Content 1. AGRICULTURE ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Farm Laws: Impact On Women Farmers .................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 India Meteorological Department (Imd) .................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Integrated Farming Systems ...................................................................................................................................... 9 2. DISASTER MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Chamoli Flash Floods ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 3. ECONOMY .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.1 Foreign Exchange Determination In India ................................................................................................................ 16 3.2 Grievances Against Misleading Advertisements (Gama) ........................................................................................... 19 3.3 Budget Proposal For A Bad Bank .............................................................................................................................. 22 3.4 Geographical Indication (Gi) .................................................................................................................................... 24 3.5 Food Security .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 3.6 Special Economic Zones........................................................................................................................................... 32 3.7 Great Divergence .................................................................................................................................................... 35 3.8 Sabka Sath - Sabka Vikas - Sabka Vishwas ................................................................................................................ 37 4. ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 4.1 Right Of Passage For Animals .................................................................................................................................. 40 4.2 Green Tax And Scrappage Policy .............................................................................................................................. 45 4.3 Eco Sensitive Zones ................................................................................................................................................. 47 5. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ................................................................................................................................................... 50 5.1 World Economic Forum Summit 2020 And Great Reset............................................................................................ 50 5.2 Ohchr And Human Rights ........................................................................................................................................ 54 5.3 Is The World Heading Towards ‘New Cold War’? ..................................................................................................... 56 5.4 Myanmar Coup ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 5.5 New Start Treaty ..................................................................................................................................................... 63 5.6 Afghanistan-India New Development Partnership .................................................................................................... 65 5.7 India's Vaccine Diplomacy ....................................................................................................................................... 68 6. GEOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................................... 70 6.1 Megacity Plan For Little Andaman ........................................................................................................................... 70 6.2 Cropping Systems In India ....................................................................................................................................... 72 7. GOVERNANCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 76 7.1 Charter For Banks : Fcra .......................................................................................................................................... 76 7.2 Family Planning In India: Is It Anti-Women? ............................................................................................................. 78 7.3 Nep: Need For Structural Reforms In Universities & Colleges ................................................................................... 80 8. LAW AND POLICY .................................................................................................................................................... 82 8.1 Delay In Appointments To Law Commission ............................................................................................................. 82 8.2 Use And Misuse Of It Act 2000 ................................................................................................................................ 85 8.3 Privacy By Design .................................................................................................................................................... 88 1 www.journalsofindia.com February 2021 8.4 Delegated Legislation .............................................................................................................................................. 90 8.5 Transparency Of Lokpal Selection Committee ......................................................................................................... 93 8.6 State Legislative Committees ................................................................................................................................... 96 8.7 Money Bills ............................................................................................................................................................. 97 8.8 Amendments To Jj Act ........................................................................................................................................... 100 8.9 Priya Ramani Case: Freedom Of Speech & Defamation .......................................................................................... 103 8.10 Self- Regulation Code Adopted By The Ott Services ............................................................................................... 105 8.11 Amendments To Arbitration And Conciliation Act .................................................................................................. 107 9. SCIENCE & TECH .................................................................................................................................................... 111 9.1 C. Subramaniam, Dr. S. Chandrashekhar & Pro-Poor Technology .......................................................................... 111 9.2 Drdo ..................................................................................................................................................................... 112 9.3 Geo Spatial Data Policy Liberalized ........................................................................................................................ 115 10. SECURITY .............................................................................................................................................................. 117 10.1 Smart Wall For Indian Borders ............................................................................................................................... 117 11. SOCIETY ................................................................................................................................................................ 119 11.1 Hc Verdict, Pocso And Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse ............................................................................... 119 11.2 Safeguards For Internal Complaints Committee (Icc) Members .............................................................................. 122 11.3 Unesco And Endangered Languages ...................................................................................................................... 125 2 www.journalsofindia.com February 2021 1. AGRICULTURE 1.1 Farm Laws: Impact on Women Farmers Manifest pedagogy: The agricultural labour force is also seeing ‘feminisation‘, as more and more men migrate to urban areas in search of work, women left at home tend to agricultural landholdings. Almost 84% of women