24th - 25th DECEMBER

24^th DECEMBER

AVOID THE WORD ‘RAPE’IN REPORTS, DOCTORS TOLD: WOMEN RIGHTS ISSUE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH: NOT TO REFUSE TREATMENT TO VICTIMS AND RAPE WORD SHOULD NOT BE USED

BAN THE FINGER TEST AND MENTIONING THAT VICTIM IS USED TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: GOES AGT THE PRIVACY OF THE VICTIM

THERE SHOULD BE A MANUAL TO GUIDE THE DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT AND COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTATION

ISSUE OF INFORMED CONSENT OF THE VICTIM BEFORE STARTING THE TREATMENT AND INFORMING THE POLICE; IN CASE THAT CONSENT IS NOT POSSIBLE: CONSENT OF GUARDIANS NEEDED

OPINION OF DOCTORS SHOULD BE EVIDENCE BASED

AGNI III

3000 KMS; SURFACE TO SURFACE; 2 STAGE

PRITHVI: TACTICAL MISSILE: NAVY VERSIONàDHANUSHàSAGARIKA

HELINA: HELICOPTER VERSION OF NAG MISSLE

NIRBHAY: SUB SONIC MISSILE

NATIONAL CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY: DECEMBER 24

RAJIV GANDHI: COPRA’86: CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

DEC 1: WORLD AIDS DAY

DEC 10: INT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

COPRA: PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND CORPORATE

SETUP: CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCIL, CONSUMER DISPUTE REDRESSAL MECHANISM AT CENTRE, STATE AND DISTRICT LEVELàDECENTRALISED LEVEL

CONSUMER RIGHTS

1.      RIGHT TO BE INFORMED

2.      TO SEEK REDRESSAL

3.      TO CHOOSE

4.      TO BE HEARD

5.      TO SAFETY

6.      TO CONSUMER EDUCATION

OTHER ISSUES:

1.      JAAGO GHARAK JAGO: EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION OF CONSUMER

2.      AWARENESS ABOUT QUALITY BENCHMARK

3.      STANDARD PACKAGING

SPATIAL COMPONENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT

EVERY ZONE SHOULD HAVE WASTE DISPOSAL MECHANISM; NEW MASTER PLANS OF CITIES SHOULD INCORPORATE THIS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS

COLLECTàSTOREàDISPOSAL OF WASTE

ISSUES OF OLD AGE

1.      RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS MISSING

2.      MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS ACT

3.      AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM

4.      EMPOWERING THE LOCAL BODIES

5.      PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF SENIOR CITIZENS

BIDAR AND GULBARGA TO GET MANUFACTURING ZONES

NEW MANUFACTURING POLICY 2011 (NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND MANUFACTURING POLICY)

1.      INDIAN ECONOMY HAS MISSED A CRUCIAL PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WHEREBY IT HAS SKIPPED THE PHASE OF INDUSTRIALISATION: WE HAVE MOVED FROM BEING AN AGRARIAN ECONOMY TO SERVICE ORIENTED

2.      AGRICULTURE EMPLOYS ARND 50% POPULATION WHILE THE SERVICE SECTOR CONTRIBUTES TO MORE THAN 60% OF THE GDP

3.      THIS KIND OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE: HENCE WE SEE THAT NOW OUR COUNTRY IS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN INFLOWS TO SUSTAIN OUR GROWTHàAS OUR OWN EXPORTS ARE POOR, WHILE IMPORTS ARE INELASTIC: LEADING TO RAISE IN CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT

4.      THE RECESSION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIES EXPOSED OUR VULNERABILITY WITH BURGEONING CAD AND FISCAL DEFICIT

5.      THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A MANUFACTURING POLICY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS

6.      THE DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN INFLOWS FOR FINANCING OUR CAD HAS EXERBATED THE SITUATION: WITH RE DEPRECIATION WORSENING THE SITUATION IN INDIAN ECONOMY

