CLASSROOM STUDY MATERIAL PART 1 PT 365 ENGLISH

PT 365 UPDATED PART 1
Table of Contents
1. POLITY ___________________________ 5
1.1. Separation of Power ________________ 5
1.2. Federalism: Unique Status of Delhi ____ 6
1.3. Speaker of the House _______________ 7
1.4. Deputy Speaker ____________________ 8
1.5. Parliamentary Privileges _____________ 9
1.6. Office of Mayor ____________________ 9
1.7. Online Gaming____________________ 10
1.8. Audit Data Standardisation _________ 11
1.9. Aspirational Block Programme (ABP)__ 11
1.10. Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP)___ 12
1.11. Public Service Content ____________ 13
1.12. Other Important News ____________ 13
1.13. Errata __________________________ 17
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS_________ 18
2.1. India-Egypt_______________________ 18
2.2. India-Qatar ______________________ 19
2.3. India-South Korea _________________ 19
2.4. India-Eurasia _____________________ 20
2.5. Indo-Russian Friendship Treaty ______ 21
2.6. Initiative on Critical and Emerging
Technology (iCET) _____________________ 21
2.7. Indian Diaspora ___________________ 22
2.8. India and Global South _____________ 23
2.9. International Financial Architecture (IFA)
___________________________________ 23
2.10. Wassenaar Arrangement __________ 24
2.11. India and UN Peacekeeping ________ 24
2.12. International Organisations/Institutions
___________________________________ 25
2.13. Other Important News ____________ 26
2.14. Places in News___________________ 29
2.15. Military Exercises in News _________ 31
3. ECONOMY _______________________ 33
3.1. Growth, Development and Poverty
Alleviation___________________________ 33
3.1.1. Mahila Samman Savings Certificate ____ 33
3.1.2. National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
______________________________________ 33
3.1.3. Key Terms and Concepts in Growth and
Development ___________________________ 34
3.2. Fiscal Policy ______________________ 35
3.2.1. State Finances _____________________ 35
3.2.2. Government Securities (G-Secs)_______ 36
3.2.3. Fuel Tax Rate ______________________ 36
3.3. Banking, Asset Quality, Restructuring and
Monetary Policy ______________________ 37
3.3.1. Microfinance Sector ________________ 37
3.3.2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)__ 38
3.3.3. Loan-Loss Provisions (LLPs)___________ 39
3.3.4. Securitization of Stressed Assets Framework
(SSAF) _________________________________ 40
3.3.5. RBI Related Developments ___________ 41
3.4. Payment Systems and Financial Markets
____________________________________ 42
3.4.1. Municipal Bonds____________________ 42
3.4.2. Social Stock Exchange _______________ 44
3.4.3. Key Terms and Concepts in Financial
Markets________________________________ 44
3.5. External Sector____________________ 46
3.5.1. WTO: New Agreement on Fisheries
Subsidies_______________________________ 46
3.5.2. Key Terms and Concepts in External Sector
______________________________________ 46
3.6. Labour and Employment____________ 48
3.6.1. e-Shram Portal _____________________ 48
3.6.2. International Labour Organization (ILO) _ 49
3.6.3. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) ____ 49
3.7. Innovation, Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship _____________________ 50
3.7.1. Vocational Education in India _________ 50
3.8. Agriculture _______________________ 51
3.8.1. Fertiliser Sector in India______________ 51
3.8.2. Agricultural Exports _________________ 52
3.8.3. Key Terms and Concepts in Agriculture _ 52
3.9. Industry _________________________ 53
3.9.1. Technical Textiles___________________ 53
3.10. Infrastructure____________________ 54
3.10.1. Inland Waterways in India ___________ 54
3.10.2. Digital Public Infrastructure__________ 55
3.11. Key Reports in News ______________ 57
3.11.1. Fostering Effective Energy Transition
Report_________________________________ 57
3.11.2. Global Risk Report 2023 ____________ 57
3.11.3. Global Economic Prospects Report ____ 57
3.11.4. World Economic Situation and Prospects
2023 Report ____________________________ 58
3.11.5. World Economic Outlook (WEO)______ 58
3.12. Miscellaneous ___________________ 58
4. ENVIRONMENT ___________________ 60
4.1. Climate Change ___________________ 60
4.1.1. Article 6.2 Mechanism of Paris Agreement
______________________________________ 60
4.1.2. Initiatives in News __________________ 60
4.2. Pollution_________________________ 61
4.2.1. Fly Ash Utilization___________________ 61
4.2.2. 1st All India Annual States’ Ministers
Conference _____________________________ 62
4.2.3. Traditional Water Conservation _______ 63
4.2.4. E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules,
2023 __________________________________ 64
4.2.5. Other Pollutants in News_____________ 65
4.3. Biodiversity ______________________ 66
4.3.1. Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) ________ 66
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4.3.2. First Synchronized Vulture Survey _____ 66
4.3.3. Mangroves Ecosystem ______________ 67
4.3.4. Fifth International Marine Protected Areas
Congress ______________________________ 68
4.3.5. Draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics
(Preservation and Maintenance) Bill ________ 69
4.3.6. Protected Areas in News_____________ 70
4.3.7. Species in News____________________ 71
4.3.8. Other Related News ________________ 72
4.4. Sustainable Development___________ 73
4.4.1. Large Dams in India_________________ 73
4.4.2. International Container Transhipment Port
(ICTP) _________________________________ 73
4.4.3. Circular Economy __________________ 74
