Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs October 2018 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of September 2018 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 VISION IAS.

Table of Contents

1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE _____________ 4

1.1. Independence vs Accountability of RBI____ 4

1.2. Demand for Gorkhaland________________ 5

1.3. Live-Streaming of Supreme Court Proceedings _____________________________ 7 1.4. Sub-Ordinate Courts___________________ 8

1.5. Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas ______________ 9

1.6. Urban Slums ________________________10

2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 13

2.1. India-Japan Relations _________________13

2.2. India-Russia Relations ________________14

2.3. African Continental Free Trade Area_____17

2.4. Europe’s Answer to China’s Belt and Road 18

2.5. 12th Asia-Europe Meeting _____________19

2.6. US to withdraw from Russia Missile Pact _19

2.7. International Solar Alliance (ISA)________20

3. ECONOMY __________________________ 22

3.1. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018_____22

3.2. Fixed-Term Employment Rules _________25

3.3. National Council for Vocational Education & Training________________________________26

3.4. National Level Entrepreneurship Awareness Campaign ______________________________27

3.5. Agriculture Census ___________________27

3.6. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) _______________________________________30

3.7. Rural Haats in Gram Scheme ___________31

3.8. Fisheries & Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund_______________________32 3.9. Draft Policy on Mariculture ____________33

3.10. Fourth Industrial Revolution __________34

3.11. Bali Fintech Agenda _________________36

3.12. Draft Electronic Policy _______________37

3.13. Data Localisation____________________39

3.14. Insurance Sector In India _____________41

3.15. Direct Tax Collection_________________42

3.16. Road Safety ________________________43

3.17. Nobel Prize in Economics _____________ 45

3.18. Global Competitive Index 4.0 _________ 45 4. SECURITY ___________________________ 47

4.1. “Lone Wolf” Attacks __________________ 47

4.2. National Security Council______________ 48

4.3. Terrorist Travel Initiative ______________ 49

5. ENVIRONMENT ______________________ 50

5.1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report_________________________________ 50

5.2. Ocean Cleanup ______________________ 51

5.3. Minimum River Flow for Ganga_________ 53

5.4. Draft River Basin Management Bill, 2018_ 54

5.5. India’s 1st Soil Moisture Map __________ 55

5.6. Global Soil biodiversity Atlas ___________ 56

5.7. Industrial Disasters in India ____________ 56

5.8. Earmarking Eco-Sensitive Area _________ 59

5.9. Banni Grassland _____________________ 60

5.10. Eurasian Otter______________________ 61

6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 62

6.1. Call for Two Time Zones in India ________ 62

6.2. Polio Virus __________________________ 63

6.3. Zika Virus___________________________ 64

6.4. WHO TB Report and Roadmap _________ 64

6.5. Bisphenol A (BPA)____________________ 66

6.6. Noble Prizes 2018 ____________________ 66

6.6.1. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ____ 66

6.6.2. Nobel Prize in Physics _________________ 67

6.6.3. Nobel Prize in Chemistry ______________ 67

6.7. Space Missions ______________________ 68

6.7.1. NASA Missions ______________________ 68

6.7.2. European Missions ___________________ 69

6.8. Schemes related to Research_____