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Indian Navy Joint Exercises
Varuna naval exercise is joint exercise of navies of France and India.
SLINEX.-Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise
INDRA is a joint, bi-annual military exercise conducted by India and Russia
Exercise Malabar is a bilateral naval exercise involving the United States and India.
Simbex - Indian Navy with Republic of Singapore Navy
IBSAMAR with the Brazil and South African navies.
KONKAN - A bilateral Naval Exercise  between Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain
AUSINDEX-Indian and Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise
Sahyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India and Japan
Naseem Al Bahr - Joint navy exercise of  India and Oman

Indian Air Force Joint Exercises
The joint India-UK air exercises are known as the “Indradhanush” or “Rainbow”.
India-France Air Exercise “Garuda".
Avia Indra-2014-  the India-Russia maiden aerial exercise.

Indian Army Joint Exercises
Mithra Shakti exercise- India and Sri Lanka.
Hand-in-Hand. -India-China joint military training exercise
Exercise Shakti - India and France armies
Exercise Nomadic Elephant- Indian Army exercises with the Mongolian Army.
Exercise Yuddh Abhyas is a series of joint exercises between the Indian and United States Armies since 2005.
Surya Kiran - India Nepal joint military exercise
LAMITYE- India and Seychelles
Prabal Dostyk - India Kazhakhstan Joint exercise
Al-Nagah- Joint military exercise between Indian and Oman

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>>Current Affairs (Environment )<<

• IPCC 5th Assessment Report

• Lima Climate Change Conference (COP-20)

• Climate Risk Index

• India’s Stand on Montreal Protocol

• First UNEP Adaptation Gap Report

• India’s Stand on Climate Change Issues

• Government Reconstitutes The Prime Minister’s

Council on Climate Change

• Major Initiatives to Boost Clean Energy in India

• U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate

Change

• Miscellaneous News Related to Ecology &

Environment

• Forest Survey of India report, 2013

• IUCN ‘Red List’

• IUCN Red List of Birds

• Methodology of Tiger Census

• New Tiger Reserves in India

• Eco Sensitive Zones

• Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management

and Planning Authority

• National Board for Wildlife (IBWL)

• Lion Census Report, 2015

• Steps Taken by Government to Balance Forest

Conservation and Development

What is Polluters Pay Model?

• Namami Ganga Project

• Yamuna Revitalization Plan 2017

• National Air Quality Index (NAQI)

• Task Force on “Waste to Energy”

• T S R Subramanian Panel Report

• Biodigestor Toilets by DRDO for Swatch

Bharatabhiyan

• Green Building Rating System

• Green Cities or Eco-cities Concept

• Global E-Waste Monitor 2014: UN Report

• National Aquifer Mapping and Management

Programme

• National Green Tribunal and Recent Judgments

• Green Climate Fund to be Operational in India

• What is Family Farming?

• GM Crops and Environment

• Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE)

Green Rating Project

• Miscellaneous Concepts Related to Climate

Change

Current Affairs (Polity & Governance )

• Merger of PIO and OCI card

• NRI allowed to vote via e-postal ballots

• Election Commission sets up Committee to

allow Migrants to vote

• Introduction of NOTA in Elections

• Provision of Compulsory Voting

• Uniform Civil Code

• Controversy Over Article 370

• Freedom of Press vs. Censorship

• Acid Attacks and Safeguarding Mechanism

• RTI and Political Parties Issue

• Real Estate (Regulation And Development) Bill,

2013

• The National Waterways Bill, 2015

• Road Transport and Safety Bill

• Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015

• Amendments Proposed in Prevention of

Corruption Act

• The Commercial Division and Commercial

Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial

Bill, 2015

• Land Acquisition Bill, 2015

• Supreme Court strikes down section 66A of

Information Technology Act

• Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)

