Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair January 2020
Table of Contents
- POLITY & GOVERNANCE_______________ 4
1. Article 131 of Indian Constitution ________4
1.2. Office of the Speaker and the Issue of
Defection _______________________________5
1.3. SC’s Verdicts on Curbing Restrictions _____7
1.4. Aadhar report________________________9
1.5. Enemy Properties____________________10
1.6. Regulating Minority Educational Institutions
______________________________________11
1.7. EWS Quota in States _________________13
1.8. All India Judicial Services ______________14
1.9. Fast Track Special Courts ______________15
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 17
2.1. New and Emerging Strategic Technologies
Division _______________________________17
2.2. South China Sea _____________________18
2.3. Israel-Palestine______________________20
2.4. Rohingya Issue in ICJ _________________21
2.5. Iran-USA Standoff ___________________23
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 25
3.1. Report of the 15th Finance Commission for
FY 2020-21 _____________________________25
3.2. National Strategy for Financial inclusion _27
3.3. Stressed Urban Co-operative Banks to Face
PCA-like Curbs __________________________29
3.4. E-Commerce in India _________________29
3.5. The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance
2020 __________________________________31
3.6. Road Infrastructure Funding ___________32
3.7. Draft Guidelines for Private Trains ______33
3.8. Draft Scheme for Supply of Round-The-Clock
(RTC) Power ____________________________35
3.9. North-East Gas Grid Project____________36
3.10. National Data and Analytical Platform
Vision Document ________________________37
3.11. World Employment and Social Outlook _39
4. SECURITY__________________________ 41
4.1. Bodo Peace Accord___________________41 - 2. Pact to end Bru Refugee Crisis__________42
4.3. Kuki- Naga Militants Sign Pact__________43
4.4. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre _44
5. ENVIRONMENT______________________46
5.1. Green Economy _____________________46
5.2. Coral Restoration ____________________48
5.3. Guidelines for Implementing Wetlands
(Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017_50
5.4. 10 New Ramsar Sites in India __________52
5.5. Urban Lakes ________________________54
5.6. Compensatory Afforestation: Green Credit
Scheme _______________________________55
5.7. African Cheetah _____________________56
5.8. State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index
2019 __________________________________57
5.9. Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for
Sand Mining____________________________58
5.10. Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b _60
5.11. New Monsoon Dates ________________60
5.12. Australian Bush Fire _________________61
6. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________63
6.1. Income Inequality ___________________63
6.2. Global Social Mobility Index ___________64
6.3. Medical Termination of Pregnancy
(Amendment) Bill, 2020 __________________65
6.4. Anganwadi Workers__________________66
6.5. Adoption in India ____________________67
6.6. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
2019 __________________________________69
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________71
7.1. Regulating Artificial Intelligence ________71
7.2. Blockchain Technology________________73
7.3. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ____75
7.4. Rare Diseases _______________________76
7.5. Drone Regulation ____________________78
8. CULTURE ___________________________81
8.1. Republic Day Parade 2020 _____________81
8.2. Ashfaqullah Khan ____________________81 - 3. Cultural Festivals in News _____________82
9. ETHICS ____________________________ 83
9.1. Death Penalty_______________________83
10. NEWS IN SHORT ___________________ 85
10.1. Padma Awards________________________ 85
10.2. Police Commissionerate System__________ 85
10.3. Postal Ballot__________________________ 85
10.4. INI Status to the Institute of Teaching and
Research in Ayurveda_______________________ 86
10.5. Corruption Perception Index 2019 ________ 86
10.6. Women, Business & The Law Report 2020 _ 86
10.7. Raisina Dialogue 2020 __________________ 87
10.8. Global Risk Report 2020 ________________ 87
10.9. Blue Corner Notice ____________________ 87
10.10. Libya Summit ________________________ 88
10.11. Global Talent Competitiveness Index_____ 88
10.12. World Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) Report ____________________________ 88
10.13. No Imports in ‘Others’ Category Without HSN
Code ____________________________________ 88
10.14. WEF’s Reskilling Revolution ____________ 89
10.15. Global consortium for Governance of Digital
Currency _________________________________ 89
10.16. NSE knowledge Hub __________________ 89
10.17. Track and Trace Platform for businesses __ 89
10.18. National Startup Advisory Council _______ 89
10.19. Purvodaya Scheme ___________________ 90 - 20. Arogya Sanjeevani Policy ______________ 90
10.21. Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) 90
10.22. Youth Co: Lab________________________ 90
10.23. Operation Turtshield __________________ 91
10.24. One Trillion Trees Initiative_____________ 91
10.25. Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 ___________ 91
10.26. Hargila _____________________________ 92
10.27. Palau Is First Country to Ban ‘Reef Toxic’ Sun
Cream ___________________________________ 92
10.28. Archaea ____________________________ 92
10.29. Bhuvan Panchayat V 3.0 _______________ 92
10.30. DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories _____ 93
10.31. Swarna Jayanti Fellowships_____________ 93
10.32. Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)_______ 93
10.33. Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) 93
10.34. Government Owned Contractor Operated
(GOCO) Model ____________________________ 93
10.35. Sukhoi Jets __________________________ 94
10.36. Saksham 2020 _______________________ 94
10.37. Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (SS League
2020) ____________________________________ 94
10.38. Nari Shakti Puraskar __________________ 95
10.39. Buddhist Monastries in News ___________ 95
10.40. Iran’s Cultural Heritage ________________ 95
10.41. Classical Language ____________________ 96
11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____97
11.1. Scheme for Integrated Textile Park _______ 97
11.2. Aspirational Districts Program ___________ 97