7.      HENCE WE INTRODUCED THE NEW MANUFACTURING POLICY 2011

FEATURES

1.      INCREASE THE SHARE OF MANUFACTURING IN GDP FROM 16% TO 25% BY 2020

2.      OPENING OF NEW MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT ZONES (NMIZ) WITH MINIMUM 30% TO PROCESSING AREA: ECO CITIES CONCEPT

3.      SEAMLESS  INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THESE ZONES

4.      RELAXATION OF LABOUR NORMS UNDER THESE AREAS

5.      SKILL DEVELOPMENT AIM ALSO INTERTWINED WITH NMP: 100 MILLION BY 2022

6.      PROMOTING THE MSMEs : REMOVING ALL HURDLES: PROMOTION OF CLUSTERS

7.      IMPROVING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

8.      IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY AND VALUE ADDED IN MANUFACTURING

9.      DMIC: JAPAN: INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR;BANGLORE MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR:UK

FLAWED PREFERENCE

CHILD SEX RATIO: PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY: PREFERENCE FOR MALE CHILD

FAILURE OF THE SOCIAL RELIGIOUS REFORMS: NOT JUST A RECENT PHENOMENON: EGs OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY, ISHWAR CHAND VIDYASAGAR

NEGATIVE USE OF SCIENCE: ULTRA SOUND: DETERMINATION OF SEX: FOETICIDE

LACK OF EDUCATION AND AWARENESS: THEREFORE ITS NOT JUST A SOCIAL PROBLEMàITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC-RELIGIOUS PHENOMENON: DOCUMENTARY JAL PARI

FAILURE OF PCPNDT ACT: PRE CONCEPTION PRE NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST

DISCRIMINATION FACED BY WOMEN IN DAILY LIVES:

1.      BOY PREFERENCE: UNFPA REPORTà LEGAL, JUDICIAL AND POLICE REFORMS ARE NEEDED

2.      CHILD SEX RATIO: 962à945à927à919: DISTURBING OUR DEMOGRAGHIC PROFILE

3.      SOUTH KOREA: IMPROVEMENT: AWARENESS AND APPEAL

4.      PREVALENCE OF CHILD MARRIAGE: 30% OF GIRLS BTW 15 TO 19 YEARS: IN RURAL AREAS THIS FIGURE GOES UP TO 56%

5.      WE SHOULD BE GUIDED BY CEDAW AND BEIJING PLATFORM

INDIA PAKISTAN DGMOs MEET

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MILITARTY OPERATIONS MEET: IRON OUT TENSIONS ON LoC

UN MILITARY OPERATION GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN (UNMOG)

POORNA SHAKTI KENDRAS TO EMPOWER THE WOMEN

RURAL WOMEN DO NOT KNOW HOW TO AVAIL FACILITIES THAT THE GOVT OFFERS THEM: FULL EMPOWERMENT CENTRE: AS PART OF NRLM

NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN/: OFFERING SERVICES TO WOMEN AT GRASSROOT LEVEL

SAMANVAYAKS: WILL HELP THE WOMEN: PENSION SCHEMES, AADHAR CARD AND VOTER ID

CHINA DEFENDS NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN

WASSENAR GROUP

AUSTRALIAN GROUP

MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME

NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP

COUNTRIES WHICH REGULATE THE TRADE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND FUELS IN THE WORLD. HOWEVER RUSSIA CONTINUED TO SUPPORT INDIA (GRAND FATHERING CLAUSE).

