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CIVIL SERVICES MONTHLY JANUARY 2020 BODO ACCORD SIGNED BLUE CORNER NOTICE WEB PORTAL ‘GATI WESO REPORT 2020 Z MORH TUNNEL ECOLOGICAL FLOW (E-FLOW) NORMS YELLOW WEATHER WARNING MESOTHELIOMA ONE STOP SOLUTION FOR CIVIL SERVICES VANGA NARI INDIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE BILL, 2019 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK 'PURVODAYA' WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS (WESP) 2020 INDEX PRELIMS POLITY AND GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2019 1 BODO ACCORD SIGNED 2 ANDHRA PRADESH CABINET NODS TO ABOLISH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 3 BLUE CORNER NOTICE 4 KARNATAKA ANTI-SUPERSTITION LAW 6 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT 8 RE-GRASSING AFTER MINING 9 DEMOCRACY INDEX 11 TEACHERS IN MINORITY INSTITUTES 13 TULU LANGUAGE 13 ECONOMY WEB PORTAL ‘GATI 15 SDGs 16 STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX 2019 17 NORTHEAST GAS GRID 18 WESO REPORT 2020 20 WEF RESKILLING INITIATIVE 21 Z MORH TUNNEL 22 WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT 23 SHIVALIK MERCANTILE 25 APNA UREA 27 LADAKH: DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 27 ENVIRONMENT VIOLATION OF CRZ NORMS 28 ECOLOGICAL FLOW (E-FLOW) NORMS 29 RAMSAR SITES 30 KARWAR PORT 31 GLOBAL RISKS REPORT 2020 31 INDIA ACHIEVES COMPLETE PHASE OUT OF ONE THE MOST POTENT OZONE 34 DEPLETING CHEMICAL MEGA CAMPAIGN ON FUEL CONSERVATION 'SAKSHAM' INAUGURATED 36 MADHYA PRADESH GETS ITS FIRST ELEPHANT COLONY 37 YELLOW WEATHER WARNING 38 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRO'S GSAT-30 SATELLITE 39 NEW ARCHAEON 40 BHUVAN PANCHAYAT V 3.0 WEB PORTAL 41 MESOTHELIOMA 42 VYOM MITRA 43 “XENOBOTS” 44 RED BRITTLE STAR CAN SEE WITHOUT EYES 45 A (H9N2) VIRUS CAUSES AVIAN INFLUENZA 47 LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY DEVELOPED BY AUSTRALIA 48 INTERNAL SECURITY NATIONAL DATA AND ANALYTICS PLATFORM (NDAP) 48 A-SAT and ADTCR 49 K-4 SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE 49 CYBER CRIME PREVENTION UNIT AASHVAST 50 ISRAELI SPYWARE SNOOPS INDIAN JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS 52 2020 OBSERVED AS YEAR OF MOBILITY BY CISF 54 ‘WINGED RAIDER’ 54 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UN’S NEW RULES FOR SHIPS IN THE ARCTIC REGION 55 INDIA-TOGO RELATIONS 56 ROHINGYA CRISIS 57 5TH RAISINA DIALOGUE 59 ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING 60 INTEGRATED CHECK POST BIRATNAGAR 61 INDIA AND FRANCE 62 ART AND CULTURE MARATHI AS A ‘CLASSICAL’ LANGUAGE 63 EPIPHANY FESTIVAL 65 NAGOBA JATARA 67 MANDU FESTIVAL 68 VANGA NARI 70 EXHIBITION ON ‘INDIAN HERITAGE IN DIGITAL SPACE’ LAUNCHED 71 SOCIETY AND HEALTH WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2020 71 MGNREGA RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS 73 RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA) 74 3 YEARS ON, A MERE 30% OF POSHAN ABHIYAAN FUNDS USED 74 WHO RELEASES GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FOR 2020 76 DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY FOR RARE DISEASES RELEASED 78 “YEAR OF NURSE AND MIDWIFE” 82 INDIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE BILL, 2019 85 WORLD NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES DAY (WORLD NTD DAY) 85 MAINS GENERAL STUDIES – I NAGARDHAN EXCAVATIONS 86 JALLIKATTU 87 GENERAL STUDIES – II SOCIAL MOBILITY INDEX RELEASED BY WEF 88 CRIME IN INDIA INCREASED BY 1.3% IN 2018: NCRB 89 WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO LABEL FAST FOOD? 90 CHINA, MYANMAR 91 DISQUALIFICATION POWERS OF SPEAKERS AND SETUP AN INDEPENDENT 94 TRIBUNAL: SC ARTICLE 19 95 DISSENT AS A 'SYMBOL OF A DEMOCRACY’ 96 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK 102 GENERAL STUDIES – III ‘RECIPROCATING TERRITORY’ 102 US, CHINA SIGNED 'PHASE 1' OF TRADE DEAL 103 REVISED NORMS FOR DATA REQUESTS IN CRIMINAL MATTERS 105 BUSHFIRES AND HEAVY FLOODS 107 'PURVODAYA' 109 FDI IN COAL MINING 110 WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS (WESP) 2020 115 POLITY In the remaining 137 countries, the levels of corruption show little to no change. CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX The vibrant economic powers like China 2019 (41), Indonesia (40), Vietnam (37), the Philippines (34) and others continue to Why in news? struggle to tackle corruption. The reasons include keeping decision-making India’s ranking in the Corruption out of public scrutiny and silencing Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) has dissenting voices. slipped from 78 in 2018 to 80 in 2019. In 2019 Index, the average score is 45 (marginally better than the global About average of 43), after many consecutive Corruption is more pervasive in countries years of an average score of 44, which where money can flow freely into “illustrates general stagnation” across the electoral campaigns and where region. governments only listen to the voices of Despite the presence of high performers wealthy or well-connected individuals. like New Zealand (87), Singapore (85), This index is prepared annually by the Australia (77), Hong Kong (76) and Transparency International. It is a non- Japan (73), the Asia Pacific region hasn’t profit, non-governmental organisation witnessed substantial progress in anti- dedicated