In News Recently, India updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).  More about the news Updation of the pledge: As per the Paris Agreement’s provisions, countries must ‘update’ their pledges every five years to make higher commitments to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.  India’s first pledge: The country submitted its first pledge in 2015.  India’s first […]

In News Recently, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) marked 25 years of ceasefire with the Government of India (GoI). About The ceasefire between the outfit and the Centre had come into effect on August 1, 1997. The NSCN (I-M) has rued the lack of progress in the Naga peace process after 25 years […]

In News  The Reserve Bank of India’s Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) has improved to 56.4 in March 2022 vis-à-vis 53.9 in March 2021, with growth witnessed across all the sub-indices.  The index is published annually in July. Financial Inclusion Index About: The RBI developed the composite financial inclusion index to capture the extent of financial […]

In News  Recently, the Lok Sabha passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill 2022 for conversion of the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI). Key features of the Bill Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya:  The Bill seeks to convert the National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara (a deemed university) to the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, which will be a […]

In News  Recently, the Union govt. withdrew the long-awaited Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 to replace it with a new bill with a ‘comprehensive framework’ and ‘contemporary digital privacy laws’. What is the Personal Data Protection Bill?  The Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in India’s parliament on December 11, 2019.  It sets the […]

In News  Recently, Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said that the country’s economic growth for the current fiscal year is “insufficient for the kind of jobs” it needs. A lot of this growth is jobless growth. Jobless growth In a jobless growth economy, unemployment remains stubbornly high even as the economy grows.  […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 SC calls for a panel to look into freebies issue   Union govt. rolls back Data Protection Bill (Polity and Governance) Know about Supreme Court’s recent observations on freebies, what are freebies?issues linked to them and ways to.handle.   What are […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 3 Govt withdraws data protection Bill to bring revamped, refreshed regulation   Need committee to look at freebies issue, suggest measures: Supreme Court   (Polity and Governance) Why the government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill ?major features of the Personal […]

In Context Recently, there has been renewed concern across states over the functioning of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Concerns Related to RTI Implementation On the occasion of 16 years of implementation of the RTI Act in India in October 2021, Satark Nagrik Sangathan has compiled a report on the performance of information commissions […]

Recently, Parliament passed the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022