Amendment Bill, 2011

• Whistleblowers Bill

• Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

• Digital Gender Atlas For Girls’ Education In India

Launched

• ‘USTAAD’ Scheme for Traditional Artisans

• BetiBachao, BetiPadhao

• National Skill Mission

• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna

• Atal Pension Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

• (SETU) Self-Employment and Talent Utilization

• Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram

• Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana

• Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

• Socio-Economic Caste Census

• Gender Inequality Index

• February 21 Celebrated as Matribhasha Divas

• Revised Norms for Disaster relief

• Nirbhaya Fund

• Devolution Index for Panchayati Raj

• Tripura Withdraws AFSPA,1958 from the State

• Seventh Pay Commission

• Attorney General is a Public Authority and

Comes under RTI

• Scrapping of GOMs and EGOMs

• Importance of Leader of Opposition

• Reservation for women in Legislature

• Kiran Aggarwal Committee

• Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Bill, 2014

• National Judicial Appointments Commission Act

• The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014

• Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of

Children) Bill, 2014

• Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014

• Bezbaruah Committee

• XAXA Committee

• Child Labour Issue in India

• Pro-Active Governance and Timely

Implementation (PRAGATI) Platform

• Report on Electoral Reforms by Law

Commission of India

• National Electoral Roll Purification and

Authentication Programme Launched

• Ordinance and Issues Related to it

• Illegal immigration: A threat for Internal Security

• National Register of Citizens

• Censor Board and Film Certification Type in

India

• Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban

Transformation and Smart Cities Mission

• ‘Housing for all by 2022′ Mission

• Immunisation programme in India

• Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate ‘Visually

Impaired’ people

• Interstate water dispute

• Standing Committee Report on Strengthening of

Subordinate Courts

Current Affairs (Economy)

• Minimum Support Price / Ramesh Chand

Committee

• Compensation to Farmers/ Unseasonal Rains/

Crop Insurances

• Mint Rural Distress Index

• DD Kisan

• Shanta Kumar Committee of FCI Restructuring

• Soil Health Card (SHC)

• Essential Commodities Act-1955

• The National Commission on Farmers headed by

M.S. Swaminathan

• Price Stabilization Fund

• Dr B. Meenakumari Committee on Deep Sea

Fishing

• Panel on Urban Cooperative Bank

• PJ Nayak Committee on Bank Governance

• Nachiket Mor Committee on Financial Inclusion

• SARFAESI Act to Cover NBFC

• MUDRA Bank to Fund the ‘Missing Middle’

• Parliament Passes Regional Rural Banks

(Amendment) Bill 2014

• Capital Infusion in PSU Banks, Based on

Efficiency

• Instant Money Order and Electronic Money Order

• New GDP Base Year

• Chit Funds

• The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill,

2014

• The Benami Transactions (Prohibition)

(Amendment) Bill, 2015

• Justice AP Shah Committee on Direct Taxes/

MAT

• 14th Finance Commission

• The Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets

(Imposition of Tax) Bill 2015

• Inflation Targeting: Union Government and RBI

Sign Agreement to keep Inflation Below 6%

• Urjit Patel Committee on Strengthening

Monetary Policy Framework

• The Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) De-recognized

• Crowdfunding

• National Judicial Reference System

• Advance Pricing Agreements (APA)

• Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)

• Re-Commerce

• Maya Ram Committee Recommendations

• Capital Account Convertibility

• The Tax Administration Reforms Commission

• Ashok Lahiri High Level Committee

• Highlights of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-

2020

• Ease of Doing Business

• SEBI’s New Norms for Financial Centres/ GIFT

City

• E-Biz (G2B)

• India now 3rd Biggest Steel Producer

• Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Bill,

2015

• Corporate Governance

• Companies Act and the Women Director

• Union Government Launches FAME India

Scheme to Boost Electric, Hybrid Vehicle Sales

• Make in India

• Special Economic Zones

• Disinvestment

• Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises Act

Purposed Amendments

• Ashok Chawla Committee and Coal Auction

• The Mines and Minerals (Development and

Regulation) Act

• Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015

• Committees for Railway

• Telecom Spectrum Auctioning

• Smart Cities

• Pancheshwar Multi Purpose Project

• Green India Mission Merged with MNREGA

• Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

• Integrated National Waterways Transport Grid

(INWTG)

