Context: structural issues in agriculture Present scenario of Indian agriculture: The aggregate Share of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Including agribusiness, domesticated animals, and ranger service and fishery sub segments as far as rate of GDP is 13.9 percent during 2018-19 at 2004-05 prices. Indian is an agriculture based country, where more than 50% of population… Continue reading 7 PM | Opportunity to reform agriculture missed |26th July, 2019
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7 PM | Making national legislatures more gender balanced | 26th July, 2019
Context: Women representation in Parliament. Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the world’s total talent pool has a vast bearing on the growth, competitiveness and future-readiness of economies and businesses worldwide. Global gender gap report: The Global Gender Gap… Continue reading 7 PM | Making national legislatures more gender balanced | 26th July, 2019
SC orders setting up of special courts in districts with over 100 pending POCSO cases
The Supreme Court has ordered the government to set up special courts in those districts where more than 100 cases of sexual offences against children are pending. The special court will be set up under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. The court will only hear sexual assault cases against children and… Continue reading SC orders setting up of special courts in districts with over 100 pending POCSO cases
ECI sets up teams to probe VVPAT mismatch in Lok Sabha election
The Election Commission of India has set up a panel to examine VVPAT mismatch in Lok sabha election 2019. This comes in the backdrop of reports of mismatches between the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips and the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) count in eight cases during the Lok Sabha election Under the electoral… Continue reading ECI sets up teams to probe VVPAT mismatch in Lok Sabha election
RTI Amendment Bill passed amid protests in Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill amends the RTI Act 2005. According to the RTI Act of 2005, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (IC) at the central and state level will hold office for a term of five years. However, the amendments specify that… Continue reading RTI Amendment Bill passed amid protests in Rajya Sabha
Earth is warming at faster pace than in last 2,000 years: study
According to studies published in the journals Nature and Nature Geoscience, world temperatures rose faster in the late 20th century than at any other time in the last 2,000 years. The paper published in Nature examined regional temperature trends over time. While, the paper published in Nature Geoscience examined rates of surface warming, averaged over… Continue reading Earth is warming at faster pace than in last 2,000 years: study
Daily Quiz #23 UPSC Prelims Marathon – July 26, 2019
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to set up single tribunal to settle inter-state water disputes
Lok Sabha has passed the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill,2019. The bill seeks to amend the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act,1956. The Act provides for the adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys. The Bill requires the central government to set up a dispute Resolution Committee(DRC) for resolving any… Continue reading Lok Sabha passes Bill to set up single tribunal to settle inter-state water disputes
Release of India’s R&D expenditure eco-system report
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has released a report titled ‘R&D Expenditure Ecosystem’. The report has said that the growth in research and development(R&D) expenditure should be commensurate with the economy’s growth and should be targeted to reach at least 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2022. The report… Continue reading Release of India’s R&D expenditure eco-system report
India’s first dragon blood-oozing tree
Researchers from Assam have discovered Dracaena cambodiana.It is a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area of West Karbi Anglong. This is for the first time that a dragon tree species has been reported from India. This plant yields dragon’s blood which is a bright red resin used since ancient times as medicine, body… Continue reading India’s first dragon blood-oozing tree
