considering it as a beginning of a popular uprising against the British, it would be included as a case study in the Class 8 National Council of Educational Research and […]
White Revolution Subject – Agriculture Context – November 26, 2021 was celebrated in Anand, Gujarat as the 100th birth anniversary of Verghese Kurien, the leader of India’s ‘white revolution’, which increased the incomes and the wealth of millions of cattle-owning small farmers in India, many of them women. Concept – Operation Flood, launched on 13 January 1970, was the world’s largest dairy development program and a landmark project of India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). In July 1970 with technical assistance from the United Nations Development […]
The Dam Safety Bill 2019 Subject – Geography Context – Rajya Sabha passes Dam Safety Bill after four-hour discussion Concept – The Bill provides for the surveillance, inspection, operation, and maintenance of all specified dams across the country. These are dams with height more than 15 metres, or height between 10 metres to 15 metres with certain design and structural […]
Integrated Scheme for School Education (Samagra Shiksha) Subject – Governance Context – ADB approves $500-million loan to improve quality of school education Concept – It is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII. It aims to deliver inclusive, equitable, and affordable school education. It subsumes […]
Exemplar School Initiative Subject – Governance Context – ADB approves $500-million loan to improve quality of school education Concept – In a significant announcement for strengthening School Education as envisioned under National Education Policy 2020, Union Budget 2021-22 announced that more than 15,000 schools will be qualitatively strengthened to include all components of […]