DPN Topics
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Government extends deadline to make payment under Vivad se Vishwas scheme till March 31, 2021. Concept: The amnesty scheme, at present, covers disputes pending at the level of commissioner (appeals), Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT), high courts, the Supreme Court and those in international arbitration. It offers a complete waiver on […]
Subject : Legislation Context : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) designated 18 more individuals(all Pakistan based) as “terrorists” under the amended anti-terror law(UAPA) that was passed by Parliament last year. Concept : UAPA was passed in 1967. It aims at effective prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Unlawful activity refers to any action […]
Subject : Polity Context : The Union home ministry notified rules allowing outsiders to buy non-agricultural land in J&K more than a year after the region’s special status under Articles 370 and 35A was scrapped, and it was split into two Union territories. Concept : Background : People from outside the state were barred from […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: IRDAI has come out with guidelines for Saral Jeevan Bima and has laid that all life insurers must offer this product from January 1 ,2021. Concept: Key features It will be a non-linked, non-participating individual pure risk premium life insurance plan providing for payment of the sum assured in lump sum […]
Subject: Health Context : The Non-Communicable Diseases-Covid link has led to a global focus on the use of trans fatty acids. Concept: Trans fats Trans fatty acids (TFAs) or Trans fats are the most harmful type of fats which can have much more adverse effects on our body than any other dietary constituent. These fats […]
Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court on Monday decided to keep in abeyance its previous order appointing former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur to a one-man committee to monitor/prevent stubble-burning in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Concept : The committee will be helped by student volunteer forces deployed from the National […]
Subject: International Organization Context: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is hoping that lockdowns and curfews in some countries in the event of a second or third wave of COVID-19 infections will not dent global energy demand as much as in the second quarter of this year. Concept: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting […]
Subject: National Organization Context: India is much safer against tsunami threat than it was in 2004, because of the state-of-the-art tsunami early warning system established at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information System (INCOIS) according to INCOIS director. Concept: INCOIS (an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth sciences) is also providing tsunami advisories to […]
Subject: Economy Context: Sagarmala development company Ltd will step in to help deploy some of the 24 roll-on, roll-offas well as Ropax owned by Inland Waterways Authority of India. Concept: Sagarmala: The Sagarmala project seeks to develop a string of ports around India’s coast. The objective of this initiative is to promote “Port-led development” along […]
Subject: Economy Context: Over 3.5 lakh composition taxpayers under GST will now have the facility of filing NIL return by just sending a SMS. Concept: Composition Scheme Taxpayers under the composition scheme of the GST will now have more relaxed rules with an increased turnover limit for the applicability, inclusion of service providers and reduced […]