Contents POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................... 7 1. SHARADA CHIT FUND SCAM ...................................................................................................... 7 2. Sedition Law ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3. Rajya Sabha: Last Five Years ........................................................................................................... 10 INDIAN ECONOMY .............................................................................................................................. 12 1. TRAI‘s New Rules ........................................................................................................................... 12 2. Angel Tax issue ................................................................................................................................ 14 3. World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) .................................................................................... 15 4. GST on under-construction houses................................................................................................... 16 POLICIES AND SCHEMES ................................................................................................................... 18 1. National Policy on Electronics 2019 ................................................................................................ 18 2. National Mineral Policy, 2019 ......................................................................................................... 19 3. National Policy on Software Products .............................................................................................. 21 4. Draft Logistics Policy ....................................................................................................................... 22 5. Draft e-commerce Policy .................................................................................................................. 23 6. Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan ............................................................................. 25 7. SHREYAS Programme .................................................................................................................... 26 8. Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN yojana ........................................................................................................ 26 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS .......................................................................................................... 28 1. New NATO member - Macedonia ................................................................................................... 28 2. India-Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................................ 28 3. India-South Korea ............................................................................................................................ 29 4. India-Argentina ................................................................................................................................. 30 5. India-Italy ......................................................................................................................................... 31 6. India-Monaco ................................................................................................................................... 32 7. INF treaty .......................................................................................................................................... 32 ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................................... 35 1. Turtles ............................................................................................................................................... 35 2. Pangolin ............................................................................................................................................ 35 3. Blackbuck ......................................................................................................................................... 36 1 4. Forest Dwellers ................................................................................................................................. 37 5. Rainfed agriculture atlas ................................................................................................................... 38 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 40 1. GSAT-31 .......................................................................................................................................... 40 2. Vande Bharat Express ...................................................................................................................... 40 3. Atmospheric Water Generator .......................................................................................................... 42 4. New company under Department of Space ...................................................................................... 42 SOCIAL ISSUES ..................................................................................................................................... 43 1. Operation Digital Board ................................................................................................................... 43 DEFENCE AND SECURITY ................................................................................................................. 44 1. Dhanush ............................................................................................................................................ 44 2. An-132 .............................................................................................................................................. 44 3. National Cyber Forensic Lab ............................................................................................................ 44 4. Aerial Surveillance ........................................................................................................................... 45 5. Quick Reaction Surface To Air Missile ........................................................................................... 46 ART AND CULTURE ............................................................................................................................ 47 1. Bharat Rang Mahotsav ..................................................................................................................... 47 2. Dard Aryan Tribe.............................................................................................................................. 47 PIB CORNER .......................................................................................................................................... 48 1. Srinagar- Alusteng - Drass- Kargil – Leh Transmission Line .......................................................... 48 2. Ganga Protection Corps .................................................................................................................... 48 3. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) ....................................................................... 48 4. Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana ............................................................................................................... 49 5. Shehri Samridhi Utsav ...................................................................................................................... 49 6. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) ............................................................................ 49 7. Categorisation of Farmers ................................................................................................................ 50 8. India-Indonesia ................................................................................................................................. 50 9. Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog ............................................................................................................. 51 10. Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) ...................................................................................... 51 11. Jurisdiction of CBI ......................................................................................................................... 52 12. India-Bangladesh ............................................................................................................................ 52 13. International Labour Organisations ................................................................................................ 52 2 14. Asiatic Lion Conservation Project .................................................................................................. 53 15. Voter Verification and Information Programme (VVIP) ............................................................... 53 16. DD Arunprabha .............................................................................................................................. 53 17. Buniyaad Tasar Silk Reeling Machines ......................................................................................... 54 18. Light House Projects challenge .....................................................................................................