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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 POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Section 66A of IT act .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Political Parties defying RTI .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Twitter Samvad ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Spectrum Auction ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Electoral Reforms ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Amendment to the President’s address .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2015 passed by parliament ............................................................................................ 12 Pharma Jan Samadhan scheme ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 ATAL Innovation Mission (AIM) ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Price stabilisation fund ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Urja Sangam 2015 - India’s Global Hydrocarbon Summit ................................................................................................... 14 Cattle Slaughter and The Ban on Beef ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Constitutionalityof tribunals .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 SC strikes down quota for Jats ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 National policy for Upper Houses ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 India’s Daughter: Is The Ban Justified ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Bharat Ratna For A B Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya ............................................................................................. 21 Kerala Tourism Wins Golden Gate Award In Germany .......................................................................................................... 21 NPCI Links 150 Millions DBT Accounts With Aadhaar .......................................................................................................... 22 PM Sets 13 Goals For ‘Team India’ To Be Achieved By 2022 ............................................................................................... 22 CBI court summons Manmohan in coal case .............................................................................................................................. 22 Coal, Mining Bills Passed By Parliament ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Policy portal ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Atal Pension Yojna (APY)- ................................................................................................................................................................... 25 INTERNATIONAL /INDIA AND WORLD ...................................................................................................................... 27 Prime Minister visit of India ocean countries ............................................................................................................................. 27 India and Mauritius relations: ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 India and Seychelles relations: .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka ........................................................................................................................................................................ 30 SAARC Yatra: .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Opposition from Japan blocks India-U.S. deal............................................................................................................................. 32 IAEA Acknowledges India’s need for more autonomy in Nuclear regulation .............................................................. 33 U.S. President Barack Obama eases process to obtain L-1B visas ..................................................................................... 35 India and the Indian Ocean: International Conference on Renewing the Maritime Trade and Civilisational Linkages ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 India votes against LGBT benefits .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Lee Kuan Yew: First Prime Minister of Singapore Passed away ........................................................................................ 37 India and Qatar relations: ................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Yemen Crisis: .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Operation Rahat ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Mine Ban Treaty ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Iran, world powers reach nuclear accord .................................................................................................................................... 41 China hikes defence budget ................................................................................................................................................................. 42 AIIB Membership grows........................................................................................................................................................................ 42 China’s ‘One belt One Road’ initiative ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Israeli election ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 India’s Afghan dilemma ........................................................................................................................................................................ 45 ECONOMY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 The New Monetary Policy Framework Agreement .................................................................................................................. 48 IMF raises India’s growth forecast 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