Vision Ias-Current Affairs Quarterly Revision March 2025 to May 2025 Table of Contents 1. POLITY 1.1. CASTE CENSUS 1.2. ASSENT TO STATE BILLS 1.3. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILL 1.4. SEPARATION OF POWERS 1.5. STATES’ DEMAND FOR AUTONOMY 1.6. JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 1.7. 5 YEARS OF SVAMITVA SCHEME 1.8. REGULATING BIG TECH 1.9. NEWS IN SHORTS 1.10. TEST YOUR LEARNING 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2.1. INDUS WATERS TREATY 2.2. 75 YEARS OF INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS 2.3. CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) 2.4. INDIA–SRI LANKA RELATIONS 2.5. INDIA-MAURITIUS BILATERAL RELATIONS 2.6. INDIA-SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS 2.7. INDIA-UAE RELATIONS 2.9. INDIA NEW ZEALAND RELATIONS 2.8. INDIA–TURKEY RELATIONS 2.10. INDIA-UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA) 2.11. IMF’S LENDING TO PAKISTAN 2.12. BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY (BIT) 2.13. EMERGING WORLD ORDER 2.14. INWARD-LOOKING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 2.15. 6TH BIMSTEC SUMMIT 2.16. INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA) 2.17. INDIAN DIASPORA 2.18. CHINA’S RARE EARTH ELEMENTS EXPORT CONTROL 2.19. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 2.20. NEWS IN SHORTS 2.21. TEST YOUR LEARNING 3. ECONOMY 3.1. NORTHEAST AS ‘FRONTRUNNER OF GROWTH’ 3.2. PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING 3.3. REVAMPED PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (PLFS) . 3.4. PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA (PMMY) 3.5. ONE STATE, ONE RRB 3.6. 50 YEARS OF MICROFINANCE 3.7. LIQUIDITY DEFICIT 3.8. INCENTIVE SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF LOW-VALUEBHIM-UPI TRANSACTIONS 3.9. SELF-RELIANCE IN ELECTRONICS COMPONENTMANUFACTURING 3.10. ELECTRONICS COMPONENT MANUFACTURINGSCHEME 3.11. NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION (NTTM) 3.12. COAL SECTOR FOR INDIA’S DEVELOPMENT 3.13. INDIA’S BIO-ECONOMY 3.14. DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION (DMF) 3.15. NATIONAL WATERWAYS (CONSTRUCTION OFJETTIES/TERMINALS) REGULATIONS, 2025 3.16. VIZHINJAM INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT 3.17. NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY BOARD 3.18. NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR DAIRY DEVELOPMENT(NPDD) 3.19. FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS (FPOs) 3.20. INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM FOR DEEP TECH 3.21. UNIFIED PENSION SCHEME (UPS) 3.22. REMITTANCES TO INDIA 3.23. EQUALISATION LEVY 3.24. NEWS IN SHORTS 3.25. TEST YOUR LEARNING 4. SECURITY 4.1. INDIA’S NEW SECURITY DOCTRINE 4.2. INDIA’S DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH AGAINST STATESPONSORED TERRORISM 4.3. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY IN OPERATION SINDOOR 4.4. TERRORISM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 4.5. BRAHMOS AEROSPACE TESTING FACILITY LAUNCHED . 4.6. INDIA’S DEFENCE EXPORTS 4.7. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS’ AND NATIONAL SECURITY 4.8. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (BWC) 4.9. CRYPTO CURRENCY HAWALA NEXUS 4.10. ROLE OF QUANTUM COMPUTING IN NATIONALSECURITY 4.11. NAXALISM 4.12. GOLDEN DOME 4.13. NEWS IN SHORTS 4.14. TEST YOUR LEARNING 5. ENVIRONMENT 5.1. 2025 CONFERENCES OF THE PARTIES TO THE BASEL,ROTTERDAM, AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTION 5.2. ECO-CENTRIC APPROACH 5.3. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (ACCESS AND BENEFITSHARING) REGULATION 2025 5.4. THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN SYSTEM ECOLOGY 5.5. SIX NEW SITES JOIN FAO’S GIAHS 5.6. BIOFUELS 5.7. BIO-INPUT RESOURCE CENTRES (BRCS) 5.8. NATIONAL BOARD FOR WILDLIFE (NBWL) 5.9. FUNCTIONAL DE-EXTINCTION 5.10. PROJECT LION AND IUCN GREEN STATUS OF SPECIES 5.11. RIVER DOLPHINS 5.12. JUMPING SPIDERS 5.13. MARINE HEATWAVES 5.14. URBAN FLOODS 5.15. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 5.16. REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES 5.17. NEWS IN SHORTS 5.18. TEST YOUR LEARNING 6. SOCIAL ISSUES 6.1. WOMEN-LED DEVELOPMENT 6.2. CINEMA AND SOCIETY 6.3. SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADOLESCENTS 6.4. CHANGING INSTITUTION OF FAMILY 6.5. WORKPLACE AUTOMATION 6.6. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2025: WIDENINGINEQUALITY 6.7. SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS) REPORT 2021 6.8. URBAN POVERTY 6.9. MIZORAM ACHIEVES FULL FUNCTIONAL LITERACY 6.10. NEWS IN SHORTS 6.11. TEST YOUR LEARNING 7. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 7.1. SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICES 7.2. HUMAN ENHANCEMENT 7.3. GREEN HYDROGEN CERTIFICATION SCHEME OF INDIA 7.4. STRATEGIC CRYPTO RESERVE 7.5. LIGHT SUPERSOLID 7.6. ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) DRUGS 7.7. GENE EDITING 7.8. DEEPFAKES 7.9. NEWS IN SHORTS 7.10. TEST YOUR LEARNING 8. CULTURE 8.1. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES 8.2. MANUSCRIPTS OF BHAGAVAD GITA ANDNATYASHASTRA 8.3. AGRICULTURE IN INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION 8.4. VAIKOM SATYAGRAHA 8.5. PERSONALITY IN FOCUS: SIR CHETTUR SANKARAN NAIR(1857-1934) 8.6. NEWS IN SHORTS 8.7. TEST YOUR LEARNING 9. ETHICS 9.1. PERSUASION 9.2. HAPPINESS 9.3. PHILANTHROPY: A MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR SOCIALGOOD 9.4. ETHICS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 9.5. RIGHT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY 9.6. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER AND CONSUMERBEHAVIOUR 9.7. ETHICS OF BUSINESS DOWNSIZING 9.8. ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF BODY SHAMING 9.9. TEST YOUR LEARNING 10. SCHEMES IN NEWS 10.1. ATAL PENSION YOJANA 10.2. PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA 10.3. PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA 10.4. CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME FORSTARTUPS (CGSS) 10.5. SHAKTI (SCHEME FOR HARNESSING AND ALLOCATINGKOYALA TRANSPARENTLY IN INDIA) POLICY 10.6. RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION 10.7. PM SHRI SCHOOLS (PM SCHOOLS FORRISING INDIA) 10.8. NATIONAL SCHEME FOR UPGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTES (ITIS)