National Education Policy | Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme

EDUCATION QUALITY UPGRADATION AND INCLUSION PROGRAMME For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: NEP, EQUIP, features & advantages News Flash The Ministry of Human Resource Development plans to launch an ambitious ₹1.5 lakh crore action plan to improve the quality and accessibility of higher education over the next five years. The last National Education Policy (NEP) was released in 1986, with a revision in 1992. NEP is likely to release by May 31 …

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Minimum Support Price – Plans & Policies

MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: MSP – new policy, rules and regulations, advantages to farmers News Flash NITI Aayog has been working on an action plan to relieve rural distress and energise the agricultural sector Background In the recent past, food inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index has risen faster than the food inflation based on Consumer Price Index. This means that the price rise of farmers…

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Goods and Services Tax Council

GOODS AND SERVICES TAX COUNCIL For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Council’s meeting agendas, new plans and policies News Flash The next meeting of the GST council is now expected anytime in early June. The focus will be on tackling the unfinished agenda requiring immediate attention like tax structure for solar projects, uniform tax rate on state-organised and state-authorised lotteries, taxing non-potable alcohol besides certain changes in the law, extension for the National…

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Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) – measure to curb Black Money

BANKING CASH TRANSACTION TAX (BCTT) For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: BCTT – features & advantages News Flash The government will put tax on cash transactions at bank in place measures to further curb black money generation and not for revenue generation. Policymakers have started talks on the possibility of re-introducing the banking cash transaction tax (BCTT) to discourage cash transactions. Further, the tax authorities are considering levying the estate tax on inherited…

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Orchha on UNESCO world heritage sites

ORCHHA TOWN – BUNDELA ARCHITECTURE For: Preliminary Topic covers: About Orchha town, its historical background, Bundela architecture News Flash The architectural heritage of Orchha town in Madhya Pradesh have been included in UNESCO’s tentative list of world heritage sites following a proposal sent by the Archaeological Survey of India to the United Nation body. It would be the 38th site in India to form part of the treasured list. Three historically famous sites…

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Andhra Pradesh seeks Special Category Status

SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: SCS – its process, features and advantages. News Flash Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister met Prime Minister to raise the unfulfilled demand of the Special Category Status (SCS). Why seeking SCS? The State’s debt burden is very high due to bifurcation. It was Rs. 97,000 crore at the time of bifurcation, now, it has swelled to Rs. 2.58 lakh crore. Special category state…

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Coral Bleaching

CORAL BLEACHING For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Coral bleaching, coral reefs, threats News Flash The researchers from National Centre for Coastal Research have found an alarming pattern of bleaching in the reefs in the Gulf of Mannar region in Mandapam, Keezhakkarai and Palk Bay. Findings They have found that sea surface temperature ranged from 28.7°C to 31°C in the August 2018-February 2019 period and there was no bleaching seen then. However,…

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Inertially guided bomb

INERTIALLY GUIDED BOMB For: Preliminary Topic covers: Guided bomb – uses & advantages, DRDO News Flash The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested an indigenously developed 500-kg inertially guided bomb at the Pokhran test-firing range in Rajasthan. The bomb was fired by a Su-30MKI combat aircraft from a 30-km range and hit its target with high precision. Guided Bomb Guided bombs are meant to precisely hit a designated target to…

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New Room Temperature Composite

NEW ROOM TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Electromagnetic Interference, Features, Strontium-Yttrium-Cobalt-Oxide News Flash A team of Indian scientists has now developed a new room temperature composite that exhibits high absorption of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in the high-frequency range (8-8 gigahertz). The material has shown 99.99 per cent of EMI shielding. What The rising level of electromagnetic radiation emitted by communication devices and electronic instruments is becoming a cause of…

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Anthropocene – Earth’s new epoch

ANTHROPOCENE AS EARTH’S NEW EPOCH For: preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Anthropocene Epoch, Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point, Holocene Epoch, Geological time scale of Earth News Flash Rising global temperatures, sea levels, depleting ozone layer and acidifying oceans are the result of human activity that has “distinctively” altered our planet. Now, a team of scientists have voted to declare “Anthropocene” as a new chapter in the Earth’s geological history. Anthropocene as…

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