Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair Feburary 2020 English Medium

Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair Feburary 2020

1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ____________ 4
1.1. Criminalization of Politics ______________4
1.2. Prison Reform in India _________________6
1.3. Job Reservations, Promotion Quotas not a
Fundamental Right _______________________8
1.4. New Rules for Tribunals_______________10
1.5. Gram Nyayalayas ____________________11
1.6. Inner Line Permit ____________________13
1.7. 22nd Law Commission of India _________14
1.8. Delimitation Commission______________15
1.9. National e-Governance Service Delivery
Assessment (NeSDA) 2019 ________________16
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 17
2.1. Trump’s Visit to India_________________17
2.2. US-Taliban Agreement ________________18
2.3. SAARC Revival ______________________21
2.4. India – Myanmar ____________________22
2.5. BBIN Agreement_____________________25
2.6. Brexit: UK Leaves the European Union ___26
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 29
3.1. Revitalizing SEZs _____________________29
3.2. Vadhavan Port ______________________31
3.3. Formation and Promotion of Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPOs)_____________32
3.4. Soil Health Card Scheme ______________33
3.5. Boost for Dairy Sector ________________35
3.6. Technical Textiles ____________________35
3.7. Rise in Digital Payments_______________38
3.8. CRR leeway for New Retail and MSME Loans
______________________________________38
3.9. Declining Investments in P-notes _______39
3.10. Ease of Living Index and Municipal
Performance Index 2019__________________40
4. SECURITY__________________________ 42
4.1. Integrated Air Defence Weapon System
(IADWS) _______________________________42
4.2. Indo Bangladesh Border_______________42
5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 45
5.1. CMS CoP 13_________________________45
5.2. Draft Visionary Perspective Plan to Conserve

Birds __________________________________47
5.3. Highways through Tiger Reserves and
Underpasses ___________________________48
5.4. Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks ____49
5.5. Energy- Water-Agriculture Nexus: NITI Aayog
______________________________________50
5.6. Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater __51
5.7. Treatment of Wastewater _____________52
5.8. Scientific Disposal and Utilization of Fly Ash
______________________________________54
5.9. Locust Attack _______________________56

5.10. Indian Scientific Expedition to the Southern
Ocean 2020 ____________________________57
5.11. The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics
& Emerging Trends 2020 __________________58
5.12. INCOIS Launches Services for Marine-Based
Users _________________________________59
6. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________60
6.1. Permanent Commission and Command
positions to Women Army Officers _________60
6.2. Women and Digital Literacy____________61
6.3. National Consultation on the Review of
Beijing +25 _____________________________63
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________65
7.1. Dark Net ___________________________65
7.2. National Mission on Quantum Technologies
& Applications (NM-QTA) _________________66
7.3. Mapping the Indian Genome___________67
7.4. Scientific Utilisation through Research
Augmentation-Prime Products from Indigenous
Cows (SUTRA PIC) _______________________69
7.5. Ban on RO systems___________________69
7.6. Government Notifies Medical Devices as
‘drugs’ ________________________________71
7.7. International Intellectual Property (IP) Index
______________________________________72
7.8. InSight Mission ______________________73
7.9. Voyager-2 __________________________74
8. CULTURE ___________________________75
8.1. Dara Shikoh ________________________75
8.2. Payyanur___________________________75
8.3. Guru Ravidas Jayanti _________________76
8.4. Poompuhar to be digitally Reconstructed 76
8.5. Kumbhabishegam Ceremony at Brihadisvara
Temple ________________________________76
8.6. Early Humans Lived in Northern India 80,000
Years Ago______________________________77
9. ETHICS_____________________________78
9.1. Protest in a Democracy- Rights, Issues and
Responses _____________________________78
10. NEWS IN SHORT ____________________81
10.1. 9th Schedule of Indian Constitution _______ 81
10.2. Bill to Include More Tribes in Scheduled Tribe
Category _________________________________ 81
10.3. Himachal Pradesh Achieves 100% LPG Coverage
_________________________________________ 81
10.4. India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) _________ 81
10.5. Maldives rejoins Commonwealth _________ 82
10.6. MoUs for Establishing Addu Tourism Zone _ 82
10.7. African Union (AU) ____________________ 82
10.8. Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020 _____ 83
10.9. Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) – 2020 _______ 83
10.10. FDI Policy in Insurance Sector___________ 83

10.11. Market Intelligence and Early Warning System
Portal____________________________________ 83
10.12. SPICe+ Web Form ____________________ 84
10.13. Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) _________ 84
10.14. Pranash Missile ______________________ 84
10.15 Exercises ____________________________ 84
10.16. Biofuel from Microorganisms ___________ 84
10.17. Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED) 85
10.18. Flame Throated Bulbul ________________ 85
10.19. Arth Ganga__________________________ 85
10.20. Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve
________________________________________ 85
10.21. Largest Subterranean Fish _____________ 86
10.22. Mt. Aconcagua ______________________ 86
10.23. Danakil Depression ___________________ 86
10.24. 1st ‘National Conference on Coastal Disaster
Risk Reduction and Resilience (CDRR&R) – 2020’ _ 86
10.25. BIMSTEC DMEx 2020__________________ 86
10.26. Madhya Pradesh Radio-tags Rescued
Pangolins_________________________________ 87
10.27. Storm Dennis ________________________ 87

10.28. Parsi Population _____________________ 87
10.29. Multicellular Animal Without Mitochondrial
DNA _____________________________________ 87
10.30. 5G Hackathon _______________________ 88
10.31. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
Innovation (CEPI) __________________________ 88
10.32. Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space
Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG(N)) ____ 88
10.33. National Science Day__________________ 88
10.34. National Deworming Day ______________ 89
10.35. Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA)_________ 89
10.36. Four-fold Jump in Li-ion Battery Imports Since
2016 ____________________________________ 89
10.37. ICosDiTAUS-2020_____________________ 89
10.38. UNESCO World Heritage Site Jaipur ______ 90
10.39. Surajkund International Crafts Mela _____ 90
10.40. Neolithic Age Siva Linga Discovered ______ 90
11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____91
11.1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman __________ 91