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Current Affairs March 2018 VISION IAS www.visionias.in CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH 2018 Copyright © by Vision IAS All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Vision IAS. 1 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS Table of Contents 1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION ____________ 3 3.14. National E-Mobility Programme _______ 35 1.1. Special Category Status (SCS) ____________ 4 3.15. Draft Labour Code on Occupational Safety, 1.2. Transformation of Aspirational Districts ___ 5 Health and Working Conditions, 2018 _______ 35 1.3. Arunachal’s 2-Tier Panchayati Raj ________ 6 3.16. North-East Industrial Development Scheme 1.4. North Eastern Council (NEC) Schemes _____ 6 (NEIDS) 2017 ____________________________ 36 1.5. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) 3.17. Draft Indian National Strategy for Bill, 2018 ________________________________ 7 Standards (INSS)_________________________ 36 1.6. Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems 3.18. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ___ 37 (ASICS), 2017_____________________________ 8 3.19. Corporate Governance Norms _________ 39 1.7. E-Office _____________________________ 8 3.20. Municipal Bonds ____________________ 40 1.8. The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 3.21. Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Protsahan Yojana 2017____________________________________ 9 (PMRPY) _______________________________ 42 1.9. Prasar Bharati ________________________ 9 3.22. National Skill Development Corporation 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 11 (NSDC) and National Skill Development Fund 2.1. India-France Relations ________________ 11 (NSDF) _________________________________ 42 2.2. India Germany Relations ______________ 12 3.23. Energy Transition Index ______________ 43 2.3. India-Vietnam _______________________ 13 4. SECURITY ___________________________ 44 2.4. India Jordan _________________________ 14 4.1. Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 ___ 44 2.5. India Africa Development Initiatives _____ 15 4.2. Defence Indstrial Corridor _____________ 45 2.6. India USA Solar Dispute _______________ 16 4.3. Integrated Theatre Command __________ 46 2.7. US Import Duty Hike on Steel and 4.4. First 'Crime Free Zone' on India-Bangladesh Aluminium _____________________________ 17 Border _________________________________ 46 2.8. Afghanistan Makes a Peace Offer to Taliban 4.5. Protected Area Permit ________________ 47 _______________________________________ 17 4.6. Malwares ___________________________ 47 2.9. Tibet Factor in India China Relations _____ 18 4.7. Naval Exercises ______________________ 48 2.10. Amendment in China's Constitution ____ 19 5. ENVIRONMENT ______________________ 49 2.11. South Asia Cooperative Environment 5.1. Draft National Forest Policy, 2018 _______ 49 Program (SACEP) ________________________ 20 5.2. Sand Mining ________________________ 50 2.12. Indus Water Treaty __________________ 20 5.3. Brazzaville Declaration ________________ 52 2.13. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant _________ 21 5.4. Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards 2.14. Australia’s 457 Visa__________________ 22 (CA|TS) ________________________________ 53 2.15. UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable 5.5. Rise in Rhino Population in Kaziranga Development ___________________________ 22 National Park ___________________________ 54 2.16. Videsh Aya Pradesh Ke Dwaar _________ 23 5.6. National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) ___ 54 2.17. Study in India Program _______________ 23 5.7. National Biogas and Manure Management 3. ECONOMY __________________________ 24 Programme _____________________________ 55 3.1. Draft Agriculture Export Policy _________ 24 5.8. UN World Water Development Report ___ 55 3.2. Farm MSP Models by NITI Aayog________ 25 5.9. State of Global Climate Report, 2017 ____ 57 3.3. Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme ________ 26 5.10. Clean Seas Campaign ________________ 57 3.4. Fertiliser Subsidy _____________________ 27 5.11. One Planet One City Challenge of WWF _ 58 3.5. Integrated Management of Public 5.12. Persistent Organic Pollutants _________ 58 Distribution System ______________________ 27 5.13. E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 3.6. City Compost Scheme _________________ 28 2018 __________________________________ 59 3.7. Edible Oil Export _____________________ 28 5.14. Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 3.8. Finance Bill 2018 _____________________ 29 2018 __________________________________ 60 3.8.1. Issues Related to Introduction of LTCG Tax _ 30 5.15. Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early 3.9. Changes in Priority Sector Lending ______ 30 Warning System _________________________ 61 3.10. National Financial Reporting Authority _ 31 6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 62 3.11. NITI Aayog Panel on Gold Market ______ 32 6.1. Artificial Intelligence Task Force Report __ 62 3.12. NPA in Power Sector _________________ 33 6.2. E-Cigarettes _________________________ 63 3.13. Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk 6.3. Assisted Reproductive Technology Industry ________________________________ 34 (Regulation) Bill _________________________ 63 2 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 6.4. Stephen Hawking ____________________ 64 7.8. LaQshya Program ____________________ 77 6.5. GSAT-6A ____________________________ 65 7.9. Suvidha ____________________________ 77 6.6. Copernicus Programme _______________ 65 7.10. Gender Pay Disparity ________________ 78 6.7. Air-Breathing Electric Thruster _________ 66 7.11. Gender Vulnerability Index ___________ 79 6.8. Micro-Led: The Next-Gen Display Technology 7.12. Nirbhaya Fund______________________ 79 _______________________________________ 66 7.13. World Happiness Report 2018 _________ 79 6.9. Cold Fusion Reactor __________________ 67 8. CULTURE ___________________________ 81 6.10. Novel Material to Convert Waste Heat to 8.1. Saora Paintings ______________________ 81 Electricity ______________________________ 67 8.2. Kuthiyottam ________________________ 81 6.11. Vaterite - Rare Minerals in Plants ______ 68 8.3. Madhavpur Mela ____________________ 82 6.12. Gallenene _________________________ 68 8.4. Nabakalebar Festival _________________ 82 6.13. Rydberg Polarons: A New State of Matter 9. ETHICS _____________________________ 83 _______________________________________ 68 9.1. Ethics and Organ Donation ____________ 83 6.14. Scientists Found Rare 'Ice-VII' on Earth__ 69 9.2. Ethics and Vandalism _________________ 83 6.15. Disease 'X' _________________________ 69 10. MISCELLANEOUS____________________ 85 6.16. Interstitium ________________________ 70 10.1. Women Entrepreneurship Portal and 7. SOCIAL _____________________________ 71 Udyam Sakhi Portal ______________________ 85 7.1. Integrated School Education Scheme ____ 71 10.2. Incredible India 2.0 Campaign _________ 85 7.2. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan ____ 72 10.3. National Virtual Library ______________ 86 7.3. National Academic Depository (NAD) ____ 72 10.4. International Competition Network 7.4. Status of Anganwadi Centres ___________ 73 Conference _____________________________ 86 7.5. Child Marriage Numbers Drop Sharply ___ 74 10.5. Kerala’s Energy-Positive Campus_______ 86 7.6. Passive Euthanasia ___________________ 75 10.6. Kadaknath _________________________ 87 7.7. Draft Digital Information in Healthcare 10.7. Pritzker Prize _______________________ 87 Security act (DISHA) ______________________ 76 3 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION 1.1. SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS (SCS) Why in news? • Recently Andhra Pradesh MPs have been protesting for special category status for the state which centre has refused. 14th Finance Commission recommendations More about the news • The Commission has not categorised states between normal states or special category • The demand is claimed on the basis of Andhra Pradesh states as it is beyond its terms of reference. Reorganisation Act which provides that “the Central • Instead, it suggested that the resource gap of Government may make appropriate grants and also each state be filled through ‘tax devolution’, ensure that adequate benefits and incentives in the urging the Centre to increase its share of tax form of special development package are given to the revenues to the states from 32% to 42%. backward areas of that State” • If devolution alone could not cover the revenue • While Centre agreed to provide the monetary gap for certain states, the Commission said, the equivalent of SCS but has refused granting the status Centre could provide a revenue deficit grant to on the basis that 14th Finance Commission doesn’t these states. provide for such treatment to Andhra Pradesh. What is SCS? • The Constitution does not include any provision for categorisation of any State as a SCS. But, recognising that some regions in the country were historically disadvantaged in contrast to others, Central plan assistance to SCS States has been granted in the past by the erstwhile Planning Commission body, National Development Council (NDC). • The concept of a special category state was first introduced in 1969 by the 5th Finance Commission based on the Gadgil formula. The formula was modified various times to suit the contemporary needs. • In 1991 the Gadgil-Mukherjee formula was adopted that was in use till the 14th finance commission. • The rationale for special status was that certain states, because of inherent features, have a low resource base and cannot mobilize resources for development. Way Forward • Since Planning Commission ended there has been a drastic cut in the
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