CHINA GOT ADDMISSION IN NSGà AND NOW SUPPORTING PAKISTAN UNDER THIS CLAUSE; NSG FORBIDS ITS MEMBERS TO TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TO COUNTRIES WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED NON PROLIFERATION TREATY

25^th DECEMBER

INDIA PAKISTAN RESOLVE TO PROTECT LoC TRUCE

DGMOs: PEACE, TRANQUILITY, CEASE FIRE: AFTER 14 YEARS

THREATENING THE 2004 CEASE FIRE: 267 ATTEMPTS OF INFILTRATION

UNMOGIP COULD BE CALLED : PAKISTANàINDIA REJECTED

HOTLINE

HALF OF ODISHA’S IRON ORE MINES LACK CLEARANCE: PANEL

MAPPING DETAILS

1.      BALASUR: WHEELER ISLAND: DRDO

2.      SUBERNREKHA RIVER: ESTUARIES: KNICK POINT: REJUVENATION OF RIVER PROLIFE

3.      RISHI KULYA RIVER: ESTUARIES

COASTAL PLAINS

4.      BADAM PAHAR AND GURU MEHSANI: IRON ORE

5.      COAL: DAMODAR (JHAR, WB); MAHANADI: MP; CHATTISGARH; ODISHA; GODAVARI: ODISHA, AP

6.      MAHANADI : BHITTARKANIKA AND TIKRAPARA: NATURAL CROCODILE RESERVES (IN SITU)

7.      MANGROVES: MAHANADI: MAN EATER CROCODILES

8.      KENDUUIHARGARH TO KORAPUT: MANGANESE AND CROMITE (90%)

9.      NAYAGARH RANGES: EASTERN GHATS AMD NIMGIRI: BAUXITE

10.  GANJIM: ESTUARY OF RISHIKULYA: OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE: GOPALPUR AND GHARIMATA PORT: BREEDING GRD IS NATURAL ESTUARIES

11.  OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES: KERELA; ODISHA; A&N

GOND AND SANTHALS: THE MOST EXPLOITED PEOPLE: MINERAL EXPLOITATION AND SECURITY OF LIVELIHOOD AND NO SHARE OF THE LOCALS: DEVELOPMENT VERSUS CONSERVATION

M P SHAH COMMISSION ON MINING

1.      LOOPHOLES IN MINE RULES USED TO RUN MINES

2.      ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCES MISSING

3.      OVER EXPLOITATION

4.      STATE AND CENTRE GOVT OFFICIALS COMPLICIT

5.      INFORMATION SUPPRESSED ABOUT IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT

6.      ILLEGAL MINERS LET OFF: NO CRIMINAL ACTION TAKEN

7.      POLLUTED THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE WATER BODIES

HAVE TO TAKE PERMISSION FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE BOARD OF INDIA: CLOSE TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREAS: IF WITHIN 10 KMS VICINITY OF WILDFIRE SANCTUARY

RESTRUCTURING A SAVINGS SCHEME

INFLATION INDEX BONDS

1.      SAVING THE PEOPLE FROM THE SURGE IN ILATION

2.      INCREASING THE SAVINGS RATE AND INVESTMENT RATE

3.      IINNS-C: LAUNCHED BY RBI

4.      RETURN OF 1.5% ABOVE CPI

5.      MOST SAVINGS CHANNEL DO NOT OFFSET INFLATIONARY FACTOR

6.      DIVERSIFY THE PORTFOLIO FROM GOLD, BANK DEPOSIT, FD, REAL ESTATE AND OTHER FIXED ASSETS

CRITICISM

1.      NO TAX BENEFIT

2.      LOCK IN PERIOD OF 1 YR AND 3 YRS

3.      10 YEAR TENURE

4.      POOR DEFN OF OLD AGE

5.      INTEREST RATE AFTER 10 YEARS MATURITY: COMPOUNDING 6 MONTHLY

6.      MAXIMUM INVESTMENT LIMIT IS 5 LACS IS LOW

7.      PENALTY OF 50% OF PREVIOUS YEARS INTEREST FOR FORECLOSURE

8.      NOT QUARTERLY OR YEARLY INTEREST PAYMENT

BREACHING THE VIENNA CONVENTION

ILO CONVENTION 189

THE DEFN OF DOMESTIC WORKER AND TRAFFICKING: COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED ILO CONVENTION

INDIA HAS NOT RATIFIED THE ILO CONVENTION 189: IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE WORKER IT HAS NOT RATIFIED IT

