SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY AND TAMILNADUANDINDIA ISSUES

SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • 1. 2019 attack groupJaish-e-Mohammed m IslamistPakistan-basedthebyattack was claimed Central(CRPF) ReservePoliceForce of 40 deaths attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber suicideattackedvehicle-borneby a 2019 February14 at Lethpora ilitant SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • 2. Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Gaja • • • • • • 175 November 16 sought Rs 15,000 crorefrom Centre 18,000 18,000 hectares of Coconut trees were damaged, mostly upr andRamanathapuram(10 Dist) Nagappattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur,Pudukottai, Ka Center released 353.7 crorefrom NDRF Totally 56,000 hectares of crops and trees were destro Rs.3,000 for goats The Government has sanctioned an assistance of Rs.30,000 46 People Dead – 180 km/h speed Y our Actions as District Collector YourCollector Districtas Actions yed yed raikal, Trichy for cattle and ooted SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • • • 3. 34th district KALLAKURICHI • • • Home ofHome Agriculture Cotton Urad.and Kallakurichi is known for riceits production, Sugarca Thirukovilur and Kalvarayanmalai. covers taluks 6 Kallakurichi,Chinnasalemnamely Superintendent Superintendent of PoliceMr.Jayachandran, IPS CollectorMr.KiranGurrala, IAS Periyar Gomukhi dam, Manimukdha dam overRice 10 processing units On January 8,On January2019 difficult difficult forthe administrators governto the district. by bifurcated fromVillupuramdistrict came came into existence november 26thon , Megamand Kaviyam waterfalls – “ Announced Announced

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY vedagiriswarartemple.Thirukazhukundram8. fortremains.Portuguese Edaikazhinadu7. backwaters.Edaikazhinadu6. Dutchfort.Sadurangapattinam 5. MamallapuramKovalampoint,surfbeach, golden VGP 4. Vedanthangal3. birdssanctuary. zoologicalpark. Vandaluranna Arignar2. pall by caverock builttemplescut Mamallapuram1. Major Places avas. beach. SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • 3.36 • • • • • • • • • fourtaluks BHEL, Ceramic- Parry, SIPCOT, SIDCO, Leather First rail Navalak Walaja two revenue divisions: Ranipetand Superintendent of PoliceMayilvaganan A IPS District CollectorS Divya dharshiniIAS November 28, 2019 on August 15, 2019 Raja Desingh th – DistrictRanipet – – First municipality Tamilnaduin Coconut farm

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • 3.35 reservoir of fine sandal wood wood sandal of finereservoir of Mr.VijayaKumar,PoliceSuperintendent IPS CollectorMr.Sivan DistrictIAS Arul, 2019 28 November 15, 2019 Auguston th DistrictTirupattur SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • Can wecreate many small districts? Can bedoneCan developmentInclusive Reach Accessibility demandLong – Scheme SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • Bandicoot robot, firstgotits Drainage-cleaning4. Drainagecleaning SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • 5.Erode Turmeric TagGI • • arthritisand depression improve of symptoms and a potentanti-inflammatory It's potential to prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's and ca and Alzheimer's to disease,potentialpreventheart resistant to afterboiling.pests goldenyell hasa curcumin,2.5-4.5% of Itconsists antioxidant and may helpalso and ow colour andis colour ow ncer ncer SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • 6.World’s largestrail coach manufacturer • becomes the single largestrailin singlemanufacturerthecoach becomes manufacturingRailway’scoach premierIndianoldestand ICF manufacturers.Chineseby coaches 2,600 comp as 2019 to February2018 Aprilfrom coaches 2,919 the world. world. the unit ared to

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” in” Virudhunagar f Srivilliputtur.f SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • 11. A.P.J. Abdul Kalamaward • • • Given to ISRO Chairman Chairman to GivenISRO 15, 2019 AugustOn Kalpana ChawlaawardEnterprise KalpanaandforDaringCourage Chandrayaan-the2missionLeadership his wife Senthamarai his wife Bravery-forextraordinaryaward Specialof Act Ramyalakshmi, . K.Sivan, Shanmugavelu and Shanmugavelu – P. SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • 12. CM foreign Visit abroadtravelfirstMinisterChiefactive antrip by signed of Understanding(MoU) Memorandum41 crore fetched8,830 totalinvestmentworthRs Emirates(UAE)Arab an ,States(US) United(UK)Kingdom United the Visited To attractInvestment 2019 10 September 28- August visitdays14 . . d Unitedd SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • 13. contract farming in it,now.untilin welfarelaw farm theof to wastheensureno there But, herbs. to poultry,wasIncontractadditionfarming thereof producers.farmbuyer and theagreementbetween on out carriedbeing involvesproductionagricultural contractfarming. firsttheTamilen state to becomesIndia in(TN) Nadu the basis of an of basisthe sugarcaneand act the lawon the act ers involveders SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • 14. 2nd India- Informal Summit Mahabalipuram,in • • andFujian Mahabalipurambetweenlink a gold-and- red silk handwoven shawl bearing his imag hisbearing shawl handwovenredsilk a gold-and- 70th anniversary of the establishment of of India-China establishmentof theanniversary70th Exchanges. to PeopleP Culturaland Year as 2020 of India-China China in April 2018. ‘Wuhan Spirit’,Connect” ‘Wuhan‘Chennai April2018. inChina washe nationstwothe betweenfirst summitinformal 11 three-feet high Thanjavur painting of dancing Saraswat of dancingpaintingthree-feetThanjavur high withcoatedlamp six-feetAnnam a Nachiarkoil, -Gift Trade billion.$53 deficit -12 October October -12 eople relations. gold and also a a also goldand . ld inWuhan, ld

