Vision Ias Monthly Current affair May 2020

Vision Ias Monthly Current affair May 2020

Table of Contents

1. POLITY & CONSTITUTION _______________4
   1. One Nation, One Ration Card ___________4
   1.2. Government Advertisements on Social Media
   Platforms _______________________________5
   2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ____________7
   2.1. India- China Border Dispute_____________7
   2.2. India -Taiwan ________________________9
   2.3. Indo-Nepal Territorial Dispute__________11
   2.4. Gilgit Baltistan Issue__________________12
   2.5. Non-Aligned Movement ______________13
   2.6. World Health Assembly (WHA) _________14
   2.7. New Security Law In Hong Kong ________15
   2.8. Open Skies Treaty ___________________16
   3. ECONOMY _________________________ 16
   3.1. Atmanirbhar Bharat: What, Why and How?
   ______________________________________17
   3.2. Status Paper on Government Debt ______18
   3.3. SARFAESI Act _______________________21
   3.4. TRIPS Flexibilities ____________________22
   3.5. Labour Law Reforms _________________24
   3.6. Impact of Energy Efficiency Measures for the
   Year 2018-19 Report _____________________25
   3.7. Energy Transition Index Report _________28
   3.8. Sugar Industry in India ________________29
   3.9. Draft National Fisheries Policy 2020 _____32
   3.10. Rice Export Promotion Forum _________33
   4. SECURITY__________________________ 35
   4.1. Border Infrastructure and Shekatkar
   Committee Recommendations_____________35
   4.2. Indian Army Proposes Tour of Duty _____36
   4.3. Integrated Battle Groups ______________37
   5. ENVIRONMENT _____________________ 39
   5.1. Locust Attack _______________________39
   5.2. Super Year for Biodiversity ____________41
   5.3. UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration ___44
   5.4. Gas Leak at Vizag ____________________46
   5.5. State of the World’s Forests Report 2020 _48
   5.6. India’s First Dolphin Observatory _______50
   5.7. Cyclone Management in India __________51
   5.8. Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South
   Asia (CARE) Project ______________________53
   6. SOCIAL ISSUES______________________ 54
   6.1. COVID 19 and Mental Health___________54
   6.2. E-Learning__________________________56
   6.3. Global Nutrition Report 2020 (GNR) _____58
   7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY___________ 60
   7.1. Blockchain Bill of Rights _______________60
   7.2. Security issues with Aarogya Setu App ___61
   7.3. Private Sector in Space Activities _______62
   8. CULTURE __________________________ 64
   8.1. World War 2 ________________________64
2. 2. Purandara Dasa _____________________64
   8.3. Geographical Indication (GI) tag ________65
   9. ETHICS _____________________________66
   9.1. Social Media Platforms as Arbiters of Truth
   ______________________________________66
   10. NEWS IN SHORT ____________________68
   10.1. Diamer-Basha Dam ___________________ 68
   10.2. United Nations Relief and Works Agency
   (UNRWA) _______________________________ 68
   10.3. Provisioning of Loans__________________ 68
   10.4. CHAMPIONS Portal ___________________ 68
   10.5. For the first time, India has more rural net users
   than urban ______________________________ 68
   10.6. Unified Mobile Application for New-age
   Governance (UMANG) _____________________ 69
   10.7. Industry Status to Sports _______________ 69
   10.8. Amery Ice Shelf (AIS) __________________ 69
   10.9. Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin
   Released ________________________________ 69
   10.10. Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) Halved from
   2000 to 2017_____________________________ 69
   10.11. “Lost at Home” Report Published by UN
   Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ___________________ 70
   10.12. 600 Universities, 25,000 Colleges are not
   Accredited in India ________________________ 70
   10.13. National Migrant Information System (NMIS)
   _______________________________________ 70
   10.14. Suraksha Store Initiative ______________ 71
   10.15. GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) Programme
   _______________________________________ 71
   10.16. Khudol (gift) Initiative in Manipur _______ 71
   10.17. Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme __ 71
   10.18. Operation Samudra Setu (Sea Bridge)____ 71
   10.19. Vande Bharat Mission ________________ 71
   10.20. Earth’s Magnetic field between Africa and
   South America is Weakening ________________ 72
   10.21. New Simulation Code Helps Study Electric Field
   Structure in Earth’s Magnetosphere __________ 72
   10.22. Venusian Atmosphere Rotates Faster than the
   Planet Itself______________________________ 72
   10.23. Artemis Accords” for Responsible Space
   Exploration ______________________________ 73
   10.24. National Biomedical Resource Indigenization
   Consortium (NBRIC) _______________________ 73
   10.25. Project CARD _______________________ 73
   10.26. Government Response Stringency Index__ 73
   10.27. COBAS 6800 Testing Machine __________ 73
   10.28. Operation Warp Speed _______________ 74
   10.29. African Swine Fever (ASF) _____________ 74
   10.30. National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)
   Launches Pai _____________________________ 74
   10.31. National Artificial Intelligence Portal
   (www.ai.gov.in) __________________________ 74
   10.32. EventBot Mobile Banking Trojan________ 74
   10.33. GARUD (Government Authorisation for Relief
   Using Drones) Portal_______________________ 74
   10.34. Rht14 and Rht18 ____________________ 74
3. 35. Thrissur Poorama ____________________74
   10.36. Florence Nightingale __________________74
   10.37. Iran’s New Currency __________________75
   11. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN NEWS ____ 76
   11.1. Atal Pension Yojana ___________________76
   11.2. Prime Minister’s Employment Generation
   Programme (PMEGP) _______________________76
   12. APPENDIX: ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ___ 77
   12.1. Measures taken for Health and Education in
   the package ____________________________77
   12.2. Measures announced for Migrants and
   Urban Poor ____________________________78
   12.3. Measures Announced for Rural
   Development, Agriculture and Allied Sectors _79
   12.3.1. Steps taken so far____________________79
   12.3.2. Significant Measures Announced in the
   Package _________________________________79
   12.3.3 Other Initiatives Announced in the Package82
4. 4. Industrial Sectoral reforms announced in
   the package ____________________________82
   12.4.1. Significant Measures Announced _______ 83
   12.4.2. Policy Reforms Announced for Other Sectors
   _______________________________________ 85
   12.5. Measures Announced for Businesses in
   General (including MSMEs)________________86
   12.5.1. Significant Measures Announced _______ 86
   12.5.2. Reforms and Enablers Announced for Ease of
   Doing Business ___________________________ 86
   12.6. Measures Announced Exclusively for MSME
   Sector_________________________________87
   12.6.1. Significant Measures Announced _______ 87
   12.7. General Policy Reforms Announced as Part
   of the Economic Package _________________89
   12.7.1. Significant Measures Announced _______ 89
   12.7.2. Other Policy Measures _______________ 90