Context Recently, a Parliamentary committee has endorsed the proposed amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 introduced as Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023. The report was prepared by the 31-member joint committee on Amendment Bill which is going to be tabled in Parliament ahead Read More
Context Recently, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) as a combined report for 2020-21 and 2021-22 which assesses the performance of school education system at the district level. About Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D): Objective: PGI-D is to help the Read More
Context According to a report titled from “Evidence to Action: Twenty Years of IOM Child Trafficking Data to Inform Policy and Programming”, was published at Harvard University indicating at the situation of Child Trafficking in the World and issues with victims and their Read More
Context: The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAPRG) has launched the third edition of the NeSDA framework. It has earlier released two editions of NeSDA study in 2019 and 2021. About National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) Framework: Objective: To measure the depth Read More
Context: An executive magistrate in Srinagar has sent 11 men to jail after they were detained for allegedly not rising for the National Anthem. Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971: The law was enacted on December 23, 1971. It penalises Read More
Context: The Ministry of Education has released the report on Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for states/UTs. About Performance Grading Index: Devised by: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education Aim: To assess the performance of the school education system at the Read More
Context: The Gujarat High Court has dismissed an opposition leader’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case in which he has been sentenced to two years in prison. Probable Question: Q. How can the balance between freedom of expression and Read More
Context: In June 2022, at the Geneva ministerial conference, the member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to resurrect the WTO’s dispute settlement system (DSS), also called WTO’s ‘crown jewel’, by 2024. WTO’s dispute settlement system (DSS): Security and Predictability- The Read More
Context: The Finance Ministry has called for actions to support Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, which decreased last year and may continue to be low in the near future. Probable Question: Q. What are the challenges and benefits associated with Foreign Direct Read More
Context: The 2023 Global Peace Index (GPI) recently released its annual ranking of the most peaceful countries in the world. About Global Peace Index: The GPI ranked 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. Released by: Institute for Economics and Peace Read More