CURRENT AFFAIRS

India has formally inked its first major defence system export deal with the Philippines, signing a $375 million contract for the BrahMos shore-based anti-ship missile system.

Cyber attacks may be a relatively new phenomenon, but in a short time frame have come to be assessed as dangerous as terrorism because of ever-evolving nature of security risks.

The petition by the Haryana government to remove the stay on the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, or the Haryana Act will soon be heard by the Supreme Court.

People donate money to charity because they believe in the causes they support, or the quality of work that some NGOs are doing, or because they are committed citizens. Thus, a systematic study of the impact of tax incentives on charitable donations is the need of the hour.

India’s fiscal deficit (for the Centre) in FY22 is expected to be 6.8% of the GDP and when considering the debts of States as well, this jumps to about 12.7% of the GDP (as of FY21).

In the Budget presented for 2022-23, the Finance Minister had announced the introduction of India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and that the digital rupee would give a ‘big boost’ to the digital economy.

In the Union Budget 2022-23, the overall budgetary allocation towards the agricultural sector has marginally increased by 4.4% but the rate of increase is lower than the current inflation rate of 5.5%-6%.

The rapid urbanisation of peri-urban areas across India requires targeted and planned intervention to allow cities to grow in a sustainable manner.

In recent months dialogues and summits held with Central Asia like the inaugural India-Central Asia Summit, the India-Central Asia Dialogue, and the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi collectively indicate a renewed enthusiasm in New Delhi to engage the Central Asian region.

Recently , the body responsible for administering the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) i.e. The National Health Authority (NHA) has initiated a consultation process on the retention of health data by health-care providers in India.