Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION) JUNE 2019 Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 81303 92355 Email: [email protected] Contents Polity and Governance ........................................................................... 1 z New Cabinet Committees ............................................................................................................................................1 z Violation of Antitrust Law .............................................................................................................................................1 z Schemes to Control FMD and Brucellosis ...................................................................................................................2 z Reduced Groundwater Contamination Under SBM: UNICEF ......................................................................................3 z Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Program ..............................................................................................................4 z Three-Language Formula .............................................................................................................................................4 z Swachh Survekshan 2020 ............................................................................................................................................5 z First National Party from North-East ...........................................................................................................................5 z World Food Safety Day .................................................................................................................................................6 z Foreigners Tribunals .....................................................................................................................................................6 z Jal Shakti Mantralaya ...................................................................................................................................................7 z Kaleshwaram Project ....................................................................................................................................................7 z Operation Sankalp .........................................................................................................................................................8 z Technology and Doubling Farmers’ Income ...............................................................................................................8 z Petition for Protection of Non-Nagas in Dimapur .......................................................................................................9 z Smart Policing Survey ................................................................................................................................................10 z Rashtriya Gokul Mission .............................................................................................................................................10 z First Resilient Kerala Program ...................................................................................................................................11 Economic Scenario ...............................................................................13 z Pension Scheme for Traders ......................................................................................................................................13 z Inflation in India ..........................................................................................................................................................14 z Cross Border Insolvency Resolution ..........................................................................................................................14 z Global Economic Prospects: World Bank ..................................................................................................................15 z RBI Monetary Policy ....................................................................................................................................................15 z Indian Accounting Standards .....................................................................................................................................16 z BOT Model ...................................................................................................................................................................17 z RBI’s Debt Resolution Norms .....................................................................................................................................17 z Deadlock in RCEP Trade Negotiations .......................................................................................................................18 z UNCTAD World Investment Report 2019 ...................................................................................................................19 z Compoundable Offences under Direct Tax Laws ......................................................................................................19 z GST Council and National Anti-Profiteering Authority .............................................................................................20 z Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019–2021 ...............................................................................20 z RBI Panel's Recommendations on MSME .................................................................................................................21 z Seven Million Jobs Created in Formal Sector ...........................................................................................................22 z Basel III Requirements ................................................................................................................................................23 z International Equivalence for Personnel Certification ..............................................................................................23 z India’s Food Processing Industry ..............................................................................................................................24 z Side Pocketing in Mutual Funds ................................................................................................................................25 z State Divide in Unemployment ...................................................................................................................................25 z Beekeeping Development Committee ........................................................................................................................26 z Financial Stability Report : RBI ...................................................................................................................................27 z India and USA at WTO .................................................................................................................................................28 z International MSME Day .............................................................................................................................................28 z Just Job Index .............................................................................................................................................................29 International Relations .........................................................................30 z US Withdraws GSP for India .......................................................................................................................................30 z India-Marshall Islands TIEA .......................................................................................................................................31 z Global Peace Index 2019 ............................................................................................................................................31 z Hongkong Protest .......................................................................................................................................................32 z SCO Summit- 2019 .....................................................................................................................................................32 z NATO Ally Status to India ...........................................................................................................................................33 z UN Report on Myanmar Rohingya Crisis ...................................................................................................................34 z Fewer but Newer Nuclear Arms: SIPRI .......................................................................................................................35 z India’s NSG bid ............................................................................................................................................................36 z India’s Non-Permanent Seat at the UNSC .................................................................................................................36 z Kobe-Ahmedabad Sister Cities ..................................................................................................................................37 Science and Technology .......................................................................38 z Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ....................................................................................................................................38