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KARGIL WAR 1. Context Leaders across India’s political spectrum paid their tributes to India’s armed forces and the fallen martyrs on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas. ...

27-Jul 2023

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN 1. Context Recent cases of molestation and rape in Manipur have brought the efficacy of the commissions into focus. This issue is not limited to women in one state; it...

27-Jul 2023

INDIA AS THE THIRD LARGE ECONOMY

INDIA AS THE THIRD LARGE ECONOMY 1. Context Inaugurating the newly built International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), named Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi recently, Prime Minister Narend...

27-Jul 2023

WTO: AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES

FISHERIES SUBSIDIES AT 'WTO' 1. Context Trade experts and civil society members are urging India not to ratify the fisheries subsidies agreement recently agreed upon by the World Trade Orga...

27-Jul 2023

FISCAL DILEMMA 1. Context The elevated levels of India’s fiscal deficit and public debt have been a matter of concern for a long time in India. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, debt levels were...

27-Jul 2023

REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME (RDSS)

REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME (RDSS) 1. Context Government of India launched the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) with an outlay of Rs. 3,03,758 crore and estimated GBS from...

27-Jul 2023

PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA (PMSBY)

PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA (PMSBY) 1. Context The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) scheme is available to people of all income groups who are bank/ post office account holders...

26-Jul 2023

MANUAL FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN (DMP)

MANUAL FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN (DMP) 1. Context The Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released the Manual for Disaster Management Plan (DMP) during the two-d...

26-Jul 2023

FASTER ADOPTION AND MANUFACTURING OF (HYBRID &) ELECTRICAL VEHICLES (FAME-II)

FASTER ADOPTION AND MANUFACTURING OF (HYBRID &) ELECTRICAL VEHICLES (FAME-II) 1. Context The Union cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for ...

26-Jul 2023

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION 1. Context After the first three days of Parliament’s monsoon session were washed out, the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance(INDIA grouping has deci...

26-Jul 2023

KING MIHIR BHOJ

KING MIHIR BHOJ 1. Context Recently, 35 local BJP leaders in Haryana’s Kaithal offered to resign in protest after the 9th-century king Mihir Bhoj was referred to as ‘Gurjar Pratihar Samrat Mihir ...

25-Jul 2023

INDIA'S GREAT POWER AMBITIONS AND DILEMMAS

INDIA'S GREAT POWER AMBITIONS AND DILEMMAS 1. Context There are those who argue that India should aspire to be a great power and assert its growing power internationally; others argue that ...

25-Jul 2023

CANNABIS MEDICINAL RESEARCH PROJECT

CANNABIS MEDICINAL RESEARCH PROJECT 1. Context Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space,...

25-Jul 2023

PLATFORM BASED GIG WORKERS BILL

PLATFORM-BASED GIG WORKERS BILL 1. Context Recently, the Rajasthan government passed the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023. It is the first legislation of...

25-Jul 2023

MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (MRA)

MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (MRA) 1. Context India and Australia are working together on a solution for the smoother entry of Indian whiskey to the Australian market, two people aware of t...

25-Jul 2023