MISSION IAS-2015 Important Current Affairs topics for Prelims 2015

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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