1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION __________ 3
1.1. Simultaneous Elections ______________ 3
1.2. Elections During COVID Times _________ 4
1.3. Right to Recall______________________ 5
1.4. Regulating Over-the-top (OTT) platforms 6
1.5. Data Governance Quality Index________ 8
1.6. Forest Rights Act____________________ 9
1.7. National Green Tribunal (NGT) _______ 11
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS_________ 14
2.1. India’s Development Efforts in
Afghanistan __________________________ 14
2.2. ASEAN-India Summit _______________ 16
2.3. Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) and India ____________ 18
2.4. India US Defence Agreement_________ 20
2.5. BRICS ____________________________ 21
2.6. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)24
2.7. 75 Years Of UN ____________________ 26
2.8. G20 _____________________________ 28
2.9. World Food Programme_____________ 30
2.10. India and Nuclear Disarmament _____ 30
2.11. Indian Diaspora___________________ 32
3. ECONOMY _______________________ 35
3.1. GST Tussle ________________________ 35
3.2. Inflation Targeting _________________ 37
3.3. Capital Controls in India _____________ 38
3.4. Changes in Bank Licensing Framework _ 41
3.4.1. Banking License to large corporate houses41
3.4.2. Banking License for NBFCs____________42
3.5. MSP and Procurement ______________ 43
3.6. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme44
3.7. Automobile Sector in India __________ 46
3.8. Solar Manufacturing in India _________ 47
3.9. Gas Based Economy ________________ 48
3.10. Urban Infrastructure ______________ 51
3.11. SWAMITVA Scheme_______________ 52
3.12. Model Tenancy Act, 2019 __________ 54
3.13. Nobel Prize in Economics __________ 55
3.14. Poverty and Shared Prosperity ______ 56
4. SECURITY ________________________ 58
4.1. Surveillance Technologies ___________ 58
4.2. Bio-terrorism _____________________ 60
4.3. Naxalism in India __________________ 61
5. ENVIRONMENT ___________________ 64
5.1. India’s efforts towards Climate Change 64
5.1.1. Mitigation Measures ________________64
5.1.2. Adaptation Measures________________65
5.2. Air Pollution in Delhi-NCR and Adjoining
Areas _______________________________ 66
5.3. Private Sector and Climate Change____ 68
5.4. Environmental Impact of Agricultural
Subsidies ____________________________ 70
5.5. Green Buildings ___________________ 72
5.6. Renewable Energy in India __________ 73
5.6.1. Hybrid Renewable Energy ____________76
5.7. Hydrogen Based Energy_____________ 78
5.8. Circular Bioeconomy _______________ 80
5.9. Managing Urban Water Bodies_______ 81
5.10. Cyclone Warning System___________ 82
5.11. Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods (GLOFs) 83
5.12. La Ni±a _________________________ 85
6. SOCIAL ISSUES ____________________ 87
6.1. Minimum age of Marriage for Women 87
6.2. Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s
Equality _____________________________ 88
6.3. Paternity Leave ___________________ 90
6.4. Manual Scavenging ________________ 91
6.5. Elderly Population in India __________ 93
6.6. Integration of Traditional and Modern
Medicine ____________________________ 95
6.7. SDG Financing
