Vision IAS Current Affairs Monthly Magazine August 2021 English Medium

Vision IAS Current Affairs Monthly Magazine August 2021 English Medium

Content

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ____________ 3
1.1. Sub-Categorisation of Other Backward
Classes _________________________________3
1.2. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Amendment Bill__________________5
1.3. Inter State River Dispute _______________8
1.4. 97th Constitution Amendment Act, 2011 _10
1.5. Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill,
2021 __________________________________11
1.6. Forest Rights Act ____________________13
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 16
2.1. Strategic Autonomy __________________16
2.2. India-Nepal _________________________19
2.3. New Oil Deal By OPEC+ _______________21
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 23
3.1. India’s Forex Reserves ________________23
3.2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) ___24
3.2.1. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
(Amendment) Bill 2021 _____________________ 26
3.3. Government Securities _______________27
3.4. National Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd.
(NARCL) _______________________________29
3.5. National Urban Digital Mission _________32
3.6. Periodic Labour Force Survey __________34
3.7. Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises _____36
3.8. Logistics sector ______________________38
3.9. Indian Shipping Industry ______________41
3.10. District Management Fund ___________43
4. SECURITY__________________________ 46
4.1. Cyber Surveillance ___________________46
4.2. Drone Regulations in India_____________48
5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 52
5.1. Climate Finance _____________________52
5.2. Air Pollution in Delhi and NCR __________54
5.3. National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) 56
6. SOCIAL ISSUES______________________ 58
6.1. Internal Migrants ____________________58
6.2. Population Control Policy _____________61
6.3. State of Food Security and Nutrition in the
World 2021 ____________________________64
6.4. The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care
and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021 ______________65
6.5. National Education Policy _____________68
6.6. National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading
with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN
Bharat) ________________________________70
6.7. Digital India ________________________72
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY___________ 76
7.1. Space Tourism ______________________76
7.2. Biotech-PRIDE Guidelines _____________79
7.3. Nucleic Acid Vaccines_________________80
8. CULTURE __________________________ 82
8.1. World Heritage Tag __________________82