Vision Ias PT 365 - Supplementary - CA Material For Prelims Exam 2020

1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION __________ 4
1.1. NONE OF THE ABOVE (NOTA) _________ 4
1.2. Party Symbol Allocation _____________ 4
1.3. Tribal Sub Plan_____________________ 4
1.4. National Green Tribunal _____________ 5
1.5. Review of the Contempt of Courts Act,
1971 ________________________________ 5
1.6. Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964
____________________________________ 6
2. INTERNATONAL RELATIONS __________ 7
2.1. MFN Status _______________________ 7
2.2. European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) ___________________ 7
2.3. SAARC Development Fund (SDF) ______ 7
2.4. Asia-Europe Meeting________________ 8
2.5. Indian Ocean Conference ____________ 8
2.6. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor __________ 8
2.7. India-Pacific Islands Sustainable
Development Conference _______________ 8
2.8. Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) __ 9
2.9. Countering America’s Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act (CAATSA) _________________ 9
2.10. UN Global Counterterrorism
Coordination Compact __________________ 9
2.11. Strategic Policy Group______________ 9
2.12. India’s 3rd IT Corridor in China ______ 10
2.13. India-Nordic Summit ______________ 10
3. ECONOMY _______________________ 11
3.1. National Financial Reporting Authority 11
3.2. Project Insight ____________________ 11
3.3. GFXC____________________________ 11
3.4. Financial System Stability Assessment
(FSSA) and Financial Sector Assessment (FSA)
___________________________________ 12
3.5. World Customs Organization ________ 12
3.6. India Post Payment Bank ___________ 12

3.7. Swift Norms ______________________ 12
3.8. Branch Authorisation Policy _________ 13
3.9. Legal Entity Identifier ______________ 13
3.10. PAiSA Portal_____________________ 13
3.11. Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical
Investment Region ____________________ 14
3.12. UNNATI Project __________________ 14
3.13. Central Road and Infrastructure Fund 14
3.14. SFOORTI App ____________________ 14
3.15. Intelligent Transportation Systems __ 14
3.16. International Road Transports (TIR)
Convention __________________________ 15
3.17. SUNREF Housing Project ___________ 15
3.18. E-Shakti Initiative of NABARD_______ 15
3.19. World Food Program ______________ 15
3.20. International Rice Research Institute _ 15
3.21. Asian Tea Alliance ________________ 16
3.22. Ensure Portal ____________________ 16
3.23. Re-Weave.in ____________________ 16
3.24. Indian Labour Conference (ILC)______ 16
3.25. Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya _________ 16
3.26. Solar Rooftop Investment Program (SRIP)
____________________________________ 17
3.27. Island Development Agency ________ 17
3.28. Miscellaneous Tits Bits ____________ 17
3.29. Reports and Indices _______________ 20
4. ENVIRONMENT ___________________ 22
4.1. Climate Engineering _______________ 22
4.2. Invasive Alien Species ______________ 22
4.3. Bamboo is no longer a tree __________ 23
4.4. Zero Budget Natural Farming ________ 23
4.5. Green Agriculture (GREEN-AG) Project_ 23
4.6. Seed Vault _______________________ 24
4.7. Pacific Shadow Zone _______________ 24

