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CURRENT AFFAIRS

How to Prepare Current Affairs for UPSC?

There is a trend of asking questions in the UPSC Civil Services Exam from the events that are in news related to the subject. A large number of questions in the exam are directly asked from websites; like PIB, Down to Earth or Newspaper; like The Hindu, Indian Express, Times of India, Business Standard etc. It is very challenging to study from all these sources in a limited time during preparation. Keeping all these things in mind, all the important news is compiled in this section on a daily basis; so that you do not miss any important event from the exam point of view.

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Pradhan Mantri-PVTG Development Mission 

03-Feb-2023

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Pradhan Mantri-PVTG Development Mission to focus on improving the overall socio-economic conditions of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups across the country.

 A fine balancing act in the budget

02-Feb-2023

The Economic Survey that was placed in Parliament before the presentation of the Budget for 2023-24 has laid emphasis on the point that India has staged a remarkable broad-based recovery to reach the level of income that existed before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Laboratory-grown diamonds

02-Feb-2023

The 2023 Union Budget shines special attention on laboratory-grown diamonds (LGD) as the sector has “high employment potential”.

Submarine INS Vagir a ‘silent killer’ 

01-Feb-2023

INS Vagir, the fifth of the Kalvari-class submarines under Project-75, has been commissioned into the Indian Navy at a time when China is making forays into the strategically important Indian Ocean region.

Evolution of the “basic structure” doctrine and criticism

01-Feb-2023

Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar’s recent public criticism of the judiciary and remark that courts cannot dilute “parliamentary sovereignty” sparked a debate on the separation of powers, bringing the focus back to the “basic structure” doctrine of the Constitution.

Reforms to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

31-Jan-2023

The Central government has constituted a committee headed by Amarjeet Sinha to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool.

Customs and the legal age for marriage

30-Jan-2023

The Supreme Court recently announced that it would examine whether minor girls, as young as 15 years, can marry on the basis of custom or personal law when such marriages are considered an offence in statutory law.

Army granting permanent commission to women officers

30-Jan-2023

The Army has begun the process for selection of women officers for command postings in the rank of Colonel, which has so far been the domain of male officers.

Management of the groundwater a precious resource

28-Jan-2023

The theme of UN World Water Day 2022 was ‘Groundwater, Making the Invisible Visible’ is a reflection of the importance given to the resource across the globe.

Financial support for digital payments

28-Jan-2023

Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an incentive scheme for promotion of RuPay debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (person-to-merchant) in FY 2022-23 with an outlay of Rs 2,600 crore.

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