Factoids for Prelims 2021

GST compensation cess is credited into a non-lapsable fund (GST compensation Fund) which is credited into the Public Account of India.

Mallakhamb, Kalaripayattu, Gatka and Thang-Ta are being supported under the vertical of ‘Promotion of Rural and Indigenous/Tribal Games’ under the Khelo India Scheme.

Mallakhamb: origin of Mallakhamb can be traced to the 12th century, where it is mentioned in Manas-Olhas - a classic by Chalukya in 1135 A.D. Modern historians attribute origin to Nashik, Maharastra. 

Kalaripayatu: Kerala

Gatka: Punjab

Thang - Ta: Manipur

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SATHI Initiative

Department of Science & Technology has launched a unique scheme called“Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI)

These Centres are expected to house major analytical instruments to provide common services of high-end analytical testing, thus avoiding duplication and reduced dependency on foreign sources. SATHI will address the problems of accessibility, maintenance, redundancy and duplication of expensive equipment in our Institutions.

Earliest epigraphic evidence andSanskritinscription inSouth Indiabelongs to Saptamatrika cult. 

Saptamatrikasare a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was issued bySatavahana king Vijaya in 207 A.D.

Some confusing things in modern history 

1)Deenabandhutitle give forC F Andrewsby Gandhi n st stephen students. Deshbandhupopular name forC R Das. Dinbandhuweeklymarathijournal byNm lokhande 1880

Deenabandhuweeklymalayalamnewspaper byVR  Krishnanin 1941.

Epidemiological Triad

Exports to GDP ratio of India is greater than the Exports to GDP ratio of China. 

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River Ujhis a major tributary of River Ravi. Ujh Multipurpose project being constructed in Kathua District of J&K.

6)1813 actendedmonopoly of company in india except trade in tea with india and trade with china(all other trades were open to all brtish subjcts)

1833 act(st helena act 1833)ended all commercial activites of company made purely administrative body.

7)Regarding Secretary of State

• Secretary of state office + 15 mem council created by(1858 act).(he oversees the indian civils services)
• High commissioner office created and transferred some functions of secretary of state(1919 act)
• Abolished the 15 member council of secretary and replaced it with team of advisors(1935 act)
• It finally abolished secretary of state for India & transferred its  functions to the secretary of state for common wealth affairs (1947 act)

8)  Regarding Budget in colonial era

• Budget introduced in 1860
• Power of discussing Budget & addressing questions to executive (1892 act)
• Power to ask supplementary questions + move resolution on budget (1909 act)
• 1st time provincial budget separated from central budget + gave power to prov leg to enact their budget(1919act)

9)Confusing personalities in Acts

1. 1863 -1st Indian ICS officer -Satyendranath Tagore.
2. 1909 act-1st Indian in executive council of viceory (1st Indian law member) -Satyendra prasad sinha.
3. 1946 Dec 9th(1st Const Assem meeting- Temporary President based on french practise -Dr.Sachchidananda Sinha.

10)Regarding Constitutional Borrowing confusions 

1. PRESIDENT -Method of Election (Irish),Impeachment (USA)
2. Governor-Office of governor (1935 act),Appointment of Governor by center(Canada)
3. Rajyasabha-Electons of Members of Rj sb(South Africa),Nomination of Members to Raj sbh(Irish)

ILO Conventions

India  has  ratified  six  out  of  the  eight  core  ILO  Conventions.  These  are  the  Forced  Labour  Convention  (No.  29),  Abolition of  Forced  Labour  Convention  (No.  105),  Equal  Remuneration  Convention  (No.  100),  Discrimination  (Employment  and Occupation)  Convention  (No.  111),  Minimum  Age  Convention  (No.  138)  and  Worst  Forms  of  Child  Labour  Convention (No.  182). 

India has  NOT ratified  Freedom  of  Association  and  Protection  of  the  Right  to  Organise  Convention  (No.  87),  Right  to Organise  and  Collective  Bargaining  Convention  (No.  98).

@upsc2020 Fabulous thread. Appreciate your thought process. 

Article 142 (Ram Mandir waley) was also used in Taj Mahal Cleaning, Union Carbide, Freeing undertrials from jail, cancellation of coal blocks without proving guilty,Alcohol ban within the distance of 500m on NH and to find the issue of spot fixing in  IPL 2013

Bougainvilleis the largest island in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

97.7% of voters on the Pacific island of Bougainville opted for independence from Papua New Guinea in a referendum held in late November and early December. 

Sonbhadrais the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh in the west, Chhattishgarh in the south, Jharkhand in the south east and Bihar in the northeast.

Lassa feveris a viral haemorrhagic disease caused by theLassa virus. It’s transmitted through the urine and droppings of infected rats found in most tropical and subtropical countries in Africa. 

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Some confusing things in modern history 

1)Deenabandhutitle give for C F Andrews by Gnadhi n st stephen students. Deshbandhupopular name for C R Das. Dinbandhuweeklymarathijournal byNm lokhande 1880

Deenabandhuweeklymalayalamnewspaper byVR  Krishnanin 1941.

2)Servants of People societyfounded byLala lajpat Rai in 1921 st lahore. (Inaugurated by gandhi)

Servants of Indian Society  founded by Gopal krishna Gokhale in 1905.

3)Indian Independence League 1942formed by rash behari bose in Tokyo japan.

Independence of Indian League 1927formed byJ L nehru n bose against dominion status in nehru report.

4)Delhi Chalo movementis associated withIndividual satyagraha movementduring 1940-1941)

Dilli chalo marchor slogun given bysubashChandra boseto motivate INA members.

5)Dwarkanath Tagore (1764 -1846) founded Landholders society in 1838 along with Radhakanta Deb.

His son is Debendranath tagore.

Debendranath tagore(1817 to 1905)was founder oftattwabodhini sabha in 1839n Tattvabodhini patrika in 1843,became head of bramho samaj

In 1865 due to differences with Kc sen he reorganized brahmo samajinto Adi bramo samaj.

His sons areSatyendarnath tagore 1st Indianto qualify ICS in 1863.

Rabindranath tagore - Jana gana mana, Amar shonar Bangla,srilanka national anthem,Gitajali,nobel prize in Literature(1913), founded vishwabharthi.

Abanindranath Tagorenephew of Rabindranath tagore foundedIndian Society of orientalArt,painted Bharat mata(1905)

ATLAS

1. Beagle Channel:where the waters of the South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet.

2. Drake Passage: channel, connecting and separating the southernmost tip of South America to the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula