2022-09-19T17:35:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
News 1: PM Modi unveils policy for logistics Background: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector and bring down the logistics cost for businesses from 13-14% to a single digit. […]
2022-09-18T18:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Declining Fertility and Consequence: Global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 Average global fertility has been consistently declining over the past 70 years. The average number of children per woman in the reproductive age group has declined from an average of five children per woman in 1951 to 2.4 children in 2020 (World Population Prospects [...]
2022-09-18T18:11:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Use of Web3 and AI in banking to detect fraud Background: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked banks to be more digital savvy and give immediate priority to [...]
2022-09-16T21:03:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Financial Stability Development Council Background: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed the need for the government and regulators to monitor financial sector risks and market developments on a continuous basis and take timely actions to [...]
2022-09-16T08:29:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Wholesale inflation slowed to an 11-month low at 12.4% in August Background: Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased in August to the slowest pace since last September at 12.4%, from 13.9% [...]
2022-09-16T08:03:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Policy, Society|Tags: The Hindu|
Life expectancy in India has more than doubled since Independence — from around 32 years in the late 1940s to 70 years or so today. Many countries have done even better, but this is still a historical achievement. Over the same period, the fertility rate has crashed from about six [...]
2022-09-16T06:04:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: GST Council is a fledgling but vibrant institution, says FM Background: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is still a fledgling five-year old institution that has yet to become well-settled but acts as [...]
2022-09-14T13:49:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: Livemint|
Background: – Urban flooding is a problem long associated with Mumbai. With a steady increase in the occurrence and severity of extreme weather events, Mumbai has lost that relative exclusivity, with Chennai and now Bangalore revealing a propensity to be flooded. […]
2022-09-13T23:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|Tags: The Hindu|
The story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, September 2, defended the windfall tax imposed by the Centre on domestic crude oil producers, saying that it was not an ad hoc move but was done after full consultation with the industry. […]
2022-09-13T23:35:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|Tags: The Hindu|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: ‘India may need up to 28 GW in new coal-fired plants by 2032’ Background: India may need up to 28 gigawatts of new coal-fired power plants by 2032 to meet power demand that is [...]
