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9 PM Daily Brief – December 15, 2020

Good evening dear reader Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS 2 NFHS findings New technology coalitions NITI Aayog releases ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ GS 3 Modernise India’s archaic tax laws Agri model Income support to mitigate income losses What is Planet Nine? 9 PM for Preliminary examination… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Brief – December 15, 2020

Explained: What is Planet Nine?

News: A strange exoplanet named HD106906 b orbiting a double-star 336 light years away has caught the interest of astronomers as it can provide clues about our own mysterious Planet Nine — if it exists. Facts: Planet Nine: It is a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the Solar System.It is said to be… Continue reading Explained: What is Planet Nine?

Income support to mitigate income losses

Context- The government’s unusual reluctance in providing adequate support to the economy has purportedly been because of the lack of fiscal space. Is India in a technical recession? Technical recession– The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the US defines a technical recession to be in progress when real GDP has declined for at… Continue reading Income support to mitigate income losses

Green revolution 2.0 and new farm laws

Context: The next Green Revolution 2.0 will come through in-depth research, better investment opportunities and access to the market. What led to the green revolution? Scarcity of grain: After the China war, when India was standing at the cusp of economic destruction, Pakistan attacked India. There was an acute scarcity of food grains in the… Continue reading Green revolution 2.0 and new farm laws

Modernise India’s archaic tax laws

Context: Need to modernise India’s archaic tax laws. Contents1 Background:2 People who gained during the Pandemic?3 What are the problems in taxation?4 What can be done? Background: The Income Tax Act was framed in 1961 and has been amended several times. The government constituted the Akhilesh Ranjan Task Force to suggest reforms to the Income… Continue reading Modernise India’s archaic tax laws

NITI Aayog releases ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

News: NITI Aayog has released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India. Facts: The document is a joint effort of Health Vertical, NITI Aayog and Institute for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba,Canada. Vision of the Paper: To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for… Continue reading NITI Aayog releases ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

New technology coalitions

Context: India must actively participate in new technology coalitions to secure its geopolitical interests. Why India needs Tech-coalition? Reducing economic and digital dependence on China. China’s use of newly acquired technological muscle in support of its expansionist aims. To promote and regulate advanced technologies. India is also now a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement that… Continue reading New technology coalitions

NFHS findings

Context:  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released data fact sheets for 22 States and Union Territories based on the findings of Phase I of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5). What are the worrying findings? Malnutrition: Of the 22 States and UTs, there is an increase in the prevalence of severe acute… Continue reading NFHS findings

UPSC Mains Syllabus GS 4

ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics – in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values. Attitude: content, structure, function;… Continue reading UPSC Mains Syllabus GS 4

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