4.4.4. Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)
______________________________________ 75
4.4.5. Ethanol Blending ___________________ 76
4.4.6. Standards and Labeling Program (SLP) of
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)___________ 77
4.4.7. Organic Farming Certification_________ 78
4.4.8. Nano Urea ________________________ 78
4.4.9. Aquaculture_______________________ 80
4.4.10. Other Related News _______________ 80
4.5. Disaster Management______________ 82
4.5.1. Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods (GLOFs)__ 82
4.5.2. Anatolian Plate ____________________ 83
4.5.3. Disaster Management Plan (DMP) for Power
Sector_________________________________ 83
4.5.4. Other Related News ________________ 84
4.6. Geography _______________________ 84
4.6.1. Samudrayaan Mission_______________ 84
4.6.2. Global Overturning Circulation (GOC) __ 86
4.6.3. Heat Dome _______________________ 86
4.6.4. Earth’s Inner Core __________________ 87
4.6.5. Other Related News ________________ 87
4.6.6. Places in News_____________________ 89
4.6.6.1. India _________________________ 89
4.6.6.2. International___________________ 89
4.7. Reports and Indices in News_________ 90
4.8. Updates _________________________ 92
4.8.1. Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site 92
4.8.2. South Africa Translocates 12 Cheetahs to
India __________________________________ 92
4.8.3. RBI to Issue Sovereign Green Bonds (SGrBs)
in Two Tranches of Rs 8000 Crore Each ______ 92
4.8.4. Rooftop Solar (RTS) Programme_______ 92
4.9. Errata ___________________________ 92
5. SOCIAL ISSUES ____________________ 94
5.1. Women in Workforce ______________ 94
5.2. Gender Budgeting _________________ 94
5.3. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
(PVTG’s) ____________________________ 95
5.4. Educational Reports in News ________ 96
5.4.1. All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)
2020-2021 _____________________________ 96
5.4.2. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
2022 __________________________________ 97
5.4.3. Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Report
______________________________________ 97
5.5. National Digital University (NDU)_____ 98
5.6. Draft National Medical Commission
(Amendment) Bill-2022 ________________ 98
5.7. Euthanasia ______________________ 100
5.8. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) ____________ 101
5.9. New Organ Transplantation Guidelines
___________________________________ 101
5.10. Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) __________ 103
5.11. Census ________________________ 104
5.12. Other Important News ___________ 104
5.13. Errata _________________________ 108
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ________ 109
6.1. Biotechnology ___________________ 109
6.1.1. Stem Cells________________________ 109
6.1.2. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)_________ 110
6.2. Nanotechnology _________________ 110
6.2.1. Nano Urea _______________________ 110
6.3. IT and Computer _________________ 111
6.3.1. MicroLEDs (Light Emitting Diode) Displays
_____________________________________ 111
6.3.2. Quantum Coherence _______________ 112
6.3.3. Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Provider
(DCIP) ________________________________ 113
6.3.4. Other Important News______________ 113
6.4. Space Technology ________________ 114
6.4.1. Gaganyaan _______________________ 114
6.4.2. Chandrayaan 3 ____________________ 116
6.4.3. Volcanic Rocks on Moon ____________ 117
6.5. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
(NISAR) Satellite _____________________ 117
6.5.1. Hybrid-Sounding Rocket ____________ 119
6.5.2. Other Important News______________ 119
6.6. Health__________________________ 121
6.6.1. Transfat _________________________ 121
6.6.2. Neglected Tropical Diseases _________ 122
6.6.3. WHO’s Pandemic Treaty ____________ 123
6.6.4. Vaccine-derived Poliovirus (VDPV) ____ 123
6.6.5. Other Important News______________ 123
6.7. Defence ________________________ 125
6.7.1. Military Applications of Drones_______ 125
6.7.2. Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in
Military (REAIM)________________________ 126
6.7.3. Other Important News______________ 126
6.8. Alternative Energy________________ 127
6.8.1. National Green Hydrogen Mission ____ 127
6.8.2. Nuclear Energy Program ____________ 129
6.8.3. Other Important News______________ 130
6.9. Miscellaneous ___________________ 130
6.9.1. Lithium Deposits in India ____________ 130
6.9.2. Other Important News______________ 132
6.10. Errata _________________________ 133
7. CULTURE _______________________ 134
7.1. Architecture_____________________ 134

7.1.1. Charaideo Maidams (Ahom Burial Mounds)
_____________________________________ 134
7.1.2. Sammed Shikhar and Shetrunjay Hill __ 134
7.1.3. Purana Qila ______________________ 135
7.1.4. Other Important News _____________ 136
7.2. Paintings and Other Art Forms ______ 138
7.3. Personalities ____________________ 138
7.3.1. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati ______ 138
7.3.2. Other Important News _____________ 140
7.4. Monuments of National Importance _ 140
7.5. Roots of Democratic Values in India__ 141
7.6. Festivals in News _________________ 142
7.6.1. Harvest Festivals of India____________ 142
7.6.2. Other Important Festivals in News ____ 143
7.7. Awards in News__________________ 144
7.7.1. Padma Awards ____________________ 144
7.7.2. Other Awards in News ______________ 145
7.8. Other Important News ____________ 145
7.9. Errata __________________________ 146