DPN Topics
Subject: Environment Context: Aiming to maximize forest carbon stock by more tree plantation, Union Environment Minister urged the states to use CAMPA funds exclusively for afforestation and not for payment of salaries. Concept: Whenever forest land is diverted for non-forest purposes, it is mandatory under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 that an equivalent area of non-forest land […]
Subject: Agriculture Context: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for 2020-21sugar season (October-September) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urges Centre to hike minimum support price for milling copra to ₹125 a kg Concept: Minimum support price MSP is the minimum price paid to the […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Union Cabinet has decided to set up a National Recruitment Agency (NRA). Concept: The proposed NRA will conduct a common preliminary examination for various recruitments in the central government. As of now, aspirants have to take different exams that are conducted by various agencies for central government jobs. Initially, NRA will organize a […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: Prime Minister has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of the first Parkash Purab of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Concept: The Guru Granth Sahib is a collation of many hymns, poems, shabadsand other writings from many different scholars, including the Gurus and Hindu and Muslim writers. The Guru Granth Sahib is not just […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to give government jobs only to “children” of the state is likely to trigger a fresh debate on the fundamental right to equality of citizens. Concept: Article 16(2) of the Constitution states that “no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence […]
Subject: Polity Context: The information technology (IT) parliamentary committee is divided on summoning Facebook executives to clarify reports of bias towards the BJP in censoring hate speech. Concept: Committees are formed to see that Parliament functions effectively, discuss Bills referred to them by the presiding officers. These MPs assemble during and between sessions, invite officials […]
Subject: Reports Context: National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020 has been released by the Indian Council of Medical Research Concept: It estimates there will be 13.9 lakh cases of cancer in India in 2020, and that this number is likely to rise to 15.7 lakh by 2025. According to the data, tobacco-related cancers will account for […]
Subject: IR Context: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who was next in line to become the chief election commissioner in 2021 resigned from his post to join the Asian Development Bank. Concept: ADB was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India has unveiled the framework for setting up of pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments Concept: The entity will be tasked with setting up, managing, and operating new payment systems in the retail space. It may operate as a ‘for-profit’ organisation, the RBI said. The entity formed shall be […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) demanding the transfer of funds from PM CARES Fund to the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). Concept: NDRF The National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), constituted under Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, supplements SDRF of a […]