DPN Topics
DUSTLIK 2 Subject : Defence Context : At Exercise Dustlik-II between India and Uzbekistan from March 10-19, the Army will showcase its Counter Insurgency (CI) and Counter Terrorism (CT) skills. Concept : Dustlik-II is a bilateral military exercise between India and Uzbekistan. This exercise would be held in India between March 10 and […]
NISAR Subject : Science & tech Context : ISRO has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of producing high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with the U.S. space agency NASA. Concept : NISAR stands for NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission It aims to study the hazards and […]
PRESEIDENT ASSENT TO STATE BILLS Subject : Polity Context : The Union government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that an inter-ministerial consultation for the Andhra Pradesh Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill, 2020, had been initiated. Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy informed the House […]
CYBER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME Subject : Governance Context : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that a “cyber volunteer” programme has been rolled out for “cyber hygiene promotion” and the services of volunteers would be utilised by the State police as per requirement. Concept : Cyber Crime Volunteers […]
CARE TAKER GOVERNMENT Subject : Polity Context: The Governor accepted Rawat’s resignation and asked him to continue on the post until a successor takes charge. Concept: Caretaker Government A caretaker government is a temporary government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. […]
NATIONAL WILDLIFE BOARD OF INDIA Subject : Environment Context: Recently , Supreme Court stated that national wildlife board has not met for about six years. Concept: The National Board for Wildlife has 47 members with the Prime Minister in the Chair. The Minister in charge of the MoEF in GOI is the Vice-Chairperson. […]
BASE EFFECT Subject : Economics Context: Crisil expects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to rebound to 11 per cent in fiscal 2022 after an estimated 8 per cent contraction this fiscal. The analytics company sees growth next fiscal (FY22) to be a story of two halves, with base effect lifting the first […]
NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME Subject : Government Schemes Context: The Centre must increase the “meagre” pensions provided for poor senior citizens, widows and disabled people, said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development. Concept : National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP): The NSAP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Ministry of Rural Development. […]
DIGIDHAN MISSION Subject : Current events / Government Schemes Context : According to official data on the DigiDhan Dashboard, the total number of digital transactions between April 1, 2020, and March 8, 2021,stood at 4,877.51 crore, against the 4,579.94 crore transactions clocked in 2019-20. Concept: Hon’ble Finance Minister in his Budget Speech of […]
PARLIAMENT ADJOURNMENT Subject: Polity Context: Both the Houses of Parliament adjourned without taking up any major agenda on Tuesday too, as the Opposition continued protests demanding a debate on the increasing prices of petroleum products. Concept: Adjournment An adjournment suspends the work in a sitting for a specified time, which may be hours, […]