GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Infrastructure- energy. Context: Recently, NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India have launched the Shoonya Campaign. RMI is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1982. About the Campaign: It is an initiative to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and industry. The campaign will …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Global Ozone Day: Context: World Ozone Day is celebrated on 16th September each year to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol. This international environmental treaty for phasing out of production and consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances came into force on this day in 1987. The Day …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), the leading NBFC in power sector, has successfully issued its first ever Euro Green Bonds. It is the first ever Euro denominated Green bond issuance from India. Moreover, it is the first ever Euro issuance by an Indian NBFC and the …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The 21st meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held on 17 September 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in hybrid format. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan. About the SCO: The …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Context: Coming to the aid of senior citizen parents, the Bombay high court has directed a …
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GS Paper 2 Topic covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Assam has become the first state to adopt the Model Tenancy Act. With this Assam Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972 gets repealed. Impact: New Act will spur growth & …
