(CURRENT CONNECT-JULY-19) ABOUT CURRENT CONNECT It gives us immense pleasure to present an innovative approach to master current affairs. Current is a passing wind and diverse issues happen at the same time. It is to an extent chaotic. Newspapers, magazines and various other sources report the chaos per se. With our experience of current affairs we have tried to give “the current” a medium to travel. It is the syllabus of the UPSC with their components that are the medium through which the "Current is Passed” to the readers. Ever since the new syllabus of the UPSC came into existence, current has been gaining significance both at prelims as well as mains examination. This book is meant to cover current affairs and related questions arising from those events. We have not only covered the current events for their factual contents but also presented it in such a way that any question asked from that topic gets covered. 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Team KSG 1 Page KSG – (DELHI VN) 9717380832, (DELHI RN) 9811293743, (JAIPUR) 8290800441, (BHOPAL) 7509975361, (PATNA) 7463950774, (INDORE) 7314977441, (BENGALURU) 7619166663,www.ksgindia.com (CURRENT CONNECT-JULY-19) INDEX POLITY National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 ............................................................. 7 Article 341 .............................................................................................................................. 8 Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS).......................................................... 8 Draft Model Tenancy Act 2019 ................................................................................................. 9 New Code on Wages .............................................................................................................. 10 Single Water Tribunal ........................................................................................................... 11 Special Human Rights Court in each District ......................................................................... 13 Cabinet approves The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 ............................ 14 Pocso Act Death Penalty ........................................................................................................ 14 SCHEMES Silk Samagra ........................................................................................................................ 15 PARAMARSH Scheme ............................................................................................................ 17 Swadesh Darshan Scheme .................................................................................................... 18 The Restructured National Bamboo Mission........................................................................... 19 Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme .............................................................................. 20 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY-III) - Rural road Connectivity ....................... 22 Scheme for Trans-discipline Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) .................... 23 Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) program ............................................................... 24 LaQshya ............................................................................................................................... 25 One Nation one Ration Card .................................................................................................. 26 SOCIAL ISSUES Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, India, 2019 ................................................................. 28 WHO Guidelines on Self Care Interventions for Health ........................................................... 29 Right to Education for Children with Disability ...................................................................... 30 Broadband Readiness Index for States ................................................................................... 33 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index .................................................................................. 34 Safeguarding the Intellectual Property Rights ......................................................................... 35 State of Food Security and Nutrition in The FAO Report 2019 ................................................ 36 National Digital Health Blueprint Released by Health Ministry ............................................... 37 ECONOMY Urban Haats ......................................................................................................................... 38 Utkarsh 2022 ........................................................................................................................ 38 Insurance Sector in India ...................................................................................................... 39 Huawei and 5G Rollout in India: Economics of 5G and Race to ‘Spy Digital Ecosystem’.......... 40 Urea sector towards Self Sufficiency ...................................................................................... 42 Banking Regulations in India Stricter Than Basel Norms ....................................................... 43 Free Trade and Warehousing Zones ....................................................................................... 45 One Nation One Grid ............................................................................................................. 45 Working Group on Core Investment Companies ..................................................................... 46 BUDGET Annual Financial Statement .................................................................................................. 47 Making Cashless Economy Pocket-Friendly ........................................................................... 51 Overseas Bond and India....................................................................................................... 53 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Kulbhushan Jadhav and the ICJ Verdict ............................................................................... 54 India-Caught Between US and Iran Tangle ............................................................................ 56 2 Page KSG – (DELHI VN) 9717380832, (DELHI RN) 9811293743, (JAIPUR) 8290800441, (BHOPAL) 7509975361, (PATNA) 7463950774, (INDORE) 7314977441, (BENGALURU) 7619166663,www.ksgindia.com (CURRENT CONNECT-JULY-19) Indo-Pacific Dialogue Forum .................................................................................................. 58 U.N Palestine Refugee Agency ................................................................................................ 58 Non-Aligned Movement .......................................................................................................... 59 RCEP Free Trade ................................................................................................................... 60 H.R.1044 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 ................................................. 61 India Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue ............................................................................. 62 India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee ..................................................................... 62 Port Integrity Campaign ........................................................................................................ 63 ENVIRONMENT MOSAiC Mission ................................................................................................................... 63 Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyaan ..................................................................................................... 64 Artificial Coral Reefs and Coral Rehabilitation Programme ...................................................... 65 Tamil Yeoman declared Tamil Nadu's state butterfly