UPSC Important Topics

The Lowest wheat procurement in 15 years- ✓From an all-time high last year, procurement of wheat is set to hit a 15-year low this season, falling below existing stocks for the first time. ● Current Procurement Scenario: ✓The 18.5 million tonnes (mt) likely procurement this time will be the lowest since the 11.1 mt bought […]

RCEP and India’s Current Concerns ✓India currently faces a demand to eliminate duties on 92% of its products and perhaps keep very low duties on another 7%, covering a total of 99% of all its agricultural and industrial products.  ✓What is troubling the government is the fact that other RCEP countries have so far been

Why Direct Seeding of Rice Matters- ✓The Punjab government recently announced a Rs 1,500 incentive per acre for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR), which is known for saving water. ✓Last year, 18% (5.62 lakh hectares) of the total rice area in the state was under DSR against the government’s target of bringing

Demand of NSCN (IM)? A “Greater Nagalim” comprising “all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas”, along with Nagaland. That included several districts of Assam, Arunachal and Manipur, as also a large tract of Myanmar. The Nagaland Assembly has endorsed the ‘Greater Nagalim’ demand — “Integration of all Naga-inhabited contiguous areas under one administrative umbrella” — as many as

PM MITRA SCHEME ✓PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel) scheme was first announced in Union Budget for 2021-22. ✓It is inspired by the 5F vision: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign ✓This integrated vision will help furthering the growth of textile sector in the economy. ✓The 7 PM MITRA parks

The absence of rain and Reason it is so hot almost everywhere in India- ✓Severe heat conditions have been consistently reported over large parts of India since the beginning of the summer season in March this year. ✓Maximum temperatures in west Rajasthan and Vidarbha in Maharashtra have remained between 40 degrees and 45 degrees Celsius

∆WESTERN DECCAN COINS ✓There was a greater demand for silver currency in the western Deccan, perhaps due to commercial reasons. ✓The Kshatarapa ruler Nahapana introduced a silver currency in the Nashik area. ✓Roman gold coins also flowed into peninsular India in large quantities in the early centuries CE and may have been used as a

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARK OF INDIA. It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. □ ABOUT :- ◇ Established in 1991. ◇ Objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the export of software from India. ◇ The STPI’s Governing Council’s Chairperson is the Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology. □ OBJECTIVES

NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA. ◇ The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) announced that it will offer a free IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) in any of their preferred 22 official Indian language. ◇  It will be available along with every IN domain booked by the registrant.  ◇ This offer has been created to stimulate

UNINSCRIBED CAST COINS. ✓Uninscribed cast coins made of copper or alloys of copper appeared soon after the punch-marked coins. ✓They have been found in most parts of the subcontinent except the far south.  ✓These coins were made by melting metal and pouring it into clay or metal moulds. ✓Clay moulds have in fact been found