Thursday, July 9, 2015

Current Affairs: Important Topics for IAS

Current Affairs Issues
(Culture )
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• Project Mausam by Ministry of
Culture
• HRIDAY Scheme
• National Cultural Fund
• Adarsh Smarak Yojana
• Buddhist Circuit
• Swadesh Darshan and Prasad
Scheme
• Rakhigari: The biggest Harappan
Site
• International Yoga Day
• Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014
• Miscellaneous News Related to
Culture

Current Affairs Issues
(Economy)
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• Minimum Support Price / Ramesh
Chand Committee
• Compensation to Farmers/
Unseasonal Rains/ Crop Insurances
• Mint Rural Distress Index
• DD Kisan
• Shanta Kumar Committee of FCI
Restructuring
• Soil Health Card (SHC)
• Essential Commodities Act-1955
• The National Commission on
Farmers headed by M.S.
Swaminathan
• Price Stabilization Fund
• Dr B. Meenakumari Committee on
Deep Sea Fishing
• Panel on Urban Cooperative Bank
• PJ Nayak Committee on Bank
Governance
• Nachiket Mor Committee on
Financial Inclusion
• SARFAESI Act to Cover NBFC
• MUDRA Bank to Fund the ‘Missing
Middle’
• Parliament Passes Regional Rural
Banks (Amendment) Bill 2014
• Capital Infusion in PSU Banks,
Based on Efficiency
• Instant Money Order and Electronic
Money Order
• New GDP Base Year
• Chit Funds
• The Constitution (122nd
Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
• The Benami Transactions
(Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Justice AP Shah Committee on
Direct Taxes/MAT
• 14th Finance Commission
• The Undisclosed Foreign Income
and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill
2015
• Inflation Targeting: Union
Government and RBI Sign Agreement
to keep Inflation Below 6%
• Urjit Patel Committee on
Strengthening Monetary Policy
Framework
• The Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE)
De-recognized
• Crowdfunding
• National Judicial Reference System
• Advance Pricing Agreements (APA)
• Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)
• Re-Commerce
• Maya Ram Committee
Recommendations
• Capital Account Convertibility
• The Tax Administration Reforms
Commission
• Ashok Lahiri High Level Committee
• Highlights of the Foreign Trade
Policy 2015- 2020
• Ease of Doing Business
• SEBI’s New Norms for Financial
Centres/ GIFT City
• E-Biz (G2B)
• India now 3rd Biggest Steel
Producer
• Warehousing Corporations
(Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Corporate Governance
• Companies Act and the Women
Director
• Union Government Launches FAME
India Scheme to Boost Electric,
Hybrid Vehicle Sales
• Make in India
• Special Economic Zones
• Disinvestment
• Micro, Small and Medium
Entreprises Act Purposed
Amendments
• Ashok Chawla Committee and Coal
Auction
• The Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act
• Coal Mines (Special Provisions)
Bill, 2015
• Committees for Railway
• Telecom Spectrum Auctioning
• Smart Cities
• Pancheshwar Multi Purpose Project
• Green India Mission Merged with
MNREGA
• Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
(DMIC)
• Integrated National Waterways
Transport Grid (INWTG)
• Bharat Mala
• KG D-6
• NHDP- Phase V
• TPP/ TTIP/ RCEP
• Charleston EFG John Maynard
Keynes Prize 2015
• International Intellectual Property
(IP) Index
• New Development Bank and
Contingency Reserve Arrangement
• Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB)
• Oil Prices Fall/Reasons
• Poultry Product Import Leg Piece
• RBI Signs $400 Million Currency
Swap Pact with Sri Lanka
• Energy Subsidy Report by IMF
• Grexit
• Labor Reform Overview
• The Factories (Amendment) Bill,
2014
• The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill,
2014
• Apprentice ProtsahanYojna
• Bill to Streamline Labour Laws
• Industrial Disputes Act
• Amendment to Contract Labour Act,
1970
• Shramev Jayate Karyakaram
• Minimum Wages Act 1948
• Second National Labour
Commission
• Shram Suvidha Portal
• Transparent Labour Inspection
Scheme in Central Sphere for
Random Selection of Units for
Inspection
• Portability through Universal
Account Number (UAN) for
Employees Provident Fund
• Digital Jeevan Pramaan/ Life
Certificate
• Subsidies in India: Overview
• Housing for All
• Rangarajan Committee
Recommendation on Poverty in India
• JAM Trinity
• Skill India
• Priority Sector Lending Norms
Changed
• Gold Schemes: Gold Monetisation,
Sovereign Gold Bonds And Gold
Coins
• Niti Aayog
• PM Jan Dhan Yojana
• Rupay

