PIB 9th September
Contents PM-Matsya Sampada Yojana and e-Gopala App EASE 2.0 Index Results and Doorstep Banking Services Shikshak Parv Initiative Virtual Hearings under EPF & MP Act, 1952 Village Poverty Reduction Plan (VPRP) PM-MATSYA SAMPADA YOJANA AND E-GOPALA APP Focus: GS-III Agriculture Why in news? Prime Minister will digitally launch the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) […]
9th September 2020, Current Affairs Quiz
9th September 2020, Static Quiz on Indian Economy
9th September – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Farmers feeling cheated by the Govt’s policies Mountains that sustain millions Small businesses faced the wrath of the pandemic FARMERS FEELING CHEATED BY THE GOVT’S POLICIES Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Four specific points – Gap between Policy and Impact on the rural economy I- Diesel Tax, and others Under PM Kisan, each landowning farmer […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 9 September 2020
Contents Digital divide affects education 40% of children are not fully Vaccinated SC: Adhere to Ministry circular on Char Dham Global economy to contract 4.4% GDP to shrink 14.8%: Goldman DIGITAL DIVIDE AFFECTS EDUCATION Focus: GS-II Social Justice Context For the child in urban Himachal Pradesh, where Internet penetration is higher than 70%, it likely […]
PIB 8th September
Contents National Bamboo Mission “Hunar Haat” to restart ADB loan for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor International Literacy Day Celebration-2020 NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION Focus: GS-III Agriculture, Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj inaugurated by virtual mode 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States (Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, […]
ASSAM RIFLES: TUSSLE BETWEEN MOD AND MHA
Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The Delhi High Court has granted 12 weeks to the Union government to decide on whether to scrap or retain the dual control structure for Assam Rifles, which comes under both the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Observing that the matter has been […]
FOREX RESERVES AT ALL-TIME HIGH
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves surged by more than 3.5 billion Dollars to touch a lifetime high despite the current Pandemic Situation. Although the Covid Pandemic is likened to one the worst crises that the country has faced, the current situation stands in stark contrast to the one in 1991, […]
8th September 2020, Current Affairs Quiz
8th September – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Reviving the economy Scramjet vehicle: Explained ‘Green-Blue’ policy: Delhi Master Plan 2041 REVIVING THE ECONOMY Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? The collapse of gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 23.9% for the April to June period comes as an expectation given that the economy was under a strict lockdown for most of […]