The Weapons of Mass Destruction Amendment Bill, 2022:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Government Policies.   Context: The bill was recently passed in Lok Sabha. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, passed in 2005, only banned the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction. The amendment bill is aimed at widening its ambit.   Need …

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Why in News? FATF recently held its annual joint experts’ meet. It was attended by participants from various government agencies all over the world and international bodies such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and …

Insights into Editorial: Black and grey: On terror funding and Pakistan

Insights into Editorial: Black and grey: On terror funding and Pakistan Context: The deliberations, in Beijing, of the Asia-Pacific joint group of the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), gave Pakistan some encouraging news: that it had progressed in its efforts to avoid a blacklisting. A final …

RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- TACKLING TERROR FINANCE

RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- TACKLING TERROR FINANCE Introduction:             In the wake of the dastradly terror attack in Pulwama carried out by Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad , India had upped the ante against Pakistan on the issue of terror funding by pushing to blacklist the neighbouring country at the plenary meeting of the anti …