LINKING INDIA’S FINANCIAL SECTOR WITH IT HUB: INDIA –UK TIES, INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR AND INFRASTRUCTURE

PROBLEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

1.      PATTERN OF POLITICAL GOVERNANCE: POLITICAL AGENDA: CIVIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

2.      LAND IS FINITE: ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE: POSCO

3.      LAND ACQUISITION: TATA NANO

4.      CENTRE AND STATE DISPUTE

5.      TRIBAL ISSUES: RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION: NARMADA BACHAHO MOVT

6.      REAL ESTATE RISE: BUBBLE

7.      WHITE ELEPHANT APPROACH: DCIM 2007: STILL NOT COMPLETED: TIME AND COST OVER RUNS

8.      INFLATIONARY EXPECTATIONS: HIGH ROI

9.      RELUCTANCE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM: RISING NPAs AND HUGE GESTATION TIME

10.  ACCESS TO FUNDS DRYING UP

BANGLORE – MUMBAI ECONOMIC CORRIDOR: TAKING INDIA UK TIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL

1000 KM CORRIDOR: ECO GREEN CITIES ALONG WITH IT: CREATING JOBS: MANUFACTURING HUB: SOLVE REGIONAL PLANNING

THE CORRIDOR WILL START FROM BANGLOREàTUMKURàCHITARDURGAàHUBLIàDHARWADàBELGUAMàKOHLAPURàSANGLIàSATARAàKARADàPUNEàMUMBAI

NEPAL IMPASSE COMES TO END AS POLITICAL PARTIES REACH ACCORD

4 POINT AGREEMENT BTW 8 POLITICAL PARTIES

1.      PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SUGGESTIONS ON QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT CA ELECTION

2.      DRAFT OF CONSTITUTION ACC TO 12 POINT MECHANISM AND TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 6 MONTHS

3.      TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMM AND COMM ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

MYANMAR SEALS BORDER, TRADE HIT

ICE LAND: LAND OF FIRE AND ICE

LAVA POURS CONTINUOUSLY: BASIC LAVA: DIVERGENT PLATES

GEO THERMAL ENERGY:

PART OF ARCTIC COUNCIL

AFFECTED BY CC: TRADITIONAL PPL: ELFS COMMUNITY

BIT COIN

VIRTUAL COIN: NOT REGULATED BY RBI: LAXMI COIN

RBI: NOT USE BIT COIN: CYBER INSECURITY

NOT ASSISTED BY LEGAL TENDER

USED IN MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORISM, BLACK MONEY

RESERVE BANK WARNS AGAINST BIT COIN USE

1.      POTENTIAL: FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND SECURITY RELATED RISK

2.      BORDERLESS DIGITAL CURRENCY

3.      NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CENTRAL BANK: NO CONSUMER RECOURSE

4.      CAN BE TRADED ON NET AND ON EXCHGES

ONE EIGHTH OF INDIA’S URBAN POPULATION LIVES IN SLUMS: NSSO

THE NO IS LOWER THAN THE CENSUS DATA:14 MILLION; NSSO: 9 MILLION

NOTIFICATION OF SLUMS: LOCAL BODIES AND STATE BODIES

NSSO :ANY CROWDED SETTLEMENT WITH POOR SANITATION AND AT LEAST 20 HOUSEHOLDS

CENSUS:  AT LEAST 60-70 HOUSEHOLDS

1400 SLUMS VS 3700 SLUMS

MAHARASTRA (23)>.AP> WB

69^TH ROUND OF NSSO: BETTER LEVELS OF ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER

DRAWING TOURISTS TO A SANCTUARY OF ENDANGERED BAT SPECIES

ENDEMIC SPECIES: BELONG TO GEOGRAPHIC REGION

BAT IS A MAMMAL, IT HAS NO RODS (SONAR), WINGS AND NECK (HAIR)—POLLINATION

HABITAT LOSS IN INDIAà POLLUTION IS DECREASING: WROUGHTON FREE TAILED BAT; OTHER CATEGORY: TOM BAT