Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs September 2018 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of August 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. 1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE _____________ 3 1.1.

Aadhaar Constitutionally Valid __________ 3 1.2. Reservation in Promotions______________ 5

1.3. Criminalisation of Politics_______________ 6

1.4. Dissolution of Medical Council of India____ 8

2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 11

2.1. World Trade Organisation _____________11

2.2. Unrealized Potential of South Asian Trade 13

2.3. Early-Harvest Package for RCEP_________14

2.4. Russia and China relations _____________16

2.5. India-Bangladesh ____________________17

2.6. Maldives Elections ___________________19

2.7. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty _21

3. ECONOMY __________________________ 23

3.1. IL & FS Crisis_________________________23

3.2. Bank Consolidation___________________25

3.3. Payments Regulator __________________27

3.4. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)________31

3.5. Reining in CAD and Rupee _____________32

3.6. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana _______33

3.7. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)_____________________34

3.8. Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund_______________________36 3.9. Multidimensional Poverty Index-2018 ___37

3.10. Human Development Index___________39

3.11. Ease of Living Index _________________41

3.12. National Digital Communications Policy2018___________________________________42

3.13. Real Estate Investment Trust__________44

3.14. Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) 46 4

. SECURITY ___________________________ 47

4.1. Smart Border Fence __________________47 4

.2. Mid-Air Refuelling of LCA Tejas _________48

4.3. Military Exercises ____________________49

5. ENVIRONMENT ______________________ 50

5.1. Black Carbon ________________________50

5.2. Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Management in India_____________________51

5.3. India Cooling Action Plan ______________ 53

5.4. Conservation of Migratory Birds and Their Habitats _______________________________ 54

5.5. Disaster Proofing of Telecommunications 56

5.6. Landslide Warning System_____________ 57

5.7. Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods __________ 59 6

. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 62

6.1. Food Fortification ____________________ 62

6.2. Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) ________ 63

6.3. Hydrogen-CNG ______________________ 64

6.4. World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Train ___ 65

6.5. Apsara – U__________________________ 66

6.6. Particle Decay _______________________ 67

6.7. ICESat-2 ____________________________ 68

6.8. Polarimetry Doppler Weather Radar ____ 69