DPN Topics
Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Auto sector Subject – Economy Context – Auto sector gets ₹26,058-crore PLI scheme to push new tech, clean fuels Concept – The Union Cabinet approved a PLI (Production Linked Incentive) scheme for the auto sector to promote advanced technologies, including clean energy, with incentives of ₹26,058 crore to […]
All India Debt & Investment Survey Subject – Economy Context – Debt of households surged between 2012 and ’18: NSO Concept – All India Debt & Investment Survey is conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO). The number of indebted households have risen sharply in rural India, with the average debt shooting up by 84% between 2012 and 2018, and […]
National Crime Records Bureau Subject – Governance Context – 28% jump in filing of cases in 2020: NCRB Concept – There was a 28% increase in the registration of cases in 2020 in the country compared to 2019, primarily owing to the violation of COVID-19 norms. An almost 21-fold jump was recorded in […]
Solapuri Chaddar Subject – Art and Culture Context – A photo on social media of the Pop Star in a printed shirt throws light on the unique Solapur Chhadar. Concept – A Solapurichaddar, is a cotton bed sheet made in the Solapur city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. These bed sheets are […]
African Union Subject – IR Context – African Union urges India to release supplies Concept – The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African […]
Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE) Subject – Economy Context – weakening growth in consumer demand impacted GDP growth Concept – The GDP is calculated by capturing the expenditures of different components of the economy. It adds up the expenditure by private individuals (PFCE), by businesses investing money to ramp up production (Gross Fixed […]
Pusa Decomposer Subject – Agriculture Context – A year after first trying it, farmers warm up to Pusa decomposer, officials plan to ramp up use. Concept – Used to decompose paddy stubble after a harvest and prevent stubble burning, the decomposer was sprayed on around 30 acres of farmer Umesh Singh’s farmland in […]
North Korea’s first ‘strategic’ cruise missile test Subject – Science and Tech Context – North Korea tested a strategic cruise missile. Concept – This is not the first cruise missile test by the country. However, it is “North Korea’s first long-range (1,000 km+) cruise missile and first claimed nuclear-capable cruise missile. According to […]
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh Subject – History Context – Two years after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh had not received the recognition due to him for having donated land for Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), and promised to construct a university in the same city in his name, […]
Lithium Reserves in Afghanistan Subject – IR Context – China’s support to the new Taliban regime in Afghanistan has raised suspicions that Beijing is eyeing Kabul’s mineral wealth, estimated at $1-3 trillion. Concept – According to a 2015 report by the Henry M Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, […]