Taxes on Tobacco Subject – Governance Context – Laws allowing simultaneous levy of GST, excise duty on tobacco products upheld Concept – In a setback to manufacturers of tobacco and tobacco products, the High Court of Karnataka has upheld that laws that allow simultaneous levy of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the […]
Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act Subject – Governance Context – POSH Act: HC guidelines challenged Concept – A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging guidelines issued by the Bombay High Court in cases under the Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, which include a blanket bar on […]
Reports and Indices Subject – Governance Context – Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world Concept – Report Released by – World Inequality Report 2022 World Inequality Lab Human Capital Index (HCI) World Bank
Common Property Resources (CPR) Subject – Governance Context – Increasing population density can also lead to better community management of common property resources, if community property rights are adequately defined Concept – Areas like rivers, forests, village ponds, water bodies, parking lots and train compartments are referred to as Common Property Resources (CPR) […]
FCRA Registration Subject – Governance Context – Nearly 6,000 entities, including Jamia Millia Islamia and Oxfam India, lose FCRA licence Concept – How the FCRA registration is granted? FCRA registration is granted to associations for a period of five years. Before expiry of registration, NGOs are supposed to apply for renewal of registration […]
National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Subject – Governance Context – NCDC, a Union Health Ministry laboratory and a key lab in India’s genome sequencing network, has asked States to temporarily pause sending COVID¬19 positive samples to it Concept – To know about NCDC, please refer August 2021 DPN.
Sahitya Akademi Award Subject – Governance Context – NamitaGokhale, Tamil writer Ambai win SahityaAkademi Award Concept – SahityaAkademi award established in 1954, is a literary honour that is conferred annually by SahityaAkademi, India’s National Academy of letters. Akademi gives 24 awards annually to literary works in the languages it has recognized and an […]
Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission) Rules 2021 Subject – Governance Context – Centre notifies new rules for consumer commissions Concept – The Centre has notified the Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission) Rules, 2021, revising the […]
Covid Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Subject – Governance Context – Yellow alert issued in Delhi Concept – As per the plan, the restrictions will be based on three parameters–positivity rate, cumulative active cases and oxygen beds in the hospitals. The restrictions will come under Yellow, Amber, Orange and Red alerts. Yellow would […]
National Programme for the Health Care for the Elderly Subject – Governance Context – Life expectancy in India has risen from 50 (1970-75) to 70 years (2014-18); as a result, the number of elders (those over 60 years) is already 137 million, and expected to increase by 40% to 195 million in 2031, […]