President’s Rule In West Bengal: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the Centre to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal over alleged incidents of post-poll violence in the state. Allegations: During the violence, the government and administration remained silent spectators and no protection was provided to the victims by […]
Category: Current Affairs
Crop Insurance Week:
Crop Insurance Week:: Government has launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana during the Crop Insurance Week (being observed from July 1 to 7). Till date, the scheme has insured over 29.16 crore farmer applications (5.5 crore farmer applications on year-on-year basis). Over the period of 5 years, more than 8.3 crore […]
Forex Reserves
Forex Reserves: According to the recent data from the Reserve Bank of India, India’s Foreign Exchange (Forex) Reserves surged by $ 5 billion to $ 609 billion in the week ended 25th June, 2021. Increase in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) is the major component of overall reserves. Changes in forex reserves holdings: FCA rose […]
Trafficking In Persons Report 2021
Trafficking In Persons Report 2021: According to the Trafficking in Persons report 2021, released by the US State Department, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in vulnerability to human trafficking and interrupted existing anti-traffic efforts. Human trafficking, also called trafficking in persons, form of modern-day slavery involving the illegal transport of individuals by […]
Conservation Of Vultures
Conservation Of Vultures: 150 vultures were seen in the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), Bihar, which has prompted a vulture conservation plan in the protected region of VTR. Vultures is one of the 22 species of large carrion-eating birds that live predominantly in the tropics and subtropics. They act an important function as nature’s garbage collectors […]
Retail And Wholesale Trades
Retail And Wholesale Trades: Minister of MSME announced revised guidelines for MSMEs with inclusion of Retail and Wholesale trades as MSMEs. The revised guidelines will benefit 2.5 Crore Retail and Wholesale Traders. Retail and wholesale trade which were left out of the ambit of MSME are now under the revised guidelines and thus will also […]
Global Peace Index (GPI)
Global Peace Index (GPI): The 15th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI) was released which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). The GPI covers 99.7 per cent of the world’s population, using […]
Istanbul Convention On Violence Against Women
Istanbul Convention On Violence Against Women: Turkey’s controversial exit from Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women on July 1 has received severe criticism from various quarters and has led to protests across the country. The Council of Europe established the Istanbul Convention, a human rights treaty, with the aim to prevent and prosecute all forms […]
Sardar Patel National Unity Award
Sardar Patel National Unity Award: The online nominations/recommendations process for the Sardar Patel National Unity Award is on and the last date for nominations/recommendations is 15th August 2021. The Government of India has instituted the highest civilian award in the field of contribution to the unity and integrity of India, in the name of SardarVallabhbhai […]
Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development (OECD) And G20
Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development (OECD) And G20: India has joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and G20 Inclusive Framework tax deal of global corporate tax. Majority of the members OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting(including India)adopted a high-level statement containing an outline of a consensus solution to […]
