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India’s banking messaging system can go global Subject :Economy Section: Monetary Policy In News: India’s Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS) can become a viable alternative to the SWIFT messaging system. Key Points: India has two parallel offerings to the world in the area of banking. RBI has been proactively trying to internationalise the […]
SEBI may extend the scope of surveillance under its ASM framework Subject :Economy Section: Capital Market In News: SEBI may bring the equity derivatives segment under long-term additional surveillance measures (ASM). Key Points: SEBI has already mandated stockbrokers to display ‘risk disclosures’ for F&O clients. SEBI is now planning to put the equity […]
Direct listing on exchanges at IFSC soon Subject: Economy Section: Capital Market In News: Government takes decision to enable the direct listing of listed and unlisted companies on overseas exchanges at the IFSC (International Financial Services Centre). Key Points: With this direct listing of securities by Indian public companies (both listed and unlisted) […]
New Standing Committee on Statistics holds its first meet Subject: Economy Section: National Income In News: Newly-formed Standing Committee on Statistics discusses the yet-to-be released results of the Annual Survey of Industries and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises in detail. Key Points: Government recently renamed and expanded the scope of coverage of the […]
Banks start making provisions ahead of RBI’s ECL norms Subject : Economy Section: Monetary Policy In News: Banks begin to build up provisions even before migration to expected credit loss (ECL) based provisioning by RBI. Key Points: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yet to announce the final guidelines on the new expected credit […]
Govt to launch Project Dolphin and Project Lion on the lines of Project Tigers Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Concept: Project dolphin Project Dolphin will involve conservation of Dolphins and the aquatic habitat through use of modern technology especially in enumeration and anti-poaching activities. The project will engage the fishermen and other river/ ocean dependent […]
‘Catch the rain’ campaign Subject :Environment Section :Environment legislation and schemes Context: Recent PM spoke about the Catch the rain’ campaign What is the ‘Catch the rain’ campaign? On World Water Day (March 22), Indian PM launched a campaign named ‘Catch the rain’, under the Centre’s flagship Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Under this campaign, […]
Mission Amrit Sarovar Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation and schemes The Prime Minister launched a new Mission Amrit Sarovar on 24th April 2022. The objective of the mission is to conserve water for the future. The Mission is aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of […]
Plastic Pollution widespread in all water bodies of world Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Coral reefs: In a recent study it has been found that Macroplastics ( over 5 cm) constituted 88 percent of debris found in reefs. Levels of macroplastics were highest in the deep reefs. In most surveyed areas, fishing vessels were […]
Change of forest definition-Forest conservation (amendment) Bill (FCA) 2023 Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: One of the important amendments in the FCA-2023 is altering the definition of ‘forest’ set by the Supreme Court of India in 1996. The amendment bill proposes that these have been notified as ‘forest’ according to the Indian Forest […]