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Subject: Economy Context: Despite a large part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package relying on aggressive lending by banks, the government does not see an immediate need for equity infusion in the public sector banks (PSBs), as their capital to risk weighted asset ratio (CRAR) is expected to stay above the regulatory requirements Concept: CRAR Capital […]
Subject: Environment Context: June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day every year. The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is biodiversity Concept: The first major conference on environmental issues was held in the year 1972 from June 5-16 in Stockholm (Sweden). Later that year, on December 15, the General Assembly adopted a resolution designating […]
Subject: Environment Context: Chennai-based environmental group seeks more norms for disposal of COVID-19 medical waste in Tamil Nadu It has demanded that the government set up at least one Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facility per district immediately Concept: Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, (BMWM), 2016 defines Bio Medical Waste as any Waste generated […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Minister of Human Resource Development, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs, and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have jointly launched an online portal for `The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)’ Concept: TULIP is a program for providing fresh graduates experiential learning opportunities in the urban sector. TULIP has been conceived […]
Subject: Environment Context: Centre for science and environment has released state of environment 2020 report Findings The report outlines the status on progress of sustainable development goals(SDGs), state of forests, groundwater development, wasteland and live stocks. It has been observed in the report that the country facing challenges in achieving 9 of the total 17 […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: In virtual Global Vaccine Summit, Prime minister highlighted India’s immunization programme Concept: Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines are substances that stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against […]
Subject: IR Context: India pledged $15-million as India’s contribution to the vaccines alliance GAVI at the Global Vaccine Summit hosted by the UK. Concept: The virtual Global Vaccine Summit hosted by UK Prime Minister in which over 50 countries – business leaders, UN agencies, civil society, government ministers, Heads of State and country leaders participated […]
Subject: Economy Context: Bad loans of Indian banks are expected to rise to 11.3-11.6% this fiscal and Rs 45,000-82,500 crore capital might be required to overcome the rising asset quality pressures, according to ICRA Ratings Concept: A non-performing asset (NPA) is a banking industry term for a ‘bad loan’ – i.e. one that has not […]
Subject: Economy Context: The country’s job situation registered an improvement during 2018-19 with unemployment rate declining to 5.8 per cent, down from 6.1 per cent in the previous financial year, according to government data. The labour force participation rate (LFPR) during 2018-19 rose to 37.5 per cent as compared to 36.9 per cent a year […]
Table Of Contents Periodic Labour Force Survey PLFS Bad Loans GAVI National Immunization Programme State of India’s Environment TULIP Bio-Medical Waste Rules World Environment Day : Celebrating Biodiversity CRAR and Bank Capitalization Blue Water Navy 1. Periodic Labour Force Survey PLFS Subject: Economy Context: The country’s job situation registered an improvement during 2018-19 with […]