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Daily Current Affairs – 2 July, 2026

    VB-G RAM G Act Come Into Force

    In News

  • The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, has come into effect from 1st July.

    • Background  of VB-G RAM G

  • In the past, India launched a number of rural wage employment programmes to alleviate poverty, to increase agricultural productivity and to provide jobs to underemployed rural workers.
  • Among the early programmes were the Rural Manpower Programme (1960s) and the Crash Scheme for Rural Employment (1971).
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    eSARAS: Expanding Markets, Empowering Rural Women 

    In News

  • The Government recently emphasized the role of eSARAS (SARAS Aajeevika) in digitally empowering women-led Self-Help Groups (SHGs) by linking rural artisans to national markets and promoting inclusive growth under the Digital India mission.

    • About eSARAS (SARAS Aajeevika)

  • It is a digital marketplace for products created by women SHGs, rural artisans and producer collectives across India.
  • It is developed by the Ministry of Rural Development under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
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    130th Constitution Amendment Bill

    In News

  • The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill is expected to adopt its report soon.

    • About

  • Background: The bill was introduced in 2025 and was subsequently referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) following intense opposition protests.
  • Major Features: The Bill provides for the removal of a minister if he/she is accused of an offence punishable with five or more years of imprisonment, and has been arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days.
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    New Rules Under Telecommunications Act, 2023

    Context

  • The Union Government has notified three major authorisation rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, making the new telecom regulatory framework operational.

    • About

  • The authorisation rules under the Act include rules;
  • Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Principal Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2026.
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    PM Calls for Citizen-Centric Reforms and Self-Reliance

    Context

  • PM Modi  in a meeting urged the Secretaries of all Union Ministries and Departments to prioritise three core governance objectives—ease of doing business, ease of living, and Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance).

    • What is Ease of Doing Business

  • Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) refers to the extent to which the regulatory, administrative and institutional environment enables businesses to start, operate, expand and close with minimum cost, time and procedural hurdles.
  • India improved its rank in the World Bank's Doing Business Report from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019, reflecting significant improvements in the regulatory environment.
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    News In Short 02-07-2026

    Context

  • The stagnation in India's cotton productivity has led to a debate on whether new genetically modified (GM) cotton technologies alone can improve productivity or whether greater emphasis is needed on soil health and agronomic practices.

    • What is Ease of Doing Business

  • India is the world's largest cotton producer by area (37% of the entire global cotton land) and one of the largest producers of cotton globally.
  • Bt cotton, especially Bollgard-II, has led to an 88 percent productivity increase of cotton between 2002 and 2013.
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