Source: The post is based on the article “RBI Governor launches financial inclusion dashboard ‘Antardrishti’” published in the Business Standard on 5th June 2023 What is the News? RBI Governor has launched a financial inclusion dashboard named ‘Antardrishti’. What is Antardrishti dashboard? Objectives: -To assess the current state of financial inclusion by analyzing key metrics and indicators, -Enabling… Continue reading RBI Governor launches financial inclusion dashboard ‘Antardrishti’
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How FAME changes impact EV fortunes
Source: The post is based on the article “How FAME changes impact EV fortunes” published in the Business Standard on 10th June 2023 Syllabus: GS3 – Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About the recent changes to FAME II Scheme. News: Recently, the government decided to slash demand incentives by 33-63 percent from… Continue reading How FAME changes impact EV fortunes
RBI puts bank boards on notice
Source: The post is based on the article “RBI puts bank boards on notice” published in Business Standard on 9th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Indian Economy – Money & Banking Relevance: About the recent meeting of the RBI governor News: Recently, the RBI governor held a conference with private as well as public sector banks’… Continue reading RBI puts bank boards on notice
Augmenting capacity – on setting up decentralised grain storage facility
Source: The post is based on an article “Augmenting capacity” published in Business Standard on 8th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce News: Rs 1-trillion programme approved by the Union Cabinet in India to create the world’s largest decentralised grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector. The godowns will be… Continue reading Augmenting capacity – on setting up decentralised grain storage facility
India-Nepal relations soar high
Source: The post is based on the article “India-Nepal relations soar high” published in the Business Standard on 7th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – India and Neighbourhood relations. Relevance: About India-Nepal relations. News: The recent visit of the Nepali Prime Minister to India has highlighted the ongoing developments in India-Nepal relations. Contents1 What are the key… Continue reading India-Nepal relations soar high
Law Commission’s sedition recommendations: Silencing what’s left of dissent
Source: The post is based on the following articles “Law Commission’s sedition recommendations: Silencing what’s left of dissent” published in the Indian Express on 7th June 2023. “Doubling down on sedition” published in the Business Standard on 7th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of… Continue reading Law Commission’s sedition recommendations: Silencing what’s left of dissent
Centre’s ‘lateral entry’ plan gains traction
Source: The post is based on the article “Centre’s ‘lateral entry’ plan gains traction” published in Business Standard on 6th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance – Role of Civil Services in a Democracy Relevance: Concerns associated with lateral entry News: Recently, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issued a list of 20 lateral recruitments to… Continue reading Centre’s ‘lateral entry’ plan gains traction
Banks up to tricks with bad loans again?
Source: The post is based on the article “Banks up to tricks with bad loans again?” published in Business Standard on 5th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Indian Economy – Money & Banking Relevance: About Evergreening of Loans News: The RBI governor in a conference of the directors of public-sector banks (PSBs) has made comments regarding… Continue reading Banks up to tricks with bad loans again?
The world that awaits us – on technological developments
Source: This post is created based on the article “The world that awaits us”, published in Business Standard on 3rd June 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 – Awareness about the technologies Context: Nuclear fusion, hydrogen fuel cells, quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are considered transformative technologies. However, only AI has become usable as… Continue reading The world that awaits us – on technological developments
WTO flags poor use of India’s preferential scheme for LDCs
Source: The post is based on the article “WTO flags poor use of India’s preferential scheme for LDCs” published in the Business Standard on 03rd June 2023 What is the News? According to a recent report, about 85% of about 11,000 products offered at zero tariff by India to least developed countries (LDCs) under the duty-free quota-free… Continue reading WTO flags poor use of India’s preferential scheme for LDCs
