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Black Money Act order against Anil Ambani: offshore assets Rs 800 cr
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PremiumPreliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies III : Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
Key Points to Ponder:
• What Is Black Money?
• How Black Money Works?
• Black money includes all funds earned through illegal activity only-True or false
• Black Money is recorded for tax purposes – True or False
• How Black money affects the country’s economy?
• Most people who have black money try to convert it into legal money, also identified as white money. What are the number of ways to do that?
• What do you understand by ‘Offshore investing’?
• What Is a Tax Haven?
• What do you understand by ‘Offshore Tax Havens’?
• What are major initiatives taken by the Government of India to curb black money?
• Black Money and Imposition of Tax (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) Act 2015-Key Highlights
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📍No official estimation of black money in foreign accounts in the last five years: Govt in Parliament
📍Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015
📍Offshore Investing: Pros and Cons
📍 Tax Haven
Ethanol blend target reached; nation, environment gain: PM
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization.
Main Examination: General Studies III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Key Points to Ponder:
• World Environment Day on 5 June is the biggest international day for the environment led by which organisations/Body/Institution?
• World Environment Day and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)-Connect the dots
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)-About, Role, Vision and Mission
• Why does UN Environment Program matter?
• What is Stockholm+50?
• What happened at the 1972 Stockholm conference?
• What is UNEP@50?
• What is Ethanol?
• What is Ethanol Blending?
• What is the Significance of Ethanol Blending?
• National Policy on Biofuel 2018-Know the key Features
• What amendments have been made in National Policy on Biofuel 2018 so far?
• What is the current blending status?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍Why does UN Environment Program matter?
📍Frequently Asked Questions
📍Developed nations should take lead in checking climate change: Justice Mishra
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
Taming inflation
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development
Main Examination: General Studies III: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilisation, of resources, growth, development and employment.
Key Points to Ponder:
• What is India’s GDP growth rate Projection by RBI and National Statistical Office (NSO) for 2022-23?
• How Fast tightening of loose monetary policy, prudent fiscal policy and rational trade policy can control inflation? (Hint: Given in the Article)
• Self-Reliant and Self Sufficient-Know the Difference
• The word ‘Inflation’ is now days very often in News. What do you understand by this term?
• Why Inflation holds so much importance for an Economy?
• The term ‘Price’ is almost familiar to all of us. What do you understand by the term ‘price’ and ‘Price Level’?
• How price level is Measured?
• What is Price Index? Which are the two most important Price indices?
• What do you understand by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index? WPI and CPI is published by whom?
• What is CPI-based Inflation or Retail Inflation? Both are the same?
• The base year of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)?
• Base Year for Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
• Know the Types of Inflation like Moderate Inflation, Galloping Inflation, Hyper-Inflation, Stagflation, Deflation, Core Inflation etc.
• Know the Causes of Inflation like Demand-Pull or Demand-Side inflation and Cost-Push or Supply-Side Inflation.
• There are two economic groups in every society including India ie the fixed income group and the variable income group. How Inflation effects these economic group?
• What is the Long term, Medium Term and Short-term impact of Inflation?
• How Inflation is Measured in India?
• Steps or Measures Taken by GOI to Control Inflation
• National Statistical Office (NSO)-About, Vision, Mandate and Role
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍 What is the significance of wholesale and retail inflation rates diverging
📍 Rising inflation: cause, effect
📍 What Is Inflation?
PERFECT HARMONY
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance
Main Examination: General Studies I: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Personality in News-Pandit Bhajan Sopori
• Pandit Bhajan Sopori and his Contributions in Hindustani Classical Music-Know in detail
• Pandit Bhajan Sopori and Kashmiri shaivism and sufiyana mausiqi-Connect the dots
• What is Kashmir Shaivism tradition and Sufiana Mausiqi?
• Santoor-About and key Characteristics
• Indian Classical Music-Key Features
• Hindustani Music and Carnatic Music-Compare and Contrast
• Genesis of Hindustani Music-Have you heard of Bharata’s Natyashastra?
• Major Styles of Hindustani Music-Know in Brief (Hint-Dhrupad, Khayal, Thumri etc.)
• Hindustani Music Gharanas- What do you understand by the term ‘Gharana’?
• Can you name some Hindustani Music Gharanas?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
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📍Bhajan Sopori’s demise leaves the santoor orphaned. The void will be hard to fill.
THE IDEAS PAGE
The petropolitics churn
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Ukraine-Russia conflict and petroleum geopolitics-Connect the dots
• Ukraine-Russia War-Try to understand the changing dynamics in diplomatic relations and its impact on India
• Impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Europe’s and India’s energy sector?
• The Ukraine crisis throws up many learnings-what are they?
• Ukraine-Russia conflict and its impact on the world’s macro-economy
• Balance of payments, exchange rate and inflationary consequences of rising oil prices due to war
• Value of India’s energy assets in Russia-how much and what will be the impact of war on them
• According to the author, India will also be affected by the emergent energy landscape. What are the Four features that define this landscape?
• The Ukraine crisis throws up many learnings-what are they?
• Five broad policy suggestions by the Author-what are they?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍Autocrats and Oil
EXPLAINED
WHAT 46-KM FLIGHT IN GUJARAT COULD MEAN FOR FUTURE OF DRONE DELIVERY
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.
Main Examination: General Studies III: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – Know in detail
• What is Anti-drone technology?
• Recent parcel Delivery by using drone technology indicates what?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍Explained: Facing up to the drone challenge
Why kidney rackets thrive
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: General Science
Key Points to Ponder:
• Kidneys-What do they do in Human Bodies?
• Kidney-Know the Anatomy
• How common are kidney transplantation rackets, and how do they perform?
• Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, amended in 2011 and 2014-Know the key provisions
• The demand for Kidneys and Health of Indians-Connect the dots
• Why do rackets target kidneys?
• What causes kidney failure?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍The Kidneys – a Basic Guide
📍Delhi: Momo seller from Assam, youth from Gujarat among those targeted in kidney racket
The finals on Jama Masjid, other structures
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: History of India and Indian National Movement.
Main Examination: General Studies I: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Key Points to Ponder:
• Jama Masjid in Delhi-Know the Architecture
• Importance of final in Jama Masjid-Know in detail
• The finals on Mughal tombs all over India represents what? (Hint: Given in the Article)
• Indian Islamic or Indo-Islamic Architecture-Know in detail
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
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How a ‘gait test’ helped establish identity of accused in Mumbai rape-murder
Sillabus:
Preliminary Examination: General Science
Key Points to Ponder:
• What is gait analysis?
• What exactly do gait analysts do?
• Is gait analysis a widely used legal technique?
• Has it been used in India earlier?
• How reliable is a gait test in identifying suspects?
Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:
📍Saki Naka rape case: Man gets death for raping, killing woman
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