to fight corruption. It was corruption efforts or results. founded in 1993 and is based in Berlin, Low performers like Afghanistan (16), Germany. North Korea (17) and Cambodia (20) First launched in 1995, the Index has continue to highlight serious challenges been widely credited with putting the in the region. issue of corruption on the international China has improved its position from 87 policy agenda. to 80 with a score of 41 out of 100 (same Index offers a snapshot of the relative as that of India). degrees of public sector corruption by ranking countries and territories from around the world. It gives each country a score from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The CPI-2019 draws on 13 surveys and expert assessments in 180 countries and territories. Global results A majority of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption. In the last eight years, only 22 countries significantly improved their CPI scores, including Greece, Guyana and Estonia. In the same period, among the 21 countries that saw a significant fall in their scores are Canada, Australia and Nicaragua. 1 CHAHAL ACADEMY India’s Performance BODO ACCORD SIGNED India’s score of 41 out of 100 remains Why in news? the same as that in 2018. It has been ranked at number 80. The central government, the Assam In democracies like India, unfair and government and the Bodo groups, opaque political financing, undue including all factions of the militant influence in decision-making and National Democratic Front of Bodoland lobbying by powerful corporate interest (NDFB), signed an agreement to redraw groups, has resulted in stagnation or and rename the Bodoland Territorial decline in the control of corruption. Area District (BTAD) as the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), in Assam. Bodoland Territorial Region would include the villages which are dominated by Bodos but are outside BTAD presently. Villages with non-Bodo population would be excluded from it. The BTAD and other areas mentioned under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution have been exempted from the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019. BODOS Bodos are the single largest community among the notified Scheduled Tribes in Assam. Part of the larger umbrella of Bodo- Kachari, the Bodos constitute about 5- 6% of Assam’s population. Bodo issue The first organised demand for a Bodo state came in 1967-68. Way Forward In 1985, when the Assam Movement Following are the recommendations by the culminated in the Assam Accord, many Transparency International to combat rising Bodos saw it as essentially focusing on corruption across the world: the interests of the Assamese-speaking community. 1. Manage conflicts of interest. In 1987, the All Bodo Students Union 2. Control political financing. (ABSU) revived the Bodo statehood 3. Strengthen electoral integrity. demand. 4. Regulate lobbying activities. It subsequently renamed itself NDFB, 5. Empower citizens. and later split into factions. 6. Tackle preferential treatment. 7. Reinforce checks and balances. 2 CHAHAL ACADEMY Bodo language with Devanagari script would be the associate official language for the entire Assam. However, the agreement has not addressed the issue of “citizenship or work permit” for non-domiciles in the BTAD yet. ANDHRA PRADESH CABINET NODS TO ABOLISH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Why in news? Recently, Andhra Pradesh cabinet approved the decision to abolish the Key highlights of Accord legislative council. A committee will be formed to decide the About exclusion and inclusion of new areas. Subsequently, the total number of Andhra Pradesh is one of the few states Assembly seats will go up to 60, from the to have bicameral legislature. The states existing 40. with legislative council include Bihar, Both the representatives of the All Bodo Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Students Union (ABSU) and of Bodoland and Telangana. Territorial Council (BTC) will be present in the committee. Legislative Councils Bodo-Kachari Welfare Council will be set India has a bicameral system, two up for focused development of Bodo Houses of Parliament. villages outside BTAD. At the state level, the equivalent of the Around 1500 cadres of NDFB will be Lok Sabha is the Vidhan Sabha or rehabilitated and assimilated by the Legislative Assembly; that of the Rajya Central and the state governments. Sabha is the Vidhan Parishad or The criminal cases registered against Legislative Council. factions of NDFB members for non- Our constitution does not force a heinous crimes shall be withdrawn and bicameral legislature on states. It gives the cases of heinous crimes will be states the option of having a second reviewed. House. Comprehensive solutions have been The process of creating an Upper House made to redress the grievances of the is lengthy. Under Article 169 of the people. Families of the people killed constitution, Parliament may by law during the Bodo movement would get ₹5 create or abolish the second chamber in lakh each. A Special Development a state if the Legislative Assembly of that Package of ₹1500 crore would be given state passes a resolution to that effect by by the Centre to undertake specific a special majority. projects for the development of Bodo As per Article 171 (1), the total number of areas.