DPN Topics
Market Based Economic Despatch Subject : Economy Context: Centre-States tussle over a centralised market for electricity Concept: Centralised power model/Market-Based Economic Dispatch (MBED) Market-Based Economic Dispatch (MBED) aims centralised scheduling for dispatching the entire annual electricity consumption of around 1,400 billion units. Thus the power demand by all states is proposed to be […]
WTO dispute settlement mechanism Subject :IR Context: The US Trade Representative has convened a meeting of trade ministers of G20 countries in Bali to discuss World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute settlement reforms. Issue? US blocked appointments of members in the appellate body (AB). Concept: WTO dispute settlement mechanism: There are two main ways […]
Drug control protocol in India Subject :Government Schemes Context: The Union Health Ministry recently released the new National List of Essential Medicine (NLEM)-2022, revising it after a seven-year period. Concept: National List of Essential Medicine (NLEM)-2022: It is based on the World Health Organisation’s essential medicine list. India’s first list was developed in […]
Economics of Stockpiling Subject : Economy Context: Accumulating large reserves of forex and food has helped India immensely. Why stockpiling? There has been a consistent monetary policy tightening (rate of interest rise) on the backdrop of rising inflation in developed countries like-USA —leading to large scale dollar flight and depreciation of domestic currency. […]
National logistics policy Subject : Economy Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the National Logistics Policy (NLP) and the Unified Logistics Interface Platform ULIP Need? To bring down the logistics cost in India which is high compared to other developed economies. India spends around 13 to 14 percent of the GDP […]
Extension of deadline for pollution control technologies in TPPs Subject : Environment On September 5, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) extended the deadline for installing pollution control technologies in the country’s thermal power plants (TPPs). Emission Norms: The Environment Ministry had revised emission norms for particulate matter (PM), sulphur […]
How climate change is altering the Indian monsoon Subject : Environment Context– Research shows that global warming increases the fluctuations in the monsoon, resulting in both long dry periods and short spells of heavy rains. Introduction– Monsoon each year is unique, but there is a large regional and temporal variability in rainfall this […]
Digitisation to crisis-proof justice delivery: Justice Chandrachud Subject : Judiciary Context : Speaking at the inauguration of the ‘Paperless District Courts in Odisha’ project, Justice Chandrachud said “familiarising oneself with technology is not as difficult as it may initially seem” and pointed out that after the Covid-19 pandemic, his chamber “functions almost entirely […]
Child Welfare Committees Subject : Governance Context :The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection Amendment) Model Amendment Rules,2022, were notified on September 1 and came into effect immediately. This follows the passage of the Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Parliament in July last year. Concept : The recently amended rules for implementation of […]
Quantum Entanglement in Atomic clocks Subject : Science & Tech Context :Researchers have quantum entangled atomic clocks, allowing them to be synchronised more accurately. Concept : Two atomic clocks have been connected using quantum entanglement – a property that intrinsically links them so that changes in one instantaneously affect the other. The connection […]