BRAINY IAS (84594-00000) 1 www.brainyias.com BRAINY IAS (84594-00000) Contents GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 7 1. Snow Leopard- Out Of “Endangered” List ..................................................................................................................7 2. Genetically Modified Crops and Its Impact On Environment .....................................................................................7 3. Geographical Indications ............................................................................................................................................8 4. Climate Resilient Agriculture ....................................................................................................................................10 5. Sardar Sarovar Project ..............................................................................................................................................12 6. FAME –India scheme ................................................................................................................................................13 7. Hurricanes/ Tropical Cyclones ..................................................................................................................................14 8. Landfill Collapse........................................................................................................................................................16 9. World Food Day – 16th October ................................................................................................................................17 10. River Linking Projects In India ..................................................................................................................................18 11. Pesticide Regulation in India ....................................................................................................................................20 12. Negative Emissions ...................................................................................................................................................21 13. Biochar .....................................................................................................................................................................23 POLITY AND GOVERNANCE .......................................................................................................................................... 25 14. Marital Rape .............................................................................................................................................................25 15. The Story of Women Reservation Bill .......................................................................................................................25 16. Altering the RTI Act ..................................................................................................................................................28 17. Bitcoin Regulation In India .......................................................................................................................................29 18. Shekatkar Committee report ....................................................................................................................................30 19. Special Status and Special Category Status to States ...............................................................................................32 20. Transforming Rural India ..........................................................................................................................................33 21. Watershed Component of PMKSY- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana ..............................................................35 22. ‘Saubhagya’ Plan For Household Electrification .......................................................................................................37 23. Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) .............................................................................................................38 24. National E-Governance Plan .....................................................................................................................................39 25. CPGRAMS – Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System ...........................................................42 26. Feasibilty Of Holding Simultaneous Elections ..........................................................................................................43 27. Rajasthan Ordinance ................................................................................................................................................45 28. NK Singh Committee Report On Fiscal Responsibility ..............................................................................................46 29. Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) ...................................................................................................................48 30. Infant Mortality Rate In India ...................................................................................................................................49 2 www.brainyias.com BRAINY IAS (84594-00000) 31. Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 ................................................................................................................50 32. Report on Tackling hate speeches ............................................................................................................................51 33. The Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSCS), ..................................................................................53 34. Collegium System .....................................................................................................................................................54 35. Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape- Supreme Court .........................................................................................................56 36. VVPAT and EVMs ......................................................................................................................................................57 37. Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) .................................................................................................................58 38. Standing Committee Report On Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 ..........................................................................60 39. History Of Creation Of States On The Basis Of Language .........................................................................................62 40. Challenges Faced By Elderly In Indian Society ..........................................................................................................63 SCHEMES AND POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................ 66 41. Modernization Of Police Forces (MPF) Scheme 2017 ..............................................................................................66 42. Mooting India’s Artificial Intelligence Policy ............................................................................................................68 43. Draft Pharma Policy ..................................................................................................................................................70 44. Review of National Electricity Policy ........................................................................................................................71 45. Schemes of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs..................................................................................................73 ECONOMY .................................................................................................................................................................... 80 46. Growth Elasticity of Poverty .....................................................................................................................................80 47. Outcome Budgeting .................................................................................................................................................81 48. Operation “Clean Money” to Clean Shell Companies ..............................................................................................83 49. Cess Under GST ........................................................................................................................................................84 50. SEBI Tightens The Noose For Credit Rating Agencies (CRAS) ...................................................................................85 51. India’s Slow Growth Rate of Economic Health Indicators ........................................................................................86 52. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) ..............................................................................................................87 53. PMJDY And The JAM Revolution ..............................................................................................................................89 54. Financial Inclusion in Rising India .............................................................................................................................90 55. SEBI Norms for Capital Market .................................................................................................................................93