U.S. Bill On Climate Action: The S. Senate approved a Bill titled the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 2022 with a focus on climate, healthcare and tax provisions to address inflation. The bill is a scaled-down version of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA), which failed to get approval from the Senate. Climate change provisions: […]
Category: Current Affairs
Recognition Of Minorities At The District level
Recognition Of Minorities At The District level: The Supreme court has pronounced that recognition of minorities at the district level is contrary to law. SC in Kerela Education Bill Case, 1958 had rejected that minorities be identified at the block or district level. SC in 2008 had said that Linguistic and religious minorities are determined […]
PESA Act
PESA Act: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on August 7 declared a six-point “guarantee” for tribals in Gujarat’s Chhota Udepur district, including the “strict implementation” of The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA Act). The PESA Act was enacted in 1996 “to provide for the extension of the provisions of Part […]
Hindu Minority And Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956
Hindu Minority And Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956: A mother and father should have equal rights as guardians of their children and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956 should be amended as it discriminates against women, a parliamentary panel has recommended in its report. The Act does not provide for joint guardianship nor does […]
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022: The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 was introduced in Parliament amid protests and later sent to the standing committee for further deliberation. Many power engineers protested the Bill across the country, in states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, and others. In this Bill, Section 42 of the Electricity Act will be amended […]
Food Inflation
Food Inflation: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 140.9 points in July 2022, 8.6% down from its previous month’s level and marking the steepest monthly drop since October 2008. It is expected that Food Inflation may ease faster than expected. It is a measure of the monthly change in international […]
What Is Counterfeit Money?
What Is Counterfeit Money? The Ministry of finance has informed Lok Sabha that the value of counterfeit currency in the banking system reduced from Rs 43.47 crore in 2016-17 to about Rs 8.26 crore in 2021-22. Counterfeiting, manufacture of false money for gain, a kind of forgery in that something is copied so as to […]
Ceasefire Between Israel And Palestine
Ceasefire Between Israel And Palestine: After three days of violence between Israel and Palestine, which resulted in killing of dozens of populations in both the countries, a ceasefire took place recently. Earlier this year as well, tensions flared up at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque between the Palestinians and Israeli police. These recurring clashes are part of […]
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: The National Institute of Ocean Technology, an autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is establishing an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant with a capacity of 65 kilowatts (kW) in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. The plant will power the one lakh liter per day low temperature thermal desalination plant, which […]
World Tribal Day 2022
World Tribal Day 2022: 9th August is celebrated as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Aim: To highlight the role of indigenous people and the importance of preserving their rights, communities and knowledge they gathered and passed down over centuries. Theme: “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional […]
