Current Affairs 23 July 2022

CONTENTS

1. Indian Antarctic Bill
2. Direct Seeding of Rice
3. Environmental Impact Assessment
4. Private Member’s Bill

Indian Antarctic Bill 2022

Context:

Recently, Lok Sabha passed the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 amid clamour from the Opposition to have more discussion.

Relevance:

GS II- Government policies and Interventions

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What is the Antarctica Bill?
2. What is the Antarctica Treaty?
3. What are the main provisions of the Bill?
4. What are the prohibitions?
5. What is the penalty system that has been introduced?

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Direct Seeding of Rice

Context:

Punjab is not only a long way away from its target of Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) for this year (as it could only achieve 6.7% of the total target) but also the state has seen 85.7% decline in DSR area from the last season.

Relevance:

GS III- Agriculture

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What is DSR?
2. How much water can DSR help save?
3. Advantages of DSR tech
4. Disadvantages of DSR tech

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Environmental Impact Assessment

Context:

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Rules, making several exemptions to gaining environmental clearance.

• In order to analyse (and subsequently mitigate) a project or activity’s possible negative consequences on the ecology of a region, the MoEFCC promulgated a new EIA Notification in 2006. This notification requires review of all pertinent facts concerning a project or activity. The years 2016, 2020, and 2021 saw amendments.

Relevance:

GS III- Environment and Ecology

Dimensions of the Article:

• What are the Exemptions?
• What is Environment Impact Assessment?
• Importance of Environment Impact Assessment:
• Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC)

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Private Member’s Bill

Context:

Opposition members protested against the introduction of a private member’s Bill on the repeal of The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, in the Rajya Sabha.

Relevance:

GS II- Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Private Member’s Bill
2. Difference between private and government Bills
3. What is the Places of Worship Act?

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