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Water ATMs 21 Nov 2018 8 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Water ATMs, Swajal Scheme, MGNREGA for Water Conservation. For Mains: Water ATMs: Need, Related Significance, Challenges, Other related Initiatives. Why in News? Recently, the Delhi government has floated a tender to install 30 water vending machines with reverse osmosis (RO) systems…
Data Localisation 24 Nov 2018 9 min read Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Data Protection, Personal Data, Privacy, Personal Data Protection Bill, Data Localisation, Other Related Laws. For Mains: Data localisation: Advantages, regarding concerns, provisions in India, Global practices, steps that can be taken. Why in News? The government of India has withdrawn the…
Eco-Sensitive Zones 30 Nov 2018 8 min read Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Eco Sensitive Zones, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, National Wildlife Action Plan, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary. For Mains: Biodiversity and its Conservation, Eco Sensitive Zones- Related Significance, Challenges/Threats and Steps that need to be taken, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, National Wildlife Action…
Generalised System of Preference 03 Dec 2018 7 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Generalised System of Preferences, United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations General Assembly, Most Favored Nations (MFN) For Mains: Generalised System of Preferences: Benefits, Importance of GSP for India, Importance of GSP for US, Impacts of…
Operation Greens 05 Dec 2018 7 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Operation Greens Scheme, e-NAM platform, white revolution, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). For Mains: Operation Greens: Objectives, Strategies of the Scheme, Challenges in Implementation of the Scheme, Steps that can be taken. What is Operation Green? It is a price fixation…
Climate Finance 07 Dec 2018 16 min read Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Climate Finance, COP 26, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Green Climate Fund (GCF). For Mains: Climate Finance and its Significance, Regarding Challenges, Principles of Climate Finance, Scenario of climate finance globally and in India….
Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) 10 Dec 2018 7 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Prompt Corrective Action, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Non-Performing Asset, Tier 1 Leverage Ratio, Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR). For Mans: Prompt Corrective Action: Role of RBI, Challenges and Issues, Steps that can be taken. What is PCA? About: Prompt…
India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) 14 Dec 2018 10 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: India Post Payment Bank (IPPB), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT), Payment Bank. For Mains: India Post Payment Bank: Functions, Potential, Benefits, Challenges, Steps that need to be taken. Why in News?…
Agriculture Export Policy, 2018 17 Dec 2018 7 min read Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Agriculture Export Policy, 2018, World Trade Organization, Minimum Support Price (MSP), Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. For Mains: Agriculture Export Policy, 2018: Objectives, Elements of the Policy, WTO’s Role in the Policy, Benefits of Export Policy, Challenges regarding the Policy,…
Blue Economy 19 Dec 2018 11 min read Last Updated: September 2022 For Prelims: Blue Economy concept, Deep Ocean Mission, Sagarmala project, Integrated Coastal Zone Management. For Mains: Concept of Blue Economy and its significance, Need for a Blue Economy Policy and related steps taken. Why in News? Recently, the union minister of science and…