Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION) SEPTEMBER 2020 (PART – I) Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 92058 85200, IVR: 8010-440-440 Email: [email protected] Contents Polity and Governance ........................................................................... 1 z Basic Structure Doctrine: Kesavananda Bharati Case ................................................................................................1 z Compatibility of the Contempt of Court with International Standards ......................................................................3 z Reservation to In-service Doctors in PG: SC ...............................................................................................................3 z Question Hour and Zero Hour ......................................................................................................................................4 z Monsoon Session of Parliament ..................................................................................................................................5 z Supplementary Demands for Grants ...........................................................................................................................6 z Mission Karmayogi for Civil Servants ..........................................................................................................................7 z Assam Firm on NRC Re-verification ............................................................................................................................8 z Postal Voting in the USA...............................................................................................................................................8 z Revised Guidelines for Parole and Furlough: MHA .....................................................................................................9 z Proposed Amendment to Railways Act 1989 ............................................................................................................10 z State of the Young Child in India Report ....................................................................................................................11 z Launch of Bamboo Clusters .......................................................................................................................................12 z Delhi Master Plan 2041 ..............................................................................................................................................13 z Report on Literacy Rate ..............................................................................................................................................13 z Virtual Courts ..............................................................................................................................................................14 z FCRA Clearance of 6 NGOs Suspended .....................................................................................................................15 z SAROD-Ports: Dispute Resolution Mechanism ........................................................................................................16 z Shikshak Parv ..............................................................................................................................................................17 z Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenge ............................................................................................18 z Ease of Doing Business Rankings of the States: DPIIT ............................................................................................18 z Draft Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture: NITI Aayog ........................................................................19 z Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill 2020 ...................................................................................................21 z Sub-categorisation of OBCs .......................................................................................................................................21 z Sanskrit Grams Programme: Uttarakhand ................................................................................................................22 z English as Medium of Education ................................................................................................................................23 z Extension of Tenure of Standing Committees ...........................................................................................................25 z Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana .................................................................................................................26 z Household Social Consumption: Education in India .................................................................................................27 z Gap in Vaccination of Children ...................................................................................................................................30 z VIP Security in India ....................................................................................................................................................31 z Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme ........................................................................................................32 z Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force .......................................................................................................................33 z Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework ..........................................................................................................33 z Five Star Villages Scheme: India Post .......................................................................................................................34 z Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2020 .................................................................................................................35 Economic Scenario ...............................................................................36 z Impact of Lockdown on Indian Corporates ..............................................................................................................36 z Core Sector Contracted by 9.6% .................................................................................................................................37 z Special Open Market Operations by RBI ....................................................................................................................38 z GDP Contracted by 23.9% in First Quarter .................................................................................................................39 z Financing the Fiscal Deficit ........................................................................................................................................41 z Manufacturing Improved: PMI ...................................................................................................................................42 z Adjusted Gross Revenue to be Paid in 10 Years .......................................................................................................44 z NPAs in SHG Loans.....................................................................................................................................................45 z Capping of MEIS Scheme Benefits .............................................................................................................................46 z Revised Priority Sector Lending Guidelines ..............................................................................................................47 z Development Bank for Infrastructure Funding ..........................................................................................................48 z Retiring Old Thermal Power Plants ............................................................................................................................49 z Resolution Plan by RBI for Covid-19 Stressed Assets .............................................................................................50 z Panel to Assess Impact of Waiving Loan Interest ....................................................................................................51 z High Forex Reserves ...................................................................................................................................................51 z EASE 2.0 Banking Reforms Index ...............................................................................................................................53 z Global Innovation Index 2020 .....................................................................................................................................54 z New FDI Policy in Defence Sector ..............................................................................................................................55 z Ranking of States on Support to Startup Ecosystems: DPIIT ..................................................................................56 z Limits on Multi-Cap Fund Investments .....................................................................................................................56 z Contraction in July Factory Output: IIP ......................................................................................................................57 z Steel Industry in India 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