UPSC Important Topics

■  Tracking animals through e-DNA- ✓According to some studies, DNA floating in the air (e-DNA) can boost biodiversity conservation efforts across the world. ● About: ✓Researchers have independently shown that environmental DNA (e-DNA) have the potential to identify and monitor terrestrial animals. ✓Animals shed DNA through their breath, saliva, fur, or feces into the environment […]

SRESHTA Scheme: • The Government of India is to launch SRESTHA Scheme for the Scheduled Caste students. • The scheme is to be implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. • It targets the meritorious students of Scheduled Caste. It will also help to control the drop out of students from courses 9

Rythu Bandhu ✓ Rythu Bandhu is a scheme under which the state government extends financial support to land-owning farmers at the beginning of the crop season through direct benefit transfer. ✓ The scheme aims to take care of the initial investment needs and do not fall into a debt trap. ✓ This in turn instills

Amarkantak Mountain Range ▪️ The Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum. ▪️ Location: District Anuppur, State Madhya Pradesh ▪️ This is where the Narmada River, the Son River and Johila River emerge. ▪️ Popular

■  Chennai to be developed as a ‘sponge city’ – ∆ To combat urban floods, it is necessary to use new water management systems and convert Chennai into a sponge city. ∆ The idea behind sponge cities is to make cities more permeable, with more open spaces to collect rainfall and enable it to sink

■ DEMAND FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ◇ It was in 1934 that the idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time by M.N. Roy, a pioneer of communist movement in India. ◇ In 1935, the Indian National Congress (INC), for the first time, officially demanded a Constituent Assembly to

COMMODITY MONEY • Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made. • Commodity money consists of objects having value or use in themselves (intrinsic value) as well as their value in buying goods – for example, gold not only use as medium of exchange but also for making

∆Money ✓ “Anything which is widely accepted in payment of goods or in the discharge of other kind of payment obligations”. ✓ “Money can be defined as anything that is generally acceptable as a medium of exchange and at the same time act as a measure and a store of value”. ✓ Economist has simply

Monetary Policy Committee: • It is a statutory and institutionalized framework under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, for maintaining price stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth. • The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) constituted by the Central Government as per the Section 45ZB of the amended RBI Act, 1934. The

■ INTERIM GOVERNMENT (1946) ✓Members and portfolio they held. ◇ Jawaharlal Nehru – Vice-President of the Council; External Affairs & Commonwealth Relations. ◇ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – Home, Information & Broadcasting. ◇ Dr. Rajendra Prasad – Food & Agriculture. ◇ Dr. John Mathai – Industries & Supplies. ◇ Jagjivan Ram – Labour. ◇  Sardar Baldev