Lemru Elephant Reserve Context: Recently, the Chhattisgarh government has proposed to reduce the area of Lemru Elephant Reserve from 1,995 sq km to 450 sq km. The Centre gave its approval in 2007 for the creation of the 450 sq km Lemru Elephant Reserve and in 2019, the state government...
Naga Peace Talks Context: Recently, the Nagaland Government appealed to all Naga political groups and extremist groups to cooperate in establishing unity, reconciliation and peace in the region. The peace process between the central government and two sets of the Naga extremist groups has been delaying for more than 23...
Human-Wildlife Conflict Context: A report ‘A Future for All – A Need for Human-Wildlife Coexistence’ was recently released by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and UNEP. It examined increasing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) HWC-related killing affects more than 75% of the world’s wild cat species, as well as many other terrestrial and marine carnivore species such...
OIC’s Proposal on India and Pakistan Context: Recently, the Ministry of External Affairs rejected the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) proposal to assist a dialogue between India and Pakistan. Earlier in December 2020, India also rejected the criticism of its Kashmir policy by the OIC. About: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation •...
Council of Ministers Context: Recently, the Prime Minister expanded and reshuffled his Council of Ministers (COM). The Prime Minister now has 77 ministers, nearly half of them new. About: Council of Ministers Article 74 of the Constitution deals with the status of the council of ministers while Article 75 deals with the appointment, tenure, responsibility,...
Authorised Economic Operators Programme Context: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators Programme Applications The web application is designed to ensure continuous real-time and digital monitoring of physically filed AEO applications for timely intervention and expedience. About: Authorised Economic Operators Programme ...
Tele-Law Context: Recently, the Justice Department commemorated the milestone of crossing 9 lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-Law programme through Common Service Centres. Common Service Centre programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), that serves as the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India,...
Open Network for Digital Commerce Context: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has issued orders appointing an advisory committee for its Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) project that is aimed at curbing “digital monopolies”. This is in the direction of making e- commerce processes...
Issue of Marine Plastic Context: According to the Central Pollution Control Boards (CPCB) Annual Report on Implementing the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the plastic waste generated in 2018-19 was 3.3 million tones per year (roughly 9,200 tones per day). About: Marine Plastic: Plastic is a synthetic organic polymer made...
The New Ministry of Co-operation Context: Recently, a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by the Central Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’ (Prosperity through Cooperation) and to give a new push to the cooperative movement. The Government has signaled its deep commitment to community based developmental partnership. It also...
