DPN Topics
General Secretary of Rajya Sabha Subject – Polity Context – PC Mody replaces Ramacharyulu as Rajya Sabha secretary general Concept – Secretariat of Rajya Sabha The Secretariat of Rajya Sabha was set up pursuant to the provisions contained in Article 98 of the Constitution. The said Article, which provides for a separate secretarial staff […]
Integrated Farming Systems Subject – Agriculture Context – Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution Concept – Integrated Farming System (IFS):- A sub system of a high level land use system like a village or a watershed which includes crop production, raising livestock, fishery, poultry, beekeeping etc. on a particular farm […]
Landraces Subject – Agriculture Context – Among the winners of this year’s Padma awards is RahibaiPopere, popularly known as Seedmother, from Akole taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Her Padma Shri is a recognition of her work that has helped save hundreds of landraces (wild varieties of commonly grown crops) at the village level. Concept […]
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana Subject – Government Schemes Context – Centre decided to stop PMGKAY Concept – PMGKAY is a part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) to help the poor fight the battle against Covid-19. Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance. It was initially announced for a three month period (April, […]
Current Account Deficit (CAD) Subject – Economy Context – CAD seen at 1.4% by March as crude soars Concept – The current account measures the flow of goods, services, and investments into and out of the country. It represents a country’s foreign transactions and, like the capital account, is a component of a country’s Balance of Payments (BOP). There […]
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Subject – IR Context – Xi warns against Cold War in AsiaPacific Concept – Established: 1989 Members: 21 India is not a Member. Member Nations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese […]
Migrant Population For Remote Voting Subject – Polity Context – Poll commission plans to map migrant population for remote voting Concept – The Election Commission plans to start mapping the population of migrant workers across the country to prepare a roadmap for the introduction of remote voting. The EC has been working with […]
Electoral Bonds Subject – Polity Context – ADR report: Over 55% donations to regional parties from ‘unknown’ sources, most via electoral bonds Concept – Over 55% of the donations received by regional parties in FY 2019-20 came from “unknown” sources, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a report. The report noted […]
Delhi’s smog Subject – Environment Context – the city is blanketed in smog Concept – Smog The word smog is derived from smoke and fog. This is the most common example of air pollution that occurs in many cities throughout the world. There are two types of smog: (a) Classical smog occurs in […]
Carbon Border Tax Subject – Environment Context – ‘Carbon border tax discriminatory’ Concept – At the COP26 global climate conference currently underway here, four developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China (the BASIC Group) – have jointly opposed the proposed carbon border tax, calling it “discriminatory”. The carbon border tax is […]