Environmental Conservation, UN, UNEP.

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues.   UNEP Frontiers report: Context: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released its latest annual Frontiers report. This is the fourth edition of the Frontiers Report, which was first published in 2016 with an alert to the growing risk of zoonotic diseases, four years before the …

Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues.   Context: The government has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility  (EPR) on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The guidelines will come into effect from 1st July 2022.   Overview of the new guidelines: Four categories of plastic packaging specified: Category one will …

Guru Ravidas:

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: Out of the total population of Dalits in Punjab, about 21 percent of the population belongs to the Ravidassia community. The importance of this population can be understood from the …