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Today's most important facts for Prelims, go through them in case u missed some while going through other sources:
Baba Kalyani committee:
The Baba Kalyani committee constituted to study the existing SEZ policy of India submitted its report. One of the objectives of the committee was to make the SEZ policy compatible to WTO.
Make in India targets:
Creating 100 million jobs by 2022. Achieving 25% of GDP from the manufacturing sector by 2022. increase manufacturing value to USD 1.2 trillion by 2025.
INDRA
Tenth Indo-Russian Joint Exercise, INDRA scheduled in November. It is an exercise of the two armies.
SIMBEX
SIMBEX is “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise” It completed its Silver Jubilee ( 25th edition of the exercise) this year.
Reserves of RBI
Of the existing reserves, a bulk of the funds are in contingency funds and in revaluation reserves. The contingency reserves, by definition, cannot be touched except in a crisis. To tap revaluation reserves, the RBI will have to sell assets and shrink its balance sheet. This will upset the money supply in the economy. RBI holds over Rs 3 lakh crore of surplus reserves RBI’s earnings soar whenever there is forex volatility as it ends up making profits while selling dollars. For 2017-18, the RBI transferred a dividend of Rs 50,000 crore to the government. In last 5 yrs, RBI transferred 75% of its income as surplus
Economic capital framework (ECF)
The ECF refers to a formula for deciding the capital adequacy ratio for RBI
Capital conservation buffer (CCB)
Capital Conservation Buffer is the extra capital banks hold above their mandatory capital.
Prompt corrective action (PCA)
There are 11 public sector banks out of 21 that are on the PCA. On the PCA, the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of the RBI takes a call like relaxation of NPA ratio. The BFS consists of the Governor, four Deputy Governors and a few other board members.
Global Education Monitoring report
Published by UNESCO Literacy levels in rural households of India dip with seasonal migration Construction sector absorbs the majority of short-term migrants. Inter-State migration rates doubled between 2001 and 2011.
Artificial rain
In a first for India, scientists are set to seed clouds to cause artificial rain in the capital. It will wash away toxic pollutants from the air. Clouds are seeded with silver iodide and other chemical substances to induce rain. This will be the first time clouds would be seeded in India to clear toxic air, although the country has tested the technique on a limited scale in the rain shadow region of Solapur in Maharashtra.
Malaria
India recorded nearly 24% decline in cases in a year between 2016 and 2017. the only With 4% of global cases, India continues to account for the highest malaria burden outside sub-Saharan Africa. India plans to eliminate malaria by 2027, three years ahead of the global target. In India, three states — Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal- account for a major burden of malaria cases.
Which is the best choice to cover current affairs on a daily basis
go thru several sources apart from reading newspapers on a daily basis to have an "edge" over others . The following sources u can follow for prelims: 1. vision monthly( as most aspirants read it) 2. forumias current affairs(as many aspirants read it) 3. insights current ( again most aspirants read it)
and in order to cover some important facts which u might not get in above sources, u can go through ChromeIAS daily current facts for prelims; its concise and to the point
Today's most important facts for Prelims, go through them in case u missed some while going through other sources:
Baba Kalyani committee:
The Baba Kalyani committee constituted to study the existing SEZ policy of India submitted its report. One of the objectives of the committee was to make the SEZ policy compatible to WTO.
Make in India targets:
Creating 100 million jobs by 2022. Achieving 25% of GDP from the manufacturing sector by 2022. increase manufacturing value to USD 1.2 trillion by 2025.
INDRA
Tenth Indo-Russian Joint Exercise, INDRA scheduled in November. It is an exercise of the two armies.
SIMBEX
SIMBEX is “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise” It completed its Silver Jubilee ( 25th edition of the exercise) this year.
Reserves of RBI
Of the existing reserves, a bulk of the funds are in contingency funds and in revaluation reserves. The contingency reserves, by definition, cannot be touched except in a crisis. To tap revaluation reserves, the RBI will have to sell assets and shrink its balance sheet. This will upset the money supply in the economy. RBI holds over Rs 3 lakh crore of surplus reserves RBI’s earnings soar whenever there is forex volatility as it ends up making profits while selling dollars. For 2017-18, the RBI transferred a dividend of Rs 50,000 crore to the government. In last 5 yrs, RBI transferred 75% of its income as surplus
Economic capital framework (ECF)
The ECF refers to a formula for deciding the capital adequacy ratio for RBI
Capital conservation buffer (CCB)
Capital Conservation Buffer is the extra capital banks hold above their mandatory capital.
