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Subject: Polity Context A MPhas written a letter to Speaker expressing concern over the proposal for curtailing the Question Hour as well as the Zero Hour to maintain Covid protocols during Parliament’s Monsoon Session. Concept: Question Hour The first hour of every parliamentary sitting is slotted for this. During this time, the members ask questions […]
Subject: Economy Context: Flipkart has moved the Supreme Court against an order passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to initiate a probe against the company for abuse of dominant position. Concept: It is adopting predatory pricing mechanisms, which resulted in losses for small retailers.And also […]
Subject: Polity Context: Supreme Court held that states are empowered under the Disaster Management Act to override University Grants Commission (UGC) exam guidelines Concept: A three-judge Bench upheld the power of a State and its disaster management authority to countermand the revised UGC guidelines to conduct the final year and terminal semester examinations by September […]
Table Of Contents Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Rohtang Tunnel National Land Bank Portal State borrowing 1. Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Subject: Geography Context: At least five members of the Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. Concept: There are 6 aboriginal tribes in Andaman & Nicobar islands. […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Centre offered two borrowing options to states to make up for the shortfall in the goods and services tax (GST) compensation cess fund. Concept: Option 1: States can borrow the full compensation deficit of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, which includes revenue loss due to transition to GST and also the Covid-led […]
Subject: Economy Context: Commerce and Industry minister virtually launched a first-of-its kind GIS-enabled national land bank portal Concept: It will help investors zero in on land located in various states for potential projects. As much as 4.2 lakh hectares of land has been mapped across 3,275 industrial clusters in India, of which about 1.13 lakh hectares […]
Subject: Geography Context: The Atal Tunnel at Rohtang, near Manali, is almost complete and was scheduled to be completed by May 2020, in a revised estimate, but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed back the completion by a few months due to lockdown conditions. Concept: The 9-km-long tunnel under the PirPanjal range, named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will […]
Subject: Geography Context: At least five members of the Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. Concept: There are 6 aboriginal tribes in Andaman & Nicobar islands. On the basis of features, they can be divided into Negrito and Mongoloid. Great Andamanes, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese are negrito while Nicobarese and Shompen are mongoloid. […]
Table Of Contents GST Council and Compensation cess Breach of privilege RBI’s contingency fund Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) First Amendment Regulations 2020 Protected Special Agriculture Zone 1. GST Council and Compensation cess Subject: Economy Context: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council met to discuss on compensating states for revenue shortfall. Concept: GST […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Tamilnadu government has notified rules for Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development Act which came into force on February 21. The rules are aimed at protecting the farmer interest along the Cauvery delta. What does the rule provide for? It provides for constituting a seven member technical committee that would assist […]