Bring in three-rate GST structure
Context: The Government can rationalise the GST rate structure without losing revenues by rejigging the four major rates of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% with a three-rate framework of 8%, 15% and 30%, as per a National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) study. Multiple rate changes since the introduction of the GST regime […]
Govt. to revisit ‘criteria’ for determining EWS
Context: The Government informed the Supreme Court that it has taken a “considered decision” to revisit the “criteria” for determining Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to provide them reservation. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Social Sector & Social Services, Education and Health related Issues, Government Policies and initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: EWS Reservation About […]
NFHS-5: Women don’t outnumber men in India
Context: There are 1,020 women per 1,000 men in India according to the recently released Fifth Edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Such a sex ratio has not been recorded in any of the previous four editions of the NFHS. But demography experts say it is not the time to rejoice yet as […]
26 November 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
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PIB 25 & 26 November 2021
CONTENTS PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA ACROSS SCHEME PRAGATI O-SMART SCHEME PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA Focus: GS II- Government policies and Interventions Why in News? Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) for a period of another 4 months i.e. December 2021 till […]
26 November Static Quiz 2021 (Indian Economy)
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Editorials/Opinions Analyses For UPSC 25 November 2021
Contents Pointers that India is witnessing a K- shaped recovery Pointers that India is witnessing a K- shaped recovery Context: There has been great chatter about a V-shaped recovery for quite a while, ever since the first lockdown following the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, some of the view that there is undeniably some type of […]
Pointers that India is witnessing a K- shaped recovery
Context: There has been great chatter about a V-shaped recovery for quite a while, ever since the first lockdown following the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, some of the view that there is undeniably some type of recovery, but one can hardly label it V-shaped. The recovery we see today is more K-shaped than V-shaped, with […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 25 November 2021 | Legacy IAS Academy
Contents Assam has tension on Arunachal and Meghalaya border Trade unions push for rollback of labour codes More hospital births: NFHS-5 Breaking the ice: On India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum (TPF) Global Nutrition Report on anaemia, childhood wasting Assam has tension on Arunachal and Meghalaya border Context: Assam has moved closer to resolving its decades-old boundary […]
Assam has tension on Arunachal and Meghalaya border
Context: Assam has moved closer to resolving its decades-old boundary dispute with Meghalaya but tension has been brewing on its Arunachal Pradesh frontier. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Inter-State Relations) Dimensions of the Article: Assam’s border dispute with Arunachal About the Assam-Arunachal border tension About the Assam – Mizoram Border Dispute Other Boundary Issues in […]