• Bharat Mala

• KG D-6

• NHDP- Phase V

• TPP/ TTIP/ RCEP

• Charleston EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize

2015

• International Intellectual Property (IP) Index

• New Development Bank and Contingency

Reserve Arrangement

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

• Oil Prices Fall/Reasons

• Poultry Product Import Leg Piece

• RBI Signs $400 Million Currency Swap Pact with

Sri Lanka

• Energy Subsidy Report by IMF

• Grexit

• Labor Reform Overview

• The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014

• The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, 2014

• Apprentice ProtsahanYojna

• Bill to Streamline Labour Laws

• Industrial Disputes Act

• Amendment to Contract Labour Act, 1970

• Shramev Jayate Karyakaram

• Minimum Wages Act 1948

• Second National Labour Commission

• Shram Suvidha Portal

• Transparent Labour Inspection Scheme in

Central

• Subsidies in India: Overview

• Housing for All

• Rangarajan Committee Recommendation on

Poverty in India

• JAM Trinity

• Skill India

• Priority Sector Lending Norms Changed

• Gold Schemes: Gold Monetisation, Sovereign

Gold Bonds And Gold Coins

• Niti Aayog

• PM Jan Dhan Yojana

• Rupay

Current Affairs (Culture )

• Project Mausam by Ministry of Culture

• HRIDAY Scheme

• National Cultural Fund

• Adarsh Smarak Yojana

• Buddhist Circuit

• Swadesh Darshan and Prasad Scheme

• Rakhigari: The biggest Harappan Site

• International Yoga Day

• Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014

• Miscellaneous News Related to Culture

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Extremely important for IAS aspirants 2015 attempt: Summary of Economic Survey 2014-15 By HIRISH Sir, IAS

Dear friends please go through the Economic Survey 2014-15 which was released few days back. Every year, just before the budget, the Economic Survey for the last year is released which gives a snapshot of all that is good and bad with the economy. It is an extremely important document, and all the aspirants should definitely read the crux of the report. It is vital for both PT as well as Mains.

Economic Outlook, Prospects and Policy Challenges

((click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-01.pdf )

(1) Inflation has declined by over 6 percentage points since late 2013 and the current account deficit has declined from a peak of 6.7 percent of GDP (2012-13) to an estimated 1.0 percent in the coming fiscal year. This is an extremely important positive turn for the economy. Moreover the foreign portfolio flows have stabilized the rupee, exerting downward pressure on long-term interest rates, reflected in yields on 10-year government securities, and contributed to the surge in equity prices.

(2) After a nearly 12-quarter phase of deceleration, real GDP has been growing at 7.2 percent on average since 2013-14, based on the new growth estimates of the Central Statistics Office. Notwithstanding the new estimates, the balance of evidence suggests that India is a recovering, but not yet a surging, economy.

(3) From a cross-country perspective, a Rational Investor Ratings Index (RIRI) which combines indicators of macro-stability with growth, illustrates that India ranks amongst the most attractive investment destinations.

(4) Several reforms have been undertaken and more are on the anvil. The introduction of the GST and expanding direct benefit transfers can be game-changers.

(5) In the short run, growth will receive a boost from the cumulative impact of reforms, lower oil prices, likely monetary policy easing facilitated by lower inflation and improved inflationary expectations, and forecasts of a normal monsoon in 2015-16. Using the new estimate for 2014-15 as the base, GDP growth at constant market prices is expected to accelerate to between 8.1 and 8.5 percent in 2015-16.

