CURRENT AFFAIRS

India’s first Pan India time use survey- 2019, was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in early October.

India decided to withdraw from the RCEP due to the concern about the size of its trade deficit. The tension with China in Ladakh is also a factor.

The Union Home Ministry has notified new land laws for the UT of Jammu and Kashmir that came in force with immediate effect.

The Reserve Bank of India made a forecast in its latest monthly bulletin that India is in a technical recession.

The Mining is indispensable for the individual, for the society, and for the development of the nations.

Reduced to mere advisory bodies, India’s pollution control boards are unable to regulate air quality.

The 15^th Finance Commission is learnt to have recommended that states get 41% of central tax revenues, the same level that it proposed in its interim report for 2020-21 a year ago.

Vietnam’s total merchandise exports grew at an annualised average rate of 18 per cent in the last 10 years till 2019, as compared with India’s 5 per cent.

Delhi has reported over 6,000 new Covid cases every day since November 3 and 13 per cent of this may be linked to increased air pollution, stated by the Indian Medical Association.

Celebration of World Food Day on 16^th October. This year's World Food Day is dedicated to highlight food and agriculture as a significant part of COVID-19 response system.