Vision IAS Current Affairs – Monthly Magazine July 2021 – English Medium

Vision IAS Current Affairs – Monthly Magazine July 2021 – English Medium

Table of Contents

1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ____________ 3
   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
2. 1.1. Rudreshwara Temple __________________ 83
   8.1.2. Dholavira____________________________ 85
   9. ETHICS_____________________________87
   9.1. Ethics: A Solution to Corruption? _______87
   10. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____89
   10.1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem
   Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme ______89
   11. NEWS IN SHORTS ___________________91
   11.1. West Bengal Assembly Passes Resolution to set
   up Legislative Council _______________________ 91
   11.2. Cabinet Approves Continuation of Three
   Schemes _________________________________ 91
   11.3. India-US Renew Global Development
   Partnership Deal for 5 Years _________________ 92
   11.4. 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial ____________ 92
   11.5. Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) _______ 92
   11.6. India COVID 19 Emergency Response and
   Health Systems Preparedness Package: Phase II _ 92
   11.7. Modifications in Central Sector Scheme of
   Financing Facility under Agriculture Infrastructure
   Fund (AIF) ________________________________ 93
   11.8. Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) & National
   Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) Payment Systems
   Opened for Non-Banks______________________ 93
   11.9. RBI Issues Advisory for Transition from LIBOR
   _________________________________________ 94
   11.10. Bharat Interface for Money – Unified
   Payments Interface (BHIM-UPI)_______________ 94
   11.11. Digital Initiatives Launched _____________ 94
   11.12. Ministry of Power Releases 9th Integrated
   Ratings of State Power Distribution Utilities _____ 94
   11.13. New Bills Passed by LokSabha __________ 95
   11.14. India to Explore Indigenous Deposits of
   Phosphatic Rock ___________________________ 96
   11.15. Union Cabinet Approved the Production
   Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel _ 96
   11.16. Africa Open DEAL (Data for the Environment,
   Agriculture and Land) Initiative _______________ 96
   11.17. India Cycles4Change Challenge _________ 96
   11.18. Centre to Appoint National Maritime Security
   Coordinator (NMSC) ________________________ 97
   11.19. Project 75 (India) [P-75(I)]______________ 97
   11.20. New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG)
   and Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile
   (MPATGM) _______________________________ 97
   11.21. Defence Exercises in news _____________ 97
   11.22. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
   (CBAM) __________________________________ 98
   11.23. India’s 14 Tiger Reserves Set Global Standard
   in Tiger Conservation _______________________ 98
   11.24. Earth Overshoot Day __________________ 98
   11.25. Excess Irrigation Over Northern India Shifting
   Monsoons Towards Northwest Risking Agriculture99
   11.26. Drink From Tap- Sujal Mission __________ 99
   11.27. NITI Aayog and International Energy Agency
   (IEA) Launched ‘Renewables Integration in India
   2021’ Report ______________________________ 99
   11.28. First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project___ 100