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World Bank’s Pension Conceptual Framework Subject :Economy The World Bank provided a Pension Conceptual Framework in 2008 which is adapted from the World Economic Forum. The Five Pillar Framework is the template that the World Bank uses for recommendations regarding reform of country-wide pension systems. The various pension plans for the provisioning of […]
Coal imports Subject :Economy India’s coal imports are expected to grow by 5 per cent y-o-y to 219 million tonnes (mt) in the current financial year. Details: The targets for domestic coal production and imports have been estimated at 911 mt and 219 mt, respectively. Concept: Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries […]
Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Second Amendment Regulations 2022 Subject :Economy FSSAI laid the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Second Amendment Regulations, 2022. Details: It aims to create fairness in claims and advertisements of food products and make food businesses accountable for such claims /advertisements so as to protect […]
India’s merchandise trade Subject :Economy Context: India’s imports from China rose sharply post the Galwan clash, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. Concept: China is India’s second biggest trading partner after the United States in 2021-22. In 2021-22, India-China bilateral trade stood at $115.83 billion—11.19 per cent of India’s total merchandise trade […]
Public Financial Management System (PFMS) Subject :Economy Context: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) presented a report on the “Implementation of Public Financial Management System [PFMS]. Details: The committee observed that the tasks related to the implementation of the PFMS appeared to have been dealt with a casual approach and there was no proper […]
How gene therapy could cure cancer Subject :Science and Technology Context: Scientists in the United Kingdom testing a new form of cancer therapy, reported success in a teenaged girl, Alyssia, with a form of cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: T-cells are a class of white blood cells which […]
COP15 Montreal: ‘30×30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’ Subject: Environment Context- The ongoing 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, is pushing for a 30×30 Target to protect and conserve at least 30 per cent of land and ocean biodiversity by 2030 to avoid a crisis. […]
As earth heats up; arctic faces disproportionate impact: NOAA Subject :Environment Context: The once reliably frigid and frozen Arctic is becoming wetter and stormier, with shifts in its climate and seasons that are forcing local communities, wildlife and ecosystems to adapt. 2022 was only the Arctic’s sixth warmest year on record, researchers saw […]
Govt seeks Parliament nod for additional grant of ₹3.25-lakh crore this fiscal Subject :Polity Concept: Article 115: Supplementary, additional or excess grants. Supplementary grants are the additional grant required to meet the required expenditure of the government. When grants, authorised by the Parliament, fall short of the required expenditure, an estimate is presented before […]
Sri Aurobindo Subject :Modern India Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed a programme celebrating Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary via video conferencing today in Kamban Kalai Sangam, Puducherry under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The Prime Minister also released a commemorative coin and postal stamp in honour of Sri […]