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    GREEN BONDS Subject: Economics Context: RBI Governor says that the cost of green bond issuance is high in India. Concept: A green bond is like any other regular bond but with one key difference: the money raised by the issuer are earmarked towards financing `green’ projects, i.e. assets or business activities that are […]

    V SHAPED RECOVERY Subject : Economics Context : The economy is within striking distance of attaining positive growth, officials of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wrote, adding that the letter ‘V’ in the V-shaped recovery stood for vaccine. Concept: V-shaped recovery: It is a scenario in which the economy quickly recoups lost […]

    LAW IN ABEYANCE Subject: Current events/ polity Context : As farmers reject the government’s proposal to keep the three contentious farm laws in abeyance for 18 months, experts have raised questions over the legislative options the Government has going forward.. Concept : Can a law can be kept in Abeyance? The laws, passed […]

    NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL Subject: Polity Context: A project to build a 37-floor high rise near Delhi University’s North Campus will need new environmental clearance (EC), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was told. Concept: It is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for effective and expeditious disposal of […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 21 January 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents NRC OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT PMAY -G DRAGON FRUIT DISTURBED AREA ACT INDIA INNOVATION INDEX SOFR REVENUE DEFICIT     1. NRC Subject: Polity Context: Rongali […]

    REVENUE DEFICIT Subject : Economics Context : The States are headed for a fourfold expansion in their revenue deficit this fiscal over the last year due to far lesser tax collections, Crisil Ratings said in a report. Concept : Revenue Deficit Revenue deficit is excess of total revenue expenditure of the government over […]

    SOFR Subject : Economics Context : State Bank of India (SBI) has executed two inter-bank short term money market deals with pricing linked to SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate). Concept : This follows the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority deciding not to compel banks on LIBOR calculation after December. SOFR is a replacement for […]

    INDIA INNOVATION INDEX Subject: National Reports Context: Karnataka retained its position as the most innovative major state in the country in the India Innovation Index 2020 released by NITI Aayog on January 20, 2021. Concept: NITI Ayog with the Institute for Competitiveness releases the India Innovation Index . The index, developed on the […]

    DISTURBED AREA ACT Subject: Legislations Context: The Gujarat High Court directed the state government to not issue any fresh notification in operation of the amended sections of the Disturbed Areas Act, which deals with “improper clustering”, until further hearing. Concept: About the Act: The Act was first introduced in Ahmedabad in 1986. It […]

    DRAGON FRUIT Subject: Environment Context: Government in Gujarat has initiated the process of patenting the name of the variety of dragon fruit grown in Gujarat as ‘kamalam’, which is also the name of the state party headquarters. Concept: Dragon fruit is the fruit of a species of wild cactus indigenous to South and […]