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VISION IAS www.visionias.in CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2019 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 & GOVERNANCE _______________ 4 6.5. Young Scientist Programme ____________ 59 1.1 Citizenship Amendment Bill _____________ 4 6.6. Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training 1.2 Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections programme (UNNATI) ____________________ 59 _______________________________________ 5 6.7. International Year of the Periodic Table of 1.3 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) Controversy Chemical Elements ______________________ 60 _______________________________________ 7 7. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________ 61 1.4 Feminisation of Indian politics ___________ 9 7.1. ASER Annual Education Report _________ 61 1.5. North-East Autonomous Councils _______ 10 7.2. National Health Authority (NHA)________ 62 1.6. Bill for Trade Union Recognition ________ 11 7.3. Tribal Health ________________________ 63 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 13 7.4. National Action Plan for Drug Demand 2.1. 1st India-Central Asia Dialogue _________ 13 Reduction (2018-2023) ___________________ 64 2.2. India & South Africa __________________ 15 7.5. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons – 2.3. Gilgit-Baltistan Issue _________________ 16 2018 __________________________________ 66 2.4. Draft Emigration Bill __________________ 17 7.6. Prevalence of Bonded Labour in India____ 68 2.5. Space Diplomacy ____________________ 19 8. CULTURE ___________________________ 70 2.6. Venezuela Crisis _____________________ 20 8.1. Sanskriti Kumbh _____________________ 70 3. ECONOMY _________________________ 22 8.2. Bharat Ratna ________________________ 70 3.1. Status Paper on Government Debt ______ 22 8.3. Republic Day Parade 2019 _____________ 71 3.2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code________ 24 8.4. Couple’s Grave in Harappan Settlement __ 72 3.3. GST Regime _________________________ 26 8.5. Gandhi Circuit _______________________ 73 3.4. Insider Trading ______________________ 27 8.6. International Gandhi Peace Prize _______ 73 3.5. Export-Import Bank of India ___________ 28 8.7. Monuments of National Importance _____ 74 3.6. Technical Textiles ____________________ 28 8.8. World Capital of Architecture __________ 74 3.7. Minimum Basic Income _______________ 29 9. ETHICS _____________________________ 76 3.8. National Agricultural Higher Education 9.1. Sensitizing Youth Towards Gender Issues _ 76 Project (NAHEP) _________________________ 31 10. NEWS IN SHORT ____________________ 78 3.9. Uranium Requirements in India ________ 32 10.1. Report and Index in news _______________ 78 4. SECURITY __________________________ 34 10.2. Institutes of Eminence _________________ 78 4.1. Integrating the Islands ________________ 34 10.3. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) ____________ 78 4.2. Paris Call ___________________________ 37 10.4. Raisina Dialogue 2019 __________________ 79 4.3. Space Technology in Border Management 38 10.5. Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) ________________________ 79 4.4. Central Armed Police Forces ___________ 39 10.6. Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) _____ 79 4.5. Climate Change- A Security Issue?_______ 40 10.7. Beirut Declaration _____________________ 79 4.6. Women in Combat Role _______________ 42 10.8. National Statistical Commission __________ 79 5. ENVIRONMENT _____________________ 44 10.9. Industrial Outlook Survey, and Services and 5.1. National Clean Air Programme _________ 44 Infrastructure Outlook Survey ________________ 80 5.2. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Plants __________ 46 10.10. Debenture Redemption Reserve ________ 80 5.3. Access and Benefit Sharing ____________ 48 10.11. Share-Pledging _______________________ 80 5.4. Land Degradation Neutrality ___________ 49 10.12. UK Sinha Committee __________________ 80 10.13. GAFA Tax ___________________________ 80 5.5. Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change 10.14. Re-weave.in _________________________ 80 Linkage ________________________________ 51 10.15. India’s Largest Startup Ecosystem in Kerala 80 5.6. ‘Cultural Model’ of Conservation _______ 51 10.16. Jan Shikshan Santhans (JSS) ____________ 81 5.7. Flora Fauna in News __________________ 52 10.17. Bharatiya Shiksha Board _______________ 81 5.7.1. Sarus Crane __________________________ 52 10.18. Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics 5.7.2. North Indian Rosewood ________________ 53 _________________________________________ 81 5.7.3. Mugger Crocodile _____________________ 53 10.19. Global Solar Council __________________ 81 5.7.4. Humpback dolphins ___________________ 54 10.20. Alliance to End Plastic Waste ___________ 81 6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 55 10.21. Renuka Multipurpose Dam Project ______ 81 6.1. Rare Diseases _______________________ 55 10.22. Diffo Bridge in Arunachal ______________ 82 6.2. Leprosy in India _____________________ 56 10.23. Atal Setu ___________________________ 82 6.3. Gas Hydrates _______________________ 57 10.24. Vande Bharat Express _________________ 82 6.4. Eat Right India Movement _____________ 58 10.25. Asian Waterbird Census, 2019 __________ 82 2 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 10.26. Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme _ 82 10.42. Missiles Testing ______________________ 85 10.27. Lake Urmia __________________________ 82 10.43. National Informatics Centre’s Command & 10.28. 106th Indian Science Congress __________ 82 Control Centre (CCC) and Center of Excellence in 10.29. SALSA ______________________________ 82 Artificial Intelligence (CoE in AI) _______________ 85 10.30. X-Calibur ___________________________ 83 10.44. Carnot Prize for Union Minister _________ 85 10.31. Ultima Thule ________________________ 83 10.45. PM Receives First Ever Philip Kotler 10.32. PSLV-C44 ___________________________ 83 Presidential Award _________________________ 85 10.33. Shifting North Magnetic Pole ___________ 83 10.46. State Schemes in News ________________ 85 10.34. Indus Food 2019 _____________________ 83 11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____ 86 10.35. Smart Food Executive Council __________ 84 11.1. Atal Jyoti Yojana ______________________ 86 10.36. Web- Wonder Women” Campaign _______ 84 11.2. Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme 10.37. 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 (DDRS) ___________________________________ 86 ________________________________________ 84 11.3. UDAN 3.0 (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik Scheme)/ 10.38. Celiac disease _______________________ 84 Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) ___________ 86 10.39. Triple Drug Therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis 84 11.4. Scheme for Family Welfare and Other Health 10.40. Bilateral and Multilateral exercises in news 85 Interventions _____________________________ 87 10.41. Howitzer Plant _______________________ 85 3 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 1. POLITY & GOVERNANCE 1.1 CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL Why in news? The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 which recently lapsed saw opposition from various quarters of the country. Provisions of the Bill The Citizenship Act, 1955 • Definition of Illegal Migrants: The Bill amends the • It provides for acquisition of citizenship by birth, Citizenship Act, 1955 to provide that ‘persecuted’ non- descent, registration, naturalization and by incorporation of territory into India. Muslim minorities (Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi & • The Act prohibits illegal migrants from acquiring Christian communities) from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indian citizenship. It defines an illegal migrant as Bangladesh, who have arrived in India on or before a foreigner: (i) who enters India without a valid December 31, 2014 & living in India without valid passport or travel documents, or (ii) stays beyond travel documents to obtain Indian citizenship, will not the permitted time. be treated as illegal migrants. However, to get this • It regulates registration of Overseas Citizen of benefit, they must also be exempted from provisions India Cardholders (OCIs), and their rights. An OCI of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, and the is entitled to a multiple-entry, multi-purpose life- Foreigners Act, 1946 by the central government long visa to visit India. • Citizenship by naturalization: The amendment • It allows central government to cancel the reduces the aggregate period of residential registration of OCIs on grounds such as fraudulent registration, imprisonment for more than 2 qualification for acquiring citizenship by naturalization years within 5 years of registration, sovereignty & from 11 years to 6 years, along with continuous stay security of the country etc. for last 12 months. • Cancellation of registration of Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs): Bill adds one more provision for cancellation of registration of OCIs for violation of any law in the country. How will the amendment benefit ‘persecuted’ minorities? • The Bill is said to be addressing religious discrimination committed during the partition. Also, in the aftermath of partition religious minorities faced widespread discrimination, particularly in Muslim majority countries. • The Bill is said to benefit many people by allowing them to take up self-employment, buy property, open bank accounts and get driving licences, PAN card and Aadhaar. For example, it will be of immense benefit to communities like Chakma and Hajongs of Bangladesh. Opposition to the Bill