Prompt corrective action (PCA)
There are 11 public sector banks out of 21 that are on the PCA. On the PCA, the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of the RBI takes a call like relaxation of NPA ratio. The BFS consists of the Governor, four Deputy Governors and a few other board members.
Global Education Monitoring report
Published by UNESCO Literacy levels in rural households of India dip with seasonal migration Construction sector absorbs the majority of short-term migrants. Inter-State migration rates doubled between 2001 and 2011.
Artificial rain
In a first for India, scientists are set to seed clouds to cause artificial rain in the capital. It will wash away toxic pollutants from the air. Clouds are seeded with silver iodide and other chemical substances to induce rain. This will be the first time clouds would be seeded in India to clear toxic air, although the country has tested the technique on a limited scale in the rain shadow region of Solapur in Maharashtra.
Malaria
India recorded nearly 24% decline in cases in a year between 2016 and 2017. the only With 4% of global cases, India continues to account for the highest malaria burden outside sub-Saharan Africa. India plans to eliminate malaria by 2027, three years ahead of the global target. In India, three states — Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal- account for a major burden of malaria cases.
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Baba Kalyani committee:
The Baba Kalyani committee constituted to study the existing SEZ policy of India submitted its report.
One of the objectives of the committee was to make the SEZ policy compatible to WTO.
Make in India targets:
Creating 100 million jobs by 2022.
Achieving 25% of GDP from the manufacturing sector by 2022.
increase manufacturing value to USD 1.2 trillion by 2025.
INDRA
Tenth Indo-Russian Joint Exercise, INDRA scheduled in November.
It is an exercise of the two armies.
SIMBEX
SIMBEX is “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise”
It completed its Silver Jubilee ( 25th edition of the exercise) this year.
Reserves of RBI
Of the existing reserves, a bulk of the funds are in contingency funds and in revaluation reserves.
The contingency reserves, by definition, cannot be touched except in a crisis.
To tap revaluation reserves, the RBI will have to sell assets and shrink its balance sheet. This will upset the money supply in the economy.
RBI holds over Rs 3 lakh crore of surplus reserves
RBI’s earnings soar whenever there is forex volatility as it ends up making profits while selling dollars.
For 2017-18, the RBI transferred a dividend of Rs 50,000 crore to the government.
In last 5 yrs, RBI transferred 75% of its income as surplus
Economic capital framework (ECF)
The ECF refers to a formula for deciding the capital adequacy ratio for RBI
Capital conservation buffer (CCB)
Capital Conservation Buffer is the extra capital banks hold above their mandatory capital.
Prompt corrective action (PCA)
There are 11 public sector banks out of 21 that are on the PCA.
On the PCA, the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of the RBI takes a call like relaxation of NPA ratio.
The BFS consists of the Governor, four Deputy Governors and a few other board members.
Global Education Monitoring report
Published by UNESCO
Literacy levels in rural households of India dip with seasonal migration
Construction sector absorbs the majority of short-term migrants.
Inter-State migration rates doubled between 2001 and 2011.
Artificial rain
In a first for India, scientists are set to seed clouds to cause artificial rain in the capital.
It will wash away toxic pollutants from the air.
Clouds are seeded with silver iodide and other chemical substances to induce rain.
This will be the first time clouds would be seeded in India to clear toxic air, although the country has tested the technique on a limited scale in the rain shadow region of Solapur in Maharashtra.
Malaria
India recorded nearly 24% decline in cases in a year between 2016 and 2017. the only
With 4% of global cases, India continues to account for the highest malaria burden outside sub-Saharan Africa.
India plans to eliminate malaria by 2027, three years ahead of the global target.
In India, three states — Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal- account for a major burden of malaria cases.
1. vision monthly( as most aspirants read it)
2. forumias current affairs(as many aspirants read it)
3. insights current ( again most aspirants read it)
and in order to cover some important facts which u might not get in above sources, u can go through ChromeIAS daily current facts for prelims; its concise and to the point