Vision Ias - Current Affairs - December 2019 - Hindi Medium Notesindia

Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs (English Medium )December 2020 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of November 2019 bearing relevance to Civil Service Examination. News and events from all domain i.e. National, Business, International etc. have been dealt in brief. The magazine is brought out monthly by renowned Delhi based IAS coaching institute

Table of Contents

1. POLITY & GOVERNANCE_______________ 4
1.1. Citizenship Amendment Act ____________4
1.2. Creamy Layer Criteria for SC/ST in
Promotions _____________________________6
1.3. 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill_____7
1.4. Reforms in Criminal Laws_______________8
1.5. Doctrine of Neutrality _________________9
1.6. Good Governance Index ______________10
1.7. Political Parties Registration Tracking
Management System (PPRTMS) ____________11
1.8. Arms (Amendment) Act, 2019 __________11
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 13
2.1. India-US 2+2 Dialogue ________________13
2.2. Russia-China Relations and India________14
2.3. UN Peacekeeping Forces ______________15
2.4. NATO______________________________16
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 17
3.1. National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)____17
3.2. India’s Digital Finance Infrastructure ____19
3.3. India Skills Report 2020 _______________20
3.4. Future Skills Prime ___________________21
3.5. Mega Food Parks ____________________22
3.6. Food Grain Storage in India ____________24
3.7. Digitisation of Land Records ___________27
3.8. Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) _______28
3.9. Railway Restructuring ________________30
3.10. IMF Suggests Policy Actions to Combat
Slowdown _____________________________31
3.11. The Code on Social Security, 2019______32
3.12. Independent Director’s Databank ______34
3.13. Draft National Statistical Commission (NSC)
Bill, 2019 ______________________________36
4. SECURITY__________________________ 38
4.1. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) ___________38
4.2. Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019__________39
4.3. India Nepal Cross Border Cooperation ___41
5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 42
5.1. COP 25 ____________________________42
5.1.1. Carbon Markets ______________________ 43
5.1.2. Climate Finance ______________________ 45
5.2. Ocean Deoxygenation ________________47
5.3. India State of Forests Report 2019 ______49
5.4. HLC Submits Report on Combatting Air
Pollution in NCR ________________________52
5.5. Climate Change Performance Index -2020 52
5.6. 2019 Pollution and Health Metrics ______53
5.7. Jal Jeevan Mission ___________________53
5.8. Atal Bhujal Yojana ___________________56
5.9. Environmental Migration______________57
5.10. Urban Fires ________________________59
6. SOCIAL ISSUES______________________ 61
6.1. Human Development Report 2019 ______61

6.2. SDG India Index 2019 _________________63
6.3. Global Gender Gap Report 2020 ________63
6.4. Universal Health Coverage_____________65
6.5. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 ______66
6.6. Mental Health ______________________68
6.7. PISA Test ___________________________70
6.8. EChO Network ______________________71
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________72
7.1. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 __72
7.2. National Guidelines for Gene Therapy ___74
7.3. Annular Solar Eclipse _________________76
8. CULTURE ___________________________78
8.1. Earliest Sanskrit inscription in South India
found in A.P. ___________________________78
8.2. Paika Rebellion______________________78
8.3. Nehru-Liaquat Agreement _____________79
9. ETHICS_____________________________80
9.1. Vigilante Justice _____________________80
10. NEWS IN SHORT ____________________82
10.1. Indian Ocean Dialogue 2019 _____________ 82
10.2. Agreement on Social Security Between India
and Brazil ________________________________ 82
10.3. INSTEX Barter Mechanism ______________ 82
10.4. Palestine-India Techno Park _____________ 82
10.5. Fugitive Economic Offender _____________ 83
10.6. National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)
Available Round the Clock ___________________ 83
10.7. No MDR Charges on Payment via RuPay, UPI 83
10.8. 38th Meeting of GST Council ____________ 83
10.9. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) Samvaad 83
10.10. Government Instant Messaging System
(GIMS) ___________________________________ 84
10.11. UN Index Assessing E-Commerce Readiness84
10.12. BrahMos Missiles ____________________ 84
10.13. Military Exercises_____________________ 84
10.14. Global Climate Risk Index 2020 _________ 84
10.15. Global Carbon Project Report ___________ 84
10.16. WMO Provisional Statement on the State of
the Global Climate _________________________ 85
10.17. Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) ______________ 85
10.18. Ekal Vidyalaya Abhiyan ________________ 85
10.19. Disha Act ___________________________ 85
10.20. Jaga Mission ________________________ 86
10.21. Fit India School grading system _________ 86
10.22. RISAT-2BR1 _________________________ 86
10.23. ClearSpace-1 mission _________________ 86
10.24. Wi-Fi Calling_________________________ 87
10.25. Comet 2i/Borisov_____________________ 87
10.26. Nasa Selects Site on Asteroid Bennu for
Sample Collection Mission ___________________ 87
10.27. NAVIC as Allied System of US ___________ 87
10.28. Gold-Coated Fungi____________________ 87
10.29. India’s Science Publications ____________ 87
10.30. Portugal Sets up Gandhi Prize___________ 8

10.31. Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 __________ 88
10.32. Indian Culture Portal __________________ 88
10.33. 100 Years of ASSOCHAM_______________ 88
10.34. National Florence Nightingale Award_____ 89
10.35. Rohtang Tunnel renamed as Atal tunnel __ 89
11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS ____ 90

11.1. AMRUT______________________________ 90
11.2. Mission Antyodaya ____________________ 90
11.3. Pradhan Mantri- Annadata Aay Sanrakshan
Yojana (PM-AASHA) ________________________ 91
11.4. Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY)_ 91
11.5. Interest Subvention Scheme for MSMEs ___ 92