Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair January 2020

Vision Ias Monthly Current Affair January 2020

Table of Contents

1. POLITY & GOVERNANCE_______________ 4
   1. Article 131 of Indian Constitution ________4
   1.2. Office of the Speaker and the Issue of
   Defection _______________________________5
   1.3. SC’s Verdicts on Curbing Restrictions _____7
   1.4. Aadhar report________________________9
   1.5. Enemy Properties____________________10
   1.6. Regulating Minority Educational Institutions
   ______________________________________11
   1.7. EWS Quota in States _________________13
   1.8. All India Judicial Services ______________14
   1.9. Fast Track Special Courts ______________15
   2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 17
   2.1. New and Emerging Strategic Technologies
   Division _______________________________17
   2.2. South China Sea _____________________18
   2.3. Israel-Palestine______________________20
   2.4. Rohingya Issue in ICJ _________________21
   2.5. Iran-USA Standoff ___________________23
   3. ECONOMY_________________________ 25
   3.1. Report of the 15th Finance Commission for
   FY 2020-21 _____________________________25
   3.2. National Strategy for Financial inclusion _27
   3.3. Stressed Urban Co-operative Banks to Face
   PCA-like Curbs __________________________29
   3.4. E-Commerce in India _________________29
   3.5. The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance
   2020 __________________________________31
   3.6. Road Infrastructure Funding ___________32
   3.7. Draft Guidelines for Private Trains ______33
   3.8. Draft Scheme for Supply of Round-The-Clock
   (RTC) Power ____________________________35
   3.9. North-East Gas Grid Project____________36
   3.10. National Data and Analytical Platform
   Vision Document ________________________37
   3.11. World Employment and Social Outlook _39
   4. SECURITY__________________________ 41
   4.1. Bodo Peace Accord___________________41
2. 2. Pact to end Bru Refugee Crisis__________42
   4.3. Kuki- Naga Militants Sign Pact__________43
   4.4. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre _44
   5. ENVIRONMENT______________________46
   5.1. Green Economy _____________________46
   5.2. Coral Restoration ____________________48
   5.3. Guidelines for Implementing Wetlands
   (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017_50
   5.4. 10 New Ramsar Sites in India __________52
   5.5. Urban Lakes ________________________54
   5.6. Compensatory Afforestation: Green Credit
   Scheme _______________________________55
   5.7. African Cheetah _____________________56
   5.8. State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index
   2019 __________________________________57
   5.9. Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for
   Sand Mining____________________________58
   5.10. Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b _60
   5.11. New Monsoon Dates ________________60
   5.12. Australian Bush Fire _________________61
   6. SOCIAL ISSUES ______________________63
   6.1. Income Inequality ___________________63
   6.2. Global Social Mobility Index ___________64
   6.3. Medical Termination of Pregnancy
   (Amendment) Bill, 2020 __________________65
   6.4. Anganwadi Workers__________________66
   6.5. Adoption in India ____________________67
   6.6. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
   2019 __________________________________69
   7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________71
   7.1. Regulating Artificial Intelligence ________71
   7.2. Blockchain Technology________________73
   7.3. 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ____75
   7.4. Rare Diseases _______________________76
   7.5. Drone Regulation ____________________78
   8. CULTURE ___________________________81
   8.1. Republic Day Parade 2020 _____________81
   8.2. Ashfaqullah Khan ____________________81
3. 3. Cultural Festivals in News _____________82
   9. ETHICS ____________________________ 83
   9.1. Death Penalty_______________________83
   10. NEWS IN SHORT ___________________ 85
   10.1. Padma Awards________________________ 85
   10.2. Police Commissionerate System__________ 85
   10.3. Postal Ballot__________________________ 85
   10.4. INI Status to the Institute of Teaching and
   Research in Ayurveda_______________________ 86
   10.5. Corruption Perception Index 2019 ________ 86
   10.6. Women, Business & The Law Report 2020 _ 86
   10.7. Raisina Dialogue 2020 __________________ 87
   10.8. Global Risk Report 2020 ________________ 87
   10.9. Blue Corner Notice ____________________ 87
   10.10. Libya Summit ________________________ 88
   10.11. Global Talent Competitiveness Index_____ 88
   10.12. World Economic Situation and Prospects
   (WESP) Report ____________________________ 88
   10.13. No Imports in ‘Others’ Category Without HSN
   Code ____________________________________ 88
   10.14. WEF’s Reskilling Revolution ____________ 89
   10.15. Global consortium for Governance of Digital
   Currency _________________________________ 89
   10.16. NSE knowledge Hub __________________ 89
   10.17. Track and Trace Platform for businesses __ 89
   10.18. National Startup Advisory Council _______ 89
   10.19. Purvodaya Scheme ___________________ 90
4. 20. Arogya Sanjeevani Policy ______________ 90
   10.21. Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) 90
   10.22. Youth Co: Lab________________________ 90
   10.23. Operation Turtshield __________________ 91
   10.24. One Trillion Trees Initiative_____________ 91
   10.25. Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 ___________ 91
   10.26. Hargila _____________________________ 92
   10.27. Palau Is First Country to Ban ‘Reef Toxic’ Sun
   Cream ___________________________________ 92
   10.28. Archaea ____________________________ 92
   10.29. Bhuvan Panchayat V 3.0 _______________ 92
   10.30. DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories _____ 93
   10.31. Swarna Jayanti Fellowships_____________ 93
   10.32. Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)_______ 93
   10.33. Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) 93
   10.34. Government Owned Contractor Operated
   (GOCO) Model ____________________________ 93
   10.35. Sukhoi Jets __________________________ 94
   10.36. Saksham 2020 _______________________ 94
   10.37. Swachh Survekshan League 2020 (SS League
   2020) ____________________________________ 94
   10.38. Nari Shakti Puraskar __________________ 95
   10.39. Buddhist Monastries in News ___________ 95
   10.40. Iran’s Cultural Heritage ________________ 95
   10.41. Classical Language ____________________ 96
   11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____97
   11.1. Scheme for Integrated Textile Park _______ 97
   11.2. Aspirational Districts Program ___________ 97