Current Affairs 20 June 2022
CONTENTS WTO Ministerial Conference World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought West Seti Power Project Auctioning 5G spectrum bands Critical information infrastructure Alzheimer’s disease WTO Ministerial Conference Context: Recently, member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) wrapped up the Ministerial Conference’s twelfth outing (MC12) securing agreements on relaxing patent regulations to achieve global vaccine […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 20 June 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 20 June 2022 Contents The EPI may rankle but India can recast policies Revisiting social justice under the Dravidian model The EPI May Rankle But India Can Recast Policies Context Environmental Performance Index (EPI) placing India last among all 180 assessed countries has naturally touched a raw nerve. The assessment, carried […]
PIB Summaries 20 June 2022
CONTENTS Single use plastic ADIP Scheme & Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana Op Sankalp Single Use Plastic Focus: GS III- Environment and Ecology Why in News? CPCB has undertaken comprehensive measures to give effect to India’s commitment to ban identified Single Use Plastic items by 30th June, 2022, to realise Hon’ble PM’s clarion call to phase out […]
With reference to the India economy, what are the advantages of “Inflation-Indexed Bonds (IIBs)”?
With reference to the India economy, what are the advantages of “Inflation-Indexed Bonds (IIBs)”?1) Government can reduce the coupon rates on its borrowing by way of IIBs.2) IIGs provide protection to the investors from uncertainty regarding inflation.3) The interest received as well as capital gains on IIBs are not taxable. Which of the statements […]
Static Quiz 20 June 2022 (Environment)