4.8. Biodiversity Heritage Sites __________ 24
4.9. National REDD+ Strategy ___________ 24
4.10. Minamata Convention ____________ 25
4.11. Bonn Climate Meet _______________ 25
4.12. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Report __________________ 25
4.13. Clean Air- India Initiative __________ 26
4.13.1. Comprehensive Environmental Pollution
Index (CEPI)____________________________ 26
4.14. Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Report
___________________________________ 26
4.15. ACROSS Scheme _________________ 27
4.16. Nitrogen Pollution________________ 27
4.17. Conservation of Migratory Birds and their
Habitats ____________________________ 28
4.18. National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) for
2017-2031 ___________________________ 29
4.19. Global Wildlife Program ___________ 29
4.20. Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas 29
4.21. Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve 30
4.22. New Elephant Reserve ____________ 30
4.23. Animal Cruelty Issues Now Under Farm
Ministry_____________________________ 31
4.24. National Compensatory Afforestation
Fund Management and Planning Authority
(NCAFMPA)__________________________ 31
4.25. Ecosystems Service Improvement Project
___________________________________ 32
4.26. National E-Mobility Programme_____ 32
4.27. National Mission on Transformative
Mobility and Battery Storage ___________ 32
4.28. Charging Infrastructure Guidelines __ 32
4.29. National Policy on Biofuels- 2018____ 33
4.30. Global Solar Council ______________ 33
4.31. UN Ocean Conference_____________ 33
4.32. Global Clean Seas Campaign________ 33
4.33. Artificial Reefs to Save Sinking Islands 33
4.34. Hazardous and Other Wastes
(Management & Trans Boundary Movement)
Amendment Rules, 2019 _______________ 34

4.35. E-Waste (Management) Amendment
Rules, 2018 __________________________ 34
4.36. Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules,
2018________________________________ 35
4.37. Ecotourism Policy ________________ 35
4.38. ‘Cultural Model’ of Conservation ____ 36
4.39. National Water Informatics Centre __ 36
4.40. National Disaster Risk Index ________ 37
4.41. India’s 1st Soil Moisture Map _______ 37
4.42. Meghalayan Age _________________ 37
4.43. Krem Puri Caves__________________ 37
4.44. Israel Unveils World’s Longest Salt Caves
____________________________________ 38
5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY _________ 39
5.1. HYSIS ___________________________ 39
5.2. India- Based Neutrino Observatory (INO)
____________________________________ 39
5.3. Ligo-India (INDIGO) ________________ 40
5.4. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
(CMBR) _____________________________ 40
5.5. Global Relay of Observatories Watching
Transients Happen (GROWTH)-India ______ 40
5.6. Forward Search Experiment (FASER) __ 41
5.7. Einstein Ring _____________________ 41
5.8. Copernicus Programme_____________ 41
5.9. Nuclear Triad _____________________ 41
5.10. Cyber- Physical Systems ___________ 42
5.11. Free Space Optical Communication __ 42
5.12. Paris Call________________________ 43
5.13. NTRO Under Intelligence Act _______ 43
5.14. Human Microbiome ______________ 43
5.15. Malaria Vaccine __________________ 44
5.16. Yescarta Therapy _________________ 44
5.17. Three Parents Baby _______________ 44
5.18. Biosimilar for Cancer ______________ 45
5.19. Cryo-Electron Microscopy __________ 45
5.20. Circadian Rhythm ________________ 45
5.21. Interstitium _____________________ 45
5.22. Ban on Oxytocin _________________ 46

5.23. Project Dhoop ___________________ 46
5.24. Hydrogen-CNG___________________ 46
5.25. Apsara-U _______________________ 46
5.26. Supercritical CO2- Brayton Cycle ____ 47
5.27. Graphene Based Battery___________ 47
5.28. Nice, Vienna and Locarno Agreements 48
6. SOCIAL ISSUES ____________________ 49
6.1. Child Labour______________________ 49
6.2. National Database on Sexual Offenders 49
6.3. Socio-Economic Caste Census ________ 50
6.4. National Testing Agency (NTA) _______ 50
7. CULTURE ________________________ 51

7.1. Tribal Freedom Fighters ____________ 51
7.2. Saint Kabir _______________________ 51
7.3. Sri Satguru Ram Singhji _____________ 52
7.4. India’s First Music Museum _________ 52
7.5. Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha _ 52
7.6. Pietermaritzburg Station Incident ____ 53
7.7. Monuments of National Importance __ 53
7.8. UNESCO Global Geopark Network Status
____________________________________ 53
7.9. World Capital of Architecture ________ 54
7.10. Battle of Haifa ___________________ 54
7.11. Battle of Kohima _________________ 55