CURRENT AFFAIRS

7-8 per cent of global biodiversity is found in India. But such diversity is of no use if the country is unable to conserve it, ensure its sustainable use or secure the benefits that accrue from its use for the communities who have conserved the resources for generations.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav released the report on the status of snow leopards in India.

The 100-day health agenda of the Government of India includes the rollout of the digital platform U-WIN portal for the entire country. Currently, this portal is implemented on the lines of a pilot project in 64 districts of the country.

To effectively collect gender data and integrate it easily into the policy process, it is necessary to ensure that gender is included in every stage of policy-making. These integrations are important to transform understanding and inspire meaningful change towards gender equality.

A high-level committee for the Union Territory of Ladakh was constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Karnataka has introduced the draft Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024. It seeks to provide social security and welfare measures for platform-based gig workers in the state.

The performance of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)  scheme has been found deficient which necessitating urgent need for improvement especially when the novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in economic shocks for 260 lakh women who deliver on an average a child each year in India.

In a major intelligence based operation 26 naxals were killed in a police operation in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra. The proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has faced setbacks in its “protracted armed struggle” against the Indian state.

The demonetisation of high-value currency in India in 2016 is a classic case of policy based on popular narratives in economic policymaking than economists and policymakers acknowledge.

Prime minister recently launched the Gati Shakti National Master Plan to expand India’s slowing economic growth. Gati Shakti National Master Plan will renew momentum through major infrastructure upgrades that will cut logistics costs for industry and raise all round efficiency.