UPSC Important Topics

Oil Price Cap by the G7 ∆ It is a plan by the G7 with the European Union and Australia to impose the price cap on Russian crude oil shipments, pegged at USD 60 to a barrel for now. ∆The price cap is essentially aimed at preventing firms in signatory nations from extending shipping, insurance, […]

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCs ◇ National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SCs) is a constitutional body in the sense that it is directly established by Article 338 of the Constitution ◇ On the other hand, the other national commissions like the National Commission for Women (1992), the National Commission for Minorities (1993), the National Human Rights

e-rupee ∆Definition: RBI defines the CBDC as the digital form of currency notes issued by a central bank. It is a sovereign or entirely independent currency issued by the central bank (in this case, RBI), in accordance with the country’s monetary policy. ∆Legal Tender: Once officially issued, CBDC will be considered as a medium of

 WARM TEMPERATE EASTERN MARGIN (CHINA) CLIMATE. ∆DISTRIBUTION ✓On eastern margin of continents in warm temperate latitudes. ✓ It is climate of most part of china so called China type climate. ✓ In S.E. USA bordering Gulf of mexico, continental heating in summer induces an inflow of air from cooler atlantic ocean. Thus climate resembles china

ASHTAMUDI LAKE: ◇ Ashtamudi Lake or Ashtamudi Kayal , is in the Kollam District of Kerala. ◇ It possesses a unique wetland ecosystem and a large palm-shaped water body. ◇ Ashtamudi means ‘eight braids’ in the local Malayalam language. ◇ The name is indicative of the lake’s topography with its multiple branches. ◇ The lake

TUNDRA or POLAR or ARCTIC CLIMATE. ∆ DISTRIBUTION. ✓ Found in regions North of Arctic circle and south of Antarctic circle. ✓ Ice – caps are confined to highlands and high latitudes regions of Greenland and Antarctica. ∆CLIMATE. ✓Temperature. • Climate characterized by very low mean annual temperature. • In mid – winter temperature are

PUNCHED MARKED COINS 📍The oldest coins found in the subcontinent are punch-marked coins, made mostly of silver, some of copper. 📍Usually rectangular, sometimes square or round. These coins are often irregular in shape. 📍Blanks for making these coins were generally cut from a metal sheet. 📍The symbol or symbols were then hammered on these coins

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD CLASSES: □ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION ✓In the Mandal case judgement (1992), the Supreme Court directed the central government to constitute a permanent statutory body to examine the complaints of under inclusion, over inclusion or non-inclusion of any class of citizens in the list of backward classes. Accordingly, the National Commission

‘Dolphins return to the Ganga in U.P.’ ✓Dolphins have started coming back to the Ganga with improvement in the quality of the river water owing to Namami Gange programme. ✓Present dolphin population in  Ganga ~ 600. ● Namami Gange programme: ✓The flow of > 460 MLD (million litres a day) of sewage into the Ganga

Scheme Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment ✓Under this Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the States Governments in the form of 50-year interest free loan for capital investment projects. ✓For the 2022-23 Financial Year (FY) a total financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh crore would be given to states. ✓The loan under the