(6) Medium-term prospects will be conditioned by the “balance sheet syndrome with Indian characteristics” (this phrase has been used because Indian companies are suffering from a classic case of “debt overhang” after an investment bubble funded by borrowings and the failure to commission such large investments) that has the potential to hold back rapid increases in private sector investment. Private investment must be the engine of long-run growth.  However, there is a case for reviving targeted public investment as an engine of growth in the short run to complement and crowd-in private investment.

(7) India can balance the short-term imperative of boosting public investment to revitalize growth with the need to maintain fiscal discipline.Expenditure control, and expenditure switching from consumption to investment,will be key.

(8) The outlook is favourable for the current account deficit and its financing. A likely surfeit, rather than scarcity, of foreign capital will complicate exchange rate management. Reconciling the benefits of these flows with their impact on exports and the current account remains an important challenge going forward.

(9) India faces an export challenge, reflected in the fact that the share of manufacturing and services exports in GDP has stagnated in the last five years. The external trading environment is less benign in two ways: partner country growth and their absorption of Indian exports has slowed, and mega-regional trade agreements being negotiated by the major trading nations in Asia and Europe threaten to exclude India and place its exports at a competitive disadvantage.

(10) India is increasingly young, middle-class, and aspirational but remains stubbornly male. Several indicators suggest that gender inequality is persistent and high. In the short run, the renewed emphasis on family planning targets,backed by misaligned incentives, is undermining the health and reproductive autonomy of women.

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Fiscal Framework 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-02.pdf )

(1) India must adhere to the medium-term fiscal deficit target of 3 percent of GDP. This will provide the fiscal space to insure against future shocks and also to move closer to the fiscal performance of its emerging market peers.

(2) India must also reverse the trajectory of recent years and move toward the golden rule of eliminating revenue deficits and ensuring that, over the cycle, borrowing is only for capital formation.

(3) Expenditure control combined with recovering growth and the introduction of the GST will ensure that medium term targets are comfortably met.

(4) To ensure fiscal credibility and consistency with medium-term goals, the process of expenditure control to reduce the fiscal deficit should be initiated. At the same time, the quality of expenditure needs to be shifted from consumption, by reducing subsidies, towards investment.

(5) Implementing the Fourteenth Finance Commission’s recommendations will lead to states accounting for a large share of total tax revenue.  This has the important implication that, going forward,India’s public finances must be viewed at the consolidated level and not just at the level of the central government. If recent trends in state-level fiscal management continue, the fiscal position at the consolidated level will be on a sustainable path.

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Subsidies and the JAM Number Trinity Solution 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-03.pdf )

(1) The JAM Number Trinity – Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar, Mobile – can enable the State to transfer financial resources to the poor in a progressive manner without leakages and with minimal distorting effects.

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The Investment Challenge 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-04.pdf )

(1) The stock of stalled projects stands at about 7 percent of GDP, accounted for mostly by the private sector. Manufacturing and infrastructure account for most of the stalled projects.  Changed market conditions and impeded regulatory clearances are the prominent reasons for stalling in private and public sectors, respectively.

(2) This has weakened the balance sheets of the corporate sector and public sector banks, which in turn is constraining future private investment,completing a vicious circle.

(3) Despite high rates of stalling, and weak balance sheets, the stock market valuations of companies with stalled projects are quite robust,which is a puzzle.

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The Banking Challenge 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-05.pdf )

(1) The Indian banking balance sheet is suffering from ‘double financial repression’.  On the liabilities side, high inflation lowered real rates of return on deposits.  On the assets side, statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and priority sector lending (PSL) requirements have depressed returns to bank assets.

(2) Private sector banks did not partake in the biggest private-sector-fuelled growth episode in Indian history during 2005-2012.  This is reflected in the near-constant share of private sector banks in deposits and advances in those years.

(3) There is substantial variation in the performance of the public sector banks, so that they should not be perceived as a homogenous block while formulating policy.

