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Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 7 July 2021

Contents Reports on open defecation in India How India can face the tidal wave of marine plastic? Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) WB resolution to set up Legislative Council Reports on open defecation in India Context: According to a new Joint Monitoring Programme Report on water, sanitation and hygeine by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

Reports on open defecation in India

Context: According to a new Joint Monitoring Programme Report on water, sanitation and hygeine by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF – India was responsible for the largest drop in open defecation since 2015, in terms of absolute numbers. Besides open defecation, the Joint Monitoring Report also emphasised universal access to water, sanitation and […]

How India can face the tidal wave of marine plastic?

Context: According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Annual Report on Implementing the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the plastic waste generated in 2018-19 was around 9,200 tonnes per day. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Pollution Control and Waste Management, Environmental Degradation) Dimensions of the Article: How do plastics reach water bodies? Impact of […]

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

Context: Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind Egypt and Sudan in their bitter dispute with Ethiopia over a massive hydropower dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile, the Nile River’s main tributary. Relevance: Prelims, GS-I: Geography (Maps) Dimensions of the Article: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) About the Nile River Significance of […]

WB resolution to set up Legislative Council

Context: The West Bengal Assembly passed a resolution to set up Legislative Council with a two-thirds majority. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Constitutional Provisions, Legislature, Bicameralism) Dimensions of the Article: About State Legislative Council – Vidhan Parishad Creation of a Legislative Council for a State Who can abolish a legislative council? About State Legislative Council […]

PIB – 07 July 2021

NEW MINISTRY OF CO-OPERATION Focus: GS II- Governance Why in News ? A separate Ministry of Co-operation has been created by the Government for realizing the vision of Sahkar se Samriddhi (prosperity through cooperatives). Key Facts This ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. […]