DPN Topics
Financial Sector Regulators Subject – Economy Context – Financial sector regulators must foster competition: CEA Concept – Financial sector regulators must adopt a “developmental” mindset to increase access and encourage competition in the sectors that they oversee, whether it be mutual funds, pensions or insurance, Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor to Finance Ministry […]
Canada marked first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this year Subject – IR Context – Canada marked its first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday to honour the lost children and survivors of the country’s indigenous residential schools, their families and communities. Concept – Canada marked its first ever […]
Heroin seizures from Arabian Sea Subject – IR Context – 3,000 kg heroin was recently seized from Mundra port in a shipment originating from Kandahar Concept – Lockdowns including on global air and maritime traffic resulted in fewer seizures in 2020 than in 2019 (see graph based on USODC report), and smaller sized […]
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) Subject – Economy Context – Govt. extends emergency credit scheme till March Concept – To know about ECLGS, please click here.
Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF) of RBI Subject – Economy Context – RBI lifts PCA curbs on IOB post review Concept – To know about PCA, please click here. PCA is a framework under which banks with weak financial metrics are put under watch by the RBI. The RBI introduced the PCA framework in 2002 as a structured […]
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Subject – Economy Context – Cabinet approves ECGC listing, ₹6,000 crore for export cover Concept – The Cabinet on Wednesday approved an infusion of more than ₹6,000 crore into entities providing export insurance cover to facilitate additional exports worth in excess of ₹5.6 lakh crore over the next five years. It also approved […]
Terms of Reference for navy to navy talks Subject – IR Context – India, Australia sign ‘Terms of Reference’ for navy to navy talks Concept – The Indian Navy and the Australian Navy on Wednesday signed the ‘Terms of Reference’ (ToR) for the conduct of the navy to navy talks under the framework of the ‘Joint Guidance for the India-Australia Navy to […]
PM POSHAN Subject – Governance Context – 24 lakh pre-primary students to get meals Concept – The Centre has rebranded the 26-year-old national midday meal scheme to give a hot cooked meal to 11.8 crore government school students from classes 1 to 8, with the Cabinet approving a proposal to rename it as the PM POSHAN (Poshan Shakti Nirman) […]
Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 Subject – Security and defence Context – The DAC approved a few amendments to the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP), 2020, as part of business process re-engineering to ensure further ease of doing business for the industry as well as measures to enhance procurement efficiency and reduce the timelines. […]
Defence Acquisition Council Subject – Security and defence Context – Army to get 25 advanced light helicopters at ₹3,850 crore. Defence Acquisition Council approves acquisition proposals for ₹13,165 crore. Concept – To know about Defence Acquisition Council, please click here.