DPN Topics
Subject: Economy Context: Amid rising inflation and growth contraction, MPC had decided to leave the repo rate unchanged. Concept: Monetary policy refers to the use of monetary instruments under the control of the central bank to regulate magnitudes such as interest rates, money supply and availability of credit with a view to achieving the ultimate […]
Subject: IR Context: The 4th edition of the biennial India and Japan naval exercise is under way in the North Arabian Sea Concept: The maritime cooperation has significantly increased between the two sides with focus on information sharing and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and Indo-Pacific. JIMEX-20 will showcase high […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Health Care (ADEH) has expressed anguish and disappointment over the recent reply by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers Sadanada Gowda in the Parliament that there is no decision yet from the part of the government to make Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) […]
Subject: Environment Context: India’s sandalwood trees are facing a serious threat with the return of the destructive Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD). Concept: It is caused by phytoplasma (bacterial parasites of plant tissues) which are transmitted by insect vectors. Sandal spike phytoplasma is a pleomorphic microorganism and are the smallest organism capable of independent replication (i.e. […]
Subject: Environment Context: With China, the largest carbon dioxide emitter, announcing that it would balance out its carbon emissions with measures to offset them before 2060, the spotlight is now on the U.S. and India, countries that rank second and third in emissions. Concept: Under a carbon tax, the government sets a price that emitters […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Early indications from the second nationwide sero surveillance conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) show the Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against Sars-CoV-2. Concept: Herd immunity happens when so many people in a community become immune to an infectious disease that it stops the disease […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report of a survey titled ‘Health in India’, whose main objective was to gather basic quantitative information on India’s health sector. Concept: The report is based on information collected through NSS Schedule 25.0 (Household Social Consumption: Health) spread over the entire Indian […]
Subject: Economy Context: The strategic sale of four public sector units to other public sector entities in 2018-19 by the Central government has been sharply criticised by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in an audit, tabled in Parliament. Concept: Disinvestment means sale or liquidation of assets by the government, usually Central and […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has mooted an investigation against the Central government’s accounting officials for incorrectly recording ₹10,250 crore of cess receipts from additional excise duties on petrol and diesel, as non-tax receipts for the exchequer in 2018-19. Concept: The Central Road Fund (CRF) is a non-lapsable fund […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Using openly accessible satellite data and a cloud computing platform, an international team has developed a powerful tool for a near real-time mapping of flood extent. Concept: Cloud computing is the delivery of different services through the Internet. These resources include tools and applications like data storage, servers, databases, networking, […]