e e hi(Godess) SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • Development Corporation tied with up International Skills Visit Suffolk to Hospital, London Flagship hospital: King’sThe College malariaespecially and dengue. in control of vector borne diseases, • USA • • He also launched He also launched plant. visitedwastewater the treatment Salem. set a up livestock park in Thalaivasal projects in TN. resident Tamils willinginvestto in world is our home) scheme fornon- YaadhumOore (the (the , SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • 15.National Organ Donation Day • • TamilNadu world, next only to USA to onlyUSA next world, of transplantlargestnumbersecondthe performsIndia year.consecutivefifth bagged- Best StateBestcadavericAwardorganin donation bagged-

s in thein s . . SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • 16. Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) The estimated date of completion of project is by enby isof projectdateestimated of completionThe connectivity to loanstrengthencrore power Rs.3,200 state of population70% Tamilfor of 64%accounting districts, of 32 23 out CKIC indeveloping assistingbeenhasADB manufacturing. nodesTirunelveli Thoothu and Madurai-Virudhnagar-Dindigul-Theni 1: Phase Nadu’s d of 2024. 2024. of d area area and kudi- SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • 17. EWS Quota • 76 employment publicof mattersin opportunity of Equality NagarajCase 10% - Economically weaker section in General CategoryinGeneralEconomicallyweaker -section 10% Indra Sawhney case judgementcase IndraSawhney th CAA 1994 1994 CAA – 50% - VP Singh GovernmentSinghVP - 50%

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Award – Over all best stateTamilnadu -bestOver all SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • • • • 19.KEEZHADI contemporary to Gangetic the civilisationplain existence of an Tamil More than 900artefacts were in unearthed 5 Phase 4, 3,5 there there might be a possible Phase Phase and 21 Tamilthe ArchaeologyNadu Department (TNAD) excavations carriedArchaeological by out the of Survey Archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna Sivagangai Dist Vaigairiver Brahmi script – TNAD TNAD – urbancivilisation ASI ASI – aathan link betweenlink , kumizhan aathan on the riverbed of riverbedof the on Vaigai that was the scripts scripts the of Indus ValleyCivilisation th phase phase India (ASI) India (ASI) and SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • K e Bass IndicasBass purposesagricultural predominantlyanimalsused hadKeeladiin society The BCE earlyas writingart of attainedthe literacylearnedor plains.Gangetic ithaas BCE incenturyTamil around6th happened Nadu Vaiga of Indus][thebeingfirst urbanisation second e l a d i - A n

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • 20. Megadatu Dam near Mekedatu, in Ramanagaram district, across the rive theacross district,Ramanagaram inMekedatu,near Karnataka the by set up government purposes fo of Tamilwaterused to itquantumbe will nor Nadu, waythe releasingin come the of Karnataka not Will - Tamilnadu by Government Opposed region in the table groundwater the isobjective to supply drinking water to Bengaluru and and recharge Bengaluru to water supply to drinking stipulated r irrigationr r Cauvery Cauvery r SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • 21. FBPR • • • (IGCAR) CentreforIndiraAto Gandhi by indigenously designed uranium-plutonium MOX fuel, a mixture of PuO MOXof a mixture fuel, uranium-plutonium to criticalityreachExpected inKalpakkamTamil atFast Reactor(PFBR)Nadu Breeder 500 India’sdevelopedindigenouslyfirst -megawattPrototype(mw) 2 andUO mic Research mic 2 . SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY 22. Energy in TN

Demand - Demand- 16,151MW SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • 23. apportionment, regulation and control of Cauvery waters”. compliance of the Supreme Court’s orderin relation to “s main mandate of the CMA will be to secure implementation and Rest four will be part time members from states side. two will be full time, while two will be part time members from centr a chairman, secretarya and eight members will meet every 10 days duringmonths of June and October decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Cauvery Water Regulation Committee that shall give effec farm practices and development of command areas promotinguse of micro-irrigation, change in croppingpat

