Vision IAS Current Affairs – Monthly Magazine July 2021 – English Medium
Table of Contents
- POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ____________ 3
1. Sub-Categorisation of Other Backward
Classes _________________________________3
1.2. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Amendment Bill__________________5
1.3. Inter State River Dispute _______________8
1.4. 97th Constitution Amendment Act, 2011 _10
1.5. Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill,
2021 __________________________________11
1.6. Forest Rights Act ____________________13
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 16
2.1. Strategic Autonomy __________________16
2.2. India-Nepal _________________________19
2.3. New Oil Deal By OPEC+ _______________21
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 23
3.1. India’s Forex Reserves ________________23
3.2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) ___24
3.2.1. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
(Amendment) Bill 2021 _____________________ 26
3.3. Government Securities _______________27
3.4. National Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd.
(NARCL) _______________________________29
3.5. National Urban Digital Mission _________32
3.6. Periodic Labour Force Survey __________34
3.7. Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises _____36
3.8. Logistics sector ______________________38
3.9. Indian Shipping Industry ______________41
3.10. District Management Fund ___________43
4. SECURITY__________________________ 46
4.1. Cyber Surveillance ___________________46
4.2. Drone Regulations in India_____________48
5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 52
5.1. Climate Finance _____________________52
5.2. Air Pollution in Delhi and NCR __________54
5.3. National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) 56
6. SOCIAL ISSUES______________________ 58
6.1. Internal Migrants ____________________58
6.2. Population Control Policy _____________61
6.3. State of Food Security and Nutrition in the
World 2021 ____________________________64
6.4. The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care
and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021 ______________65
6.5. National Education Policy _____________68
6.6. National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading
with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN
Bharat) ________________________________70
6.7. Digital India ________________________72
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY___________ 76
7.1. Space Tourism ______________________76
7.2. Biotech-PRIDE Guidelines _____________79
7.3. Nucleic Acid Vaccines_________________80
8. CULTURE __________________________ 82
8.1. World Heritage Tag __________________82
- 1.1. Rudreshwara Temple __________________ 83
8.1.2. Dholavira____________________________ 85
9. ETHICS_____________________________87
9.1. Ethics: A Solution to Corruption? _______87
10. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS _____89
10.1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem
Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme ______89
11. NEWS IN SHORTS ___________________91
11.1. West Bengal Assembly Passes Resolution to set
up Legislative Council _______________________ 91
11.2. Cabinet Approves Continuation of Three
Schemes _________________________________ 91
11.3. India-US Renew Global Development
Partnership Deal for 5 Years _________________ 92
11.4. 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial ____________ 92
11.5. Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) _______ 92
11.6. India COVID 19 Emergency Response and
Health Systems Preparedness Package: Phase II _ 92
11.7. Modifications in Central Sector Scheme of
Financing Facility under Agriculture Infrastructure
Fund (AIF) ________________________________ 93
11.8. Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) & National
Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) Payment Systems
Opened for Non-Banks______________________ 93
11.9. RBI Issues Advisory for Transition from LIBOR
_________________________________________ 94
11.10. Bharat Interface for Money – Unified
Payments Interface (BHIM-UPI)_______________ 94
11.11. Digital Initiatives Launched _____________ 94
11.12. Ministry of Power Releases 9th Integrated
Ratings of State Power Distribution Utilities _____ 94
11.13. New Bills Passed by LokSabha __________ 95
11.14. India to Explore Indigenous Deposits of
Phosphatic Rock ___________________________ 96
11.15. Union Cabinet Approved the Production
Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel _ 96
11.16. Africa Open DEAL (Data for the Environment,
Agriculture and Land) Initiative _______________ 96
11.17. India Cycles4Change Challenge _________ 96
11.18. Centre to Appoint National Maritime Security
Coordinator (NMSC) ________________________ 97
11.19. Project 75 (India) [P-75(I)]______________ 97
11.20. New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG)
and Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile
(MPATGM) _______________________________ 97
11.21. Defence Exercises in news _____________ 97
11.22. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
(CBAM) __________________________________ 98
11.23. India’s 14 Tiger Reserves Set Global Standard
in Tiger Conservation _______________________ 98
11.24. Earth Overshoot Day __________________ 98
11.25. Excess Irrigation Over Northern India Shifting
Monsoons Towards Northwest Risking Agriculture99
11.26. Drink From Tap- Sujal Mission __________ 99
11.27. NITI Aayog and International Energy Agency
(IEA) Launched ‘Renewables Integration in India
2021’ Report ______________________________ 99
11.28. First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project___ 100