Current Affairs Issues
(Polity & Governance )
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• Merger of PIO and OCI card
• NRI allowed to vote via e-postal
ballots
• Election Commission sets up
Committee to allow Migrants to vote
• Introduction of NOTA in Elections
• Provision of Compulsory Voting
• Uniform Civil Code
• Controversy Over Article 370
• Freedom of Press vs. Censorship
• Acid Attacks and Safeguarding
Mechanism
• RTI and Political Parties Issue
• Real Estate (Regulation And
Development) Bill, 2013
• The National Waterways Bill, 2015
• Road Transport and Safety Bill
• Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill,
2015
• Amendments Proposed in
Prevention of Corruption Act
• The Commercial Division and
Commercial Appellate Division of
High Courts and Commercial
Bill, 2015
• Land Acquisition Bill, 2015
• Supreme Court strikes down section
66A of Information Technology Act
• Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2011
• Whistleblowers Bill
• Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana
• Digital Gender Atlas For Girls’
Education In India Launched
• 'USTAAD' Scheme for Traditional
Artisans
• BetiBachao, BetiPadhao
• National Skill Mission
• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen
Kaushal Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojna
• Atal Pension Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana
• (SETU) Self-Employment and Talent
Utilization
• Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi
Karyakram
• Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana
• Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Socio-Economic Caste Census
• Gender Inequality Index
• February 21 Celebrated as
Matribhasha Divas
• Revised Norms for Disaster relief
• Nirbhaya Fund
• Devolution Index for Panchayati Raj
• Tripura Withdraws AFSPA,1958
from the State
• Seventh Pay Commission
• Attorney General is a Public
Authority and Comes under RTI
• Scrapping of GOMs and EGOMs
• Importance of Leader of Opposition
• Reservation for women in
Legislature
• Kiran Aggarwal Committee
• Prevention of Atrocities Amendment
Bill, 2014
• National Judicial Appointments
Commission Act
• The Rights of Transgender Persons
Bill, 2014
• Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Bill, 2014
• Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Bill, 2014
• Bezbaruah Committee
• XAXA Committee
• Child Labour Issue in India
• Pro-Active Governance and Timely
Implementation (PRAGATI) Platform
• Report on Electoral Reforms by Law
Commission of India
• National Electoral Roll Purification
and Authentication Programme
Launched
• Ordinance and Issues Related to it
• Illegal immigration: A threat for
Internal Security
• National Register of Citizens
• Censor Board and Film Certification
Type in India
• Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation and Smart
Cities Mission
• 'Housing for all by 2022' Mission
• Immunisation programme in India
• Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate
‘Visually Impaired’ people
• Interstate water dispute
• Standing Committee Report on
Strengthening of Subordinate Courts

Current Affairs Issues
(Environment )
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• IPCC 5th Assessment Report
• Lima Climate Change Conference
(COP-20)
• Climate Risk Index
• India’s Stand on Montreal Protocol
• First UNEP Adaptation Gap Report
• India’s Stand on Climate Change
Issues
• Government Reconstitutes The
Prime Minister’s Council on Climate
Change
• Major Initiatives to Boost Clean
Energy in India
• U.S.-China Joint Announcement on
Climate Change
• Miscellaneous News Related to
Ecology & Environment
• Forest Survey of India report, 2013
• IUCN ‘Red List’
• IUCN Red List of Birds
• Methodology of Tiger Census
• New Tiger Reserves in India
• Eco Sensitive Zones
• Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Management and Planning Authority
• National Board for Wildlife (IBWL)
• Lion Census Report, 2015
• Steps Taken by Government to
Balance Forest Conservation and
Development
• What is Polluters Pay Model?
• Namami Ganga Project
• Yamuna Revitalization Plan 2017
• National Air Quality Index (NAQI)
• Task Force on “Waste to Energy”
• T S R Subramanian Panel Report
• Biodigestor Toilets by DRDO for
Swatch Bharatabhiyan
• Green Building Rating System
• Green Cities or Eco-cities Concept
• Global E-Waste Monitor 2014: UN
Report
• National Aquifer Mapping and
Management Programme
• National Green Tribunal and Recent
Judgments
• Green Climate Fund to be
Operational in India
• What is Family Farming?
• GM Crops and Environment
• Centre for Science and
Environment’s (CSE) Green Rating
Project
• Miscellaneous Concepts Related to
Climate Change.



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