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • 26.CAB/CAA Islamia MilliaJamia East,NorthWest DelhiBengal,New 12. Decemberon assentreceivedpresidential votesfavor against105 votes in125 and with 11, 2019 DecemberPassedon – JNU and DU DU JNU and SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • 2014. 31, December orbefore enteredIndiaon who minorities thereligiousgrant to citizenshipwill CAB religion on Based Parsi and BuddhistJain, Christian,Sikh, Hindu, communities six non-Muslim persecuted.being theoffear orpersecutionreligious to due andAfghanistan- BangladeshPakistan, minorities religious grantthetoIndian to citizenship Vivek Joshi CAB/CAA – Census Census Commissioner • • • • • • on or on before either they or their ancestors livedin India NRC those who willinclude provecan that immigrants, to out weed Bangladeshiillegal India on or before March 24, 1971 either they or their ancestors were in NRC willimplemented be across India recently completed in India aimed at removing illegalimmigrants from March 24, 1971.24,March NRC SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • Why Assam Protesting? Articunderguaranteedequality of spiritthe violates muslims nonthe benefitWill 1985 Accord of Assam thenullify would NRC Assamthebyexcluded those to expectedhelp CAA le 14 14 le SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY 26.

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • 27.NEET Issue students learn in the five years and later? What will make a student a gooddoctor? NEET score or what private coaching classes? Can NEET be cleared by most students without the getting co In 2017, was it only 2 students joinMedical College In the year 2018, only 4 students from Government school onlythree attempts. Centre allows only49.5% quotas. Tamil Nadu would not benefit from the state's 69% reservatio No of medical seats s weres able to aching from the n rule. The SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • 28 Sustainability Cons Pros • • • • • • • • • • . Protest Protest Displacement of people Cost Ecological damage Environment Employment AgriculturalProduction ControlFlood Reduce farm suicides Drought free

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • • 29. RBI outputfell3.8% industrial October 5.54% to retail increasedinflation Annual into phase.stagflation entering Indiais low a to six-year hasslowedthird economy largest Asia's high a to 40-month jumpedNovember in inflation retail priceIndia's stagnant demandand unemployment rising amidinflation lofty – S 5% (Lower than 2008 growth) growth) 2008 than (Lower 5% t a g f la t io n

• • • • • • GST Implemtation Demonetization Heavy rain, increased foodprices Lose of jobs vehicles power, fuel, real estate and sales of Weak demand is reflected in the Govt actions: • • pump in liquidity liquidity in pump to banks commercial incentivising cutting ratecorporatetax SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY to • • making the payment for timelines mentioned never but dues the acknowledged events industry and Sitharaman had had Sitharaman due • • • • 30.GST Issue a slowdown slowdown a Punjab, Punjab, West Bengaland Kerala year2016-of compensation amount was fixed at 14cent per of on top r Rs 35,298crore ones. since pending August, drawing protests from states, particula compensation was to be released after every two months th but

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SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • 34.Fastag from up to several feet away and does to not need within be dir capture information stored on a tag attached A tag to an object. Radio-Frequency Identification is (RFID) radio the use oft waves The tag The is validforfive yearsand comes seven in differen sight of the reader to tracked.be FASTag is presently operational nationalat both, and s Corporation Indiaof (NPCI) are implementing program.this incorporated by National Highways Authority India)of an Indian Highways Management Company Limited(a (IHMCL)company (NHAI) refunds 5% total the of monthly transactions. To encourage FASTags,use the of Nationalthe HighwayAuthorit they were sold. December 1, 2017for all carsnew and trucks be fitted to It was rolled and in2016,out the April Government made i category vehicles. of orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, black. Each is colour assigned tate tate highways. t t colours d d National Payment with a FASTag with a before t t mandatory from to ato particular y Indiaof ect line- o o read and — can read be violet, of - SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY

SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • 34.Fastag • • • are: benefitsOther Near non-stop movement of vehicles leading to lower fu to lower leadingof vehiclesmovement non-stopNear savestime. paymentEase of Benefits • • • effort monitoring in centrally. Economic reduced : benefit effort in management at toll pla management. Social: benefit reduced toll payment hassles f ,analytics paper. Environmental : benefit reduced airpollution, reduced use – No need to carry cash fortransactions, toll thecash to carry needNo

or better or better highway of of za, reduced reduced za, el cost. cost. el SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • • 35.Brexit • EU treaty provided for a European Parliament andEuropeanParliamenttreatyforEuropean EU provideda 28/51 51.9% - votedfor- Exit51.9% Migration(PIGS)exports, o Impact more, Payingfor Losingmore EU Why?parliament, Area of Europartnot Britainis 19/28 world thelargestintradingbloc British Exit” from thefrom Exit” British EU is a political, trade and economic union founded unioneconomic tradeandpolitical, is a EU – Euro AreaEuro European Union (EU). UnionEuropean in 1957 in1957 Council Council ver SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • • • • • • • Impact for India One of the top investortopthe of One 1/4 are therecompanies Indian800 UK is the third largest source of foreignthirdlargest of sourceinvedirectistheUK EU, that is the UK” theisEU,that ”Aspoi entryan ifthereis concerned, isfar Indiaas tradesurplus. enjoysa withcountriestop inseven25 just among isalsoUK Switzerland.andGermanyas such countries European India’slargestispartner,onlyUK 12thtrade well th of IT exportsIT of

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