August 2022

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Kerala to have its own regional red list of birds- UPSC Daily Important Topic | 6 August 2022

Kerala to have its own regional red list of birds- ✓Kerala will soon have its own red list of birds. ✓Once it gets ready, Kerala will be the first State to have a region-specific red list of birds. ● About the  Regional Bird Red list: ✓The Kerala Bird Monitoring Collective led by Kerala Agricultural University

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India’s Initiatives: ( REDUCTION OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION): UPSC Daily Important Topic | 5 August 2022

India’s Initiatives: ( REDUCTION OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION) ✓Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003: It replaced the Cigarettes Act of 1975 (largely limited to statutory warnings- ‘Cigarette Smoking is Injurious to Health’ to be displayed on cigarette packs and advertisements. It did not include non-cigarettes). The 2003 Act also included cigars, bidis, cheroots, pipe

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Suresh N Patel Sworn-in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner

Suresh N Patel Sworn-in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner

Vigilance Commissioner, Suresh N Patel has been appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, after a post fell vacant for a year. He has been working as the acting Central Vigilance Commissioner since June 2022. CVC Patel has administered the oath of office to Arvind Kumar (former IB chief) and Praveen Kumar Srivastava (ex-IAS officer) as vigilance commissioners. The tenure of a

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RBI's Financial Inclusion Index shows growth

RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index shows growth

The financial inclusion (FI) index of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) has increased to 56.4 in March 2022 from 53.9 in March 2021. It shows growth in across all sectors across the country. Financial inclusion index was constructed to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country. Sectors: Banking, investments, insurance, postal, pension sector. This index has been created without

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