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Putting Public Investment on Track – the Rail Route to Higher Growth 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-06.pdf )

(1) The Indian Railways over the years have been on a ‘route to nowhere’ characterized by under-investment resulting in lack of capacity addition and network congestion; neglect of commercial objectives; poor service provision; and consequent financial weakness.  These have cumulated to below-potential contribution to economic growth.

(2) Very modest hikes in passenger tariffs and cross-subsidisation of passenger services from freight operations over the years have meant that Indian (PPP-adjusted) freight rates remain among the highest in the world, with the railways ceding significant share in freight traffic to roads (that is typically more costly and energy inefficient).

(3) As a result, the competitiveness of Indian industry has been undermined. Calculations reveal that China carries about thrice as much coal freight per hour vis-à-vis India. Coal is transported in India at more than twice the cost vis-à-vis China, and it takes 1.3 times longer to do so.

(4) Econometric evidence suggests that the railways public investment multiplier (the effect of a Rs. 1 increase in public investment in the railways on overall output) is around 5. In the long run, the railways must be commercially viable and public support must be linked to railway reforms: adoption of commercial practices; tariff rationalization; and technology overhaul.

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Skill India to Complement Make in India 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-07.pdf )

(1) What should we ‘Make in India’?  Sectors that are capable of facilitating structural transformation in an emerging economy must: 

(a) have a high level of productivity, 

(b) show convergence to the technological frontier over time, 

(c) draw in resources from the rest of the economy to spread the fruits of growth, 

(d) be aligned with the economy’s comparative advantage; and 

(e) be tradeable.

(2) Registered manufacturing, construction and several service sectors — particularly business services — perform well on the above mentioned characteristics.  A key concern with these sectors however is that they are rather skill-intensive and do not match the skill profile of the Indian labour force.

(3) India could bolster the Make in India’’initiative, which requires improving infrastructure and reforming labor and land laws by complementing it with the ‘Skilling India’ initiative.  This would enable a larger section of the population to benefit from the structural transformation that such sectors will facilitate.

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A National Market for Agricultural Commodities 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-08.pdf )

(1) Markets in agricultural products are regulated under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act enacted by State Governments.India has not one, not 29, but thousands of agricultural markets. APMCs levy multiple fees of substantial magnitude, that are non-transparent, and hence a source of political power.

(2) The Model APMC Act, 2003 could benefit from drawing upon the ‘Karnataka Model’ that has successfully introduced an integrated single licensing system. The key here is to remove the barriers that militate against the creation of choice for farmers and against the creation of marketing infrastructure by the private sector.

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Climate Change 

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-09.pdf )

(1) India has cut subsidies and increased taxes on fossil fuels (petrol and diesel along with a coal cess) turning a carbon subsidy regime into one of carbon taxation. The implicit carbon tax is US$ 140 for petrol and US$64 for diesel.

(2) In light of the recent falling global coal prices and the large health costs associated with coal, there may be room for further rationalization of coal pricing. The impact of any such changes on affordable energy for the poor must be taken into account.

(3) On the whole, the move to substantial carbon taxation combined with India’s ambitious solar power program suggests that India can make substantial contributions to the forthcoming Paris negotiations on climate change.

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The Fourteenth Finance Commission

(click HERE to download the full chapter: http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2014-15/echapvol1-10.pdf )

(1) The FFC marks a watershed in the history of Indian federalism. Unprecedented increases in tax devolution will confer more fiscal autonomy on the states. This will be enhanced by the FFC-induced imperative of having to reduce the scale of other central transfers to the states. In other words, states will now have greater autonomy both on the revenue and expenditure fronts. All states stand to gain from extra resources although there will be some variation between the states.

(2) FFC transfers are highly progressive; that is, states with lower per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) receive on average much larger transfers per capita. In contrast, plan transfers were much less progressive. The concern that more transfers will undermine fiscal discipline is not warranted because states as a whole have been more prudent than the centre in recent years.

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