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Economy International Relations Environment Science and Tech Culture O F F I C E R S ' P U L S E Issue no. 46 | 11th April to 17th April, 2021 C O V E R A G E . The Hindu The Indian Express PIB A T A G L A N C E Rajya Sabha TV & I N D E P T H . All India Radio Polity and Social Issues Economy International Relations Environment Science and Tech Culture CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY THE PULSE OF UPSC AT YOUR FINGER TIPS 1 News @ a glance POLITY ................................................................................. 3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ................................. 14 1) Chief Election Commissioner .............................. 3 1) Uranium enrichment centrifuges................... 14 2) Centre to certify shrimp farms .......................... 4 2) Anomalous behaviour of Muon ....................... 14 3) State of World Population 2021 report......... 4 DEFENCE .......................................................................... 16 ENVIRONMENT ............................................................... 6 1) S-400 Triumf ............................................................. 16 1) Dolphin boom in Odisha’s Chilika lake .......... 6 ART & CULTURE ........................................................... 17 2) Wayanad sanctuary a haven for Asiatic 1) Jamakkalam weavers ........................................... 17 wild dog .......................................................................... 6 2) Kumbh Mela .............................................................. 17 3) Last two rhinos translocated under IRV PIB ANALYSIS................................................................. 19 2020 .................................................................................. 7 1) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal 4) Indus and Ganges river dolphins are two Yojana............................................................................ 19 different species ......................................................... 8 2) National Startup Advisory Council ................ 19 5) Imagining a climate-resilient economy ......... 9 3) Aahaar Kranti Mission ......................................... 20 ECONOMY ........................................................................ 11 4) Gender Samvaad ..................................................... 20 1) e-SANTA...................................................................... 11 5) Remdesivir ................................................................. 21 2) RBI sets up authority to review regulations .... 11 6) MANAS app ................................................................ 22 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS .............................. 12 1) RCEP & CPTPP ......................................................... 12 For free learning, visit www.officerspulse.com 2 News in Depth AIR NEWS ........................................................................ 23 6) A multipolarity, scripted by the middle 1) NEFT and RTGS ....................................................... 23 powers .......................................................................... 29 THE HINDU EDITORIALS ........................................ 24 INDIAN EXPRESS EXPLAINED............................... 32 1) Why the Personal Data Protection Bill 1) Many endemic species can go extinct matters ......................................................................... 24 unless Paris pact goal is met ............................. 32 2) India’s South Asian opportunity .................... 25 2) Aadhaar-related problems ................................ 32 3) Scaling up vaccine production ........................ 26 3) What is Ingenuity Helicopter mission on 4) BIMSTEC needs to reinvent itself .................. 27 mars and its significance ..................................... 33 5) Not on the same page at sea ............................. 28 For free learning, visit www.officerspulse.com 3 News @ a glance POLITY 1) Chief Election Commissioner Commission became a multi-member body About Election Commission of India with 3 election commissioners. The Election Commission of India is an Chief Election Commissioner and Election autonomous constitutional authority Commissioners responsible for administering Union and . The President appoints Chief Election State election processes in India. Commissioner and Election Commissioners. The body administers elections to the Lok They have tenure of six years, or up to the Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. Assemblies in India, and the offices of the . They enjoy the same status and receive President and Vice President in the salary and perks as available to Judges of country. the Supreme Court of India. Powers and Responsibilities . According to Article 324 (5), the Chief . The Commission’s functions and powers Election Commissioner (CEC) can be with respect to elections are divided into removed from office only through three categories (Administrative, impeachment by Parliament. Advisory, and Quasi-judicial). In detail, . However, the same constitutional provision these powers include is silent about the procedure for removal of 1. Determining the Electoral Constituencies’ the two Election Commissioners. It only territorial areas throughout the country. provides that they cannot be removed from 2. Preparing and periodically revising office except on the recommendation of electoral rolls and registering all eligible the CEC. voters. The Commission transacts its business by 3. Notifying the schedules and dates of holding regular meetings and also by elections and scrutinising nomination circulation of papers. All Election papers. Commissioners have equal say in the 4. Granting recognition to the various political decision making of the Commission. parties and allocating them election . If the Chief Election Commissioner and symbols. other Election Commissioners differ in 5. The Commission also has advisory opinion on any matter, such matters shall jurisdiction in the matter of post-election be decided according to the opinion of the disqualification of sitting members of majority. Parliament and State Legislatures. It should be noted that the Constitution 6. It issues the Model Code of Conduct in has not prescribed the qualifications of elections for political parties and candidates the members of the Election Commission. so that no one indulges in unfair practice or . Also, the Constitution has not debarred there is no arbitrary abuse of powers by the retiring election commissioners from those in power. any further appointment by the Composition of Election Commission government. Since its inception in 1950, the election Why in News? commission had been a one-member body . President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed with only the Chief Election Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra to Commissioner (CEC) as its sole member. take over as Chief Election Commissioner Later, two more election commissioners from Sunil Arora, whose tenure ended on were appointed to the body and the Election April 12. For free learning, visit www.officerspulse.com 4 2) Centre to certify shrimp farms . Overall, certified aquaculture products will Shrimp exports from India help exporters to export their consignments . Frozen shrimp is India’s largest exported to markets under stringent food safety seafood item. It constituted 50.58% in regulations without the fear of getting quantity and 73.2% in terms of total U.S. rejected. dollar earnings from the sector during About MPEDA 2019-20. The Marine Products Export Development . Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Authority was set up in 1972 as a statutory Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are India’s major body under the Ministry of Commerce & shrimp producing States, and around 95% Industry. of the cultured shrimp produce is exported. MPEDA is the nodal agency for promotion of . India exported frozen shrimp worth almost export of marine products from India. $5 billion in 2019-20, with the U.S. and . MPEDA has presence in all the maritime China are the biggest buyers. states and is implementing its . But a combination of factors had hurt developmental schemes for export export volumes in recent months, including promotion / aquaculture production container shortages and incidents of through its field offices. seafood consignments being rejected because of food safety concerns. 3) State of World Population 2021 Why in News? report . To bolster confidence in India’s frozen About the Report shrimp produce, the Marine Products . The State of World Population is an annual Exports Development Authority report published by the United Nations (MPEDA) has kicked off a new scheme to Population Fund (UNFPA). certify hatcheries and farms that adopt . Each edition covers and analyses good aquaculture practices. developments and trends in world . The certification scheme for aquaculture population and demographics, as well as products will be known as ‘Shaphari’, a shedding a light on specific regions, Sanksrit word that means superior quality countries and population groups and the of fishery products suitable for human unique challenges they face. consumption. Why in News? About the Scheme . UNFPA has released its flagship State of . The Shaphari scheme is based on the World Population 2021 report titled ‘My United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Body is My Own’. Organization’s technical guidelines on . This is the first time a United Nations report aquaculture certification and will have has focused on bodily autonomy, defined two components — certifying hatcheries as the power and agency to make choices for the quality of their seeds and,
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