DPN Topics
The dismal case of slashing schemes and cutting funds Subject: Government Schemes Context: Over the past three years, over 50% of existing central government sponsored schemes have been discontinued, subsumed, revamped or rationalised into other schemes. What is the issue: The impact has been varied across Ministries. For example, for the Union Ministry […]
One Nation One Uniform for Police Subject: Governance/Security Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the first Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) of state home ministers and top police officers, pitched the idea of a single uniform for police forces across the country. Concept: The Prime Minister stressed that all the states should think […]
States should have a uniform policy on law and order Subject : Security Context : Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that States should have a uniform law and order policy as certain crimes such as cross-border terrorism and cybercrimes transcend regional and international boundaries. Concept : The Home Minister also called for […]
Under It Act govt must share blocking reasons Subject: Polity Context: Twitter has challenged 39 blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in 2021 in Karnataka High Court. While a provision under the Information Technology Act, 2000, empowers the government to order the blocking of access to online content, […]
EC model code of conduct proposal Subject: Polity Context: Recently the political parties have responded to the Election Commission (EC) on the poll panel’s proposal to amend the Model Code of Conduct to guide political parties to disclose how they plan to finance promises made in election manifestos and assess the impact on […]
Record greenhouse gas emissions: Time running out, warns UN Subject: Environment Context- Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the United Nations agency- World Meteorological Organization Report findings- The increase in CO2 levels from 2020 to 2021 […]
Going green- T.N.’s conservation, climate change announcements are Avante-garde Subject: Environment Context- Tamandu has taken several steps for ensuring sustainable development and countering climate change. A few of these steps are- It has declared its intention to create green parks in 100 villages, that would cater to local requirements too Getting the Ramsar […]
Now at Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary in Delhi, four artificial waterfalls Subject: Environment Why in news- Delhi L-G VK Saxena dedicated four artificial waterfalls at Neeli Jheel in Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary to the public. The waterfalls are “expected to develop the area into a world-class eco-tourism hub”. About the Jheel- The jheel […]
Emissions in India: 6 other nations top pre-Covid levels Subject: Environment Context- UNEP has said that the world is falling short of the goals set forth in the Paris Climate Agreement adopted in 2015, and no current mechanism in place is effective enough to restrict global warming to 1.50C above the pre-industrial level. […]