VISIONIAS www.visionias.in CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE 2016 Copyright © by Vision IAS All rights are reserved. 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 1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE __________________________________________________________ 6 1.1. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission __________________________________________ 6 1.2. President Rejects Three Bills Passed by Manipur _____________________________________________ 6 1.3. Model Code of Conduct: Parliamentary Committee Review ____________________________________ 7 1.4. Electoral Reforms ______________________________________________________________________ 7 1.5. Scrapping of Rail Budget ________________________________________________________________ 8 1.6. Parliamentary Secretary Issue in Delhi _____________________________________________________ 8 1.7. Creativity Versus Censorship _____________________________________________________________ 9 1.8. University Grants Commission (UGC) _____________________________________________________ 10 1.9. Specific Relief Act _____________________________________________________________________ 10 1.10. Draft National Water Framework Bill ____________________________________________________ 11 1.11. Swachh Yug Campaign ________________________________________________________________ 12 1.12. New Print Media Advertisement Policy __________________________________________________ 12 2. INTERNATIONAL/INDIA AND WORLD _________________________________________________ 13 2.1. India-Africa __________________________________________________________________________ 13 2.2. Harmful Provisions in RCEP _____________________________________________________________ 14 2.3. Vice President Visit to North African Nations _______________________________________________ 15 2.4. Shangri La Dialogue: Asia Security Summit _________________________________________________ 15 2.5. Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 ___________________________________________________________ 16 2.6. Malabar Exercise _____________________________________________________________________ 16 2.7. Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) __________________________________________________________ 16 2.8. Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) ________________________________________________ 16 2.9. India-Qatar __________________________________________________________________________ 17 2.10. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit ______________________________________________ 17 2.11. India-Vietnam _______________________________________________________________________ 18 2.12. India-Afghanistan ____________________________________________________________________ 18 2.13. India-USA __________________________________________________________________________ 18 2.14. World Trade Organization (WTO) _______________________________________________________ 19 2.15. NSG Plenary ________________________________________________________________________ 20 2.16. Brexit _____________________________________________________________________________ 20 3. ECONOMY _______________________________________________________________________ 23 3.1. India Post's Payment Bank______________________________________________________________ 23 3.2. Fixing PSU Banks _____________________________________________________________________ 23 3.3. Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets _______________________________________ 25 3.4. FDI Policy Reforms ____________________________________________________________________ 25 3.5. P2P Lending _________________________________________________________________________ 27 2 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 3.6. National Mineral Exploration Policy ______________________________________________________ 28 3.7. National Highways Grid ________________________________________________________________ 29 3.8. Income Declaration Scheme ____________________________________________________________ 29 3.9. Central Port Authorities Bill 2016 ________________________________________________________ 30 3.10. MSP for Pulses ______________________________________________________________________ 30 3.11. Krishi Kalyan Cess ____________________________________________________________________ 31 3.12. Fund of Funds for Funding Support to Start-ups____________________________________________ 31 3.13. Asian Development Bank - Ganga bridge loan _____________________________________________ 32 3.14. Rajasva Gyan Sangam ________________________________________________________________ 32 3.15. “Suryamitra”________________________________________________________________________ 32 3.16. National Solar Mission ________________________________________________________________ 33 3.17. World Investment Report 2016 _________________________________________________________ 34 3.18. Model GST Law ______________________________________________________________________ 35 3.19. Load Generation Balance Report ________________________________________________________ 37 3.20. Fall in NRI Remittances _______________________________________________________________ 37 3.21. Singapore International Arbitration Center _______________________________________________ 38 3.22. Civil Aviation Policy __________________________________________________________________ 39 3.23. SEBI Issues Stricter KYC & Disclosure Regime For P-Notes ____________________________________ 41 3.24. SEBI Relaxes Rules for REITs, Offshore Fund Managers ______________________________________ 41 3.25. NRI can Apply to NPS Issue ____________________________________________________________ 42 3.26. Incentives Offered for Textile Sector_____________________________________________________ 42 4. SOCIAL __________________________________________________________________________ 44 4.1. National Committee on Ramayan and Krishna Circuit ________________________________________ 44 4.2. Subramanian Committee Report on Education _____________________________________________ 44 4.3. Vidyanjali Scheme ____________________________________________________________________ 45 4.4. Road Safety in India ___________________________________________________________________ 46 4.5. Global Gender Gap Report ______________________________________________________________ 47 4.6. Recurrence of Polio ___________________________________________________________________ 47 4.7. Private Hospitals Fined for Not Treating Poor ______________________________________________ 48 4.8. Right to Safe Water ___________________________________________________________________ 48 4.9. Need for Basic Income _________________________________________________________________ 48 4.10. Hysterectomy among Young Women: Survey _____________________________________________ 49 4.11. Punjab's Drug Problem _______________________________________________________________ 50 4.12. New Census Data on Median Age of Marriage _____________________________________________ 51 5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY _________________________________________________________ 52 5.1. Human Genome Project-Write (HGP-Write) ________________________________________________ 52 5.2. Exploring Metals in Indian Ocean ________________________________________________________ 53 3 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 5.3. Potassium Bromate ___________________________________________________________________ 55 5.4. LIDAR ______________________________________________________________________________ 55 5.5. Bionic Leaf __________________________________________________________________________ 56 5.6. Space Technology for Roofs - CASPOL _____________________________________________________ 56 5.7. Maltitol _____________________________________________________________________________ 56 5.8. Blue Light Emitted by LED is Harmful _____________________________________________________ 56 5.9. Planet 9 _____________________________________________________________________________ 57 5.10. Industrial Internet ___________________________________________________________________ 57 5.11. LISA Pathfinder ______________________________________________________________________ 58 5.12. Draft Guidelines for Safe Handling of Nanomaterials _______________________________________ 58 5.13. Bio-ink for 3D printing ________________________________________________________________ 59 5.14. MoU for Geo-Tagging Assets ___________________________________________________________ 59 5.15. China Sets Up First 'Dark Sky' Reserve ___________________________________________________ 59 5.16. Zika Vaccine: DNA Vaccine (GLS-5700) ___________________________________________________ 60 5.17. ISRO Launches 20 Satellites ____________________________________________________________ 60 6. SECURITY ________________________________________________________________________ 61 6.1. Malware Infection Index 2016 (MII 2016) __________________________________________________ 61 6.2. Coastal Security ______________________________________________________________________ 61 6.3. Google Street View ___________________________________________________________________ 62 6.4. “Lone Wolf”- Style Terrorist Attacks ______________________________________________________ 62 6.5. India-USA: Cooperation in Anti-Terror Mechanism __________________________________________ 62 7. ENVIRONMENT ___________________________________________________________________ 63 7.1. National Disaster