Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 12 June 2021
Contents SC on food for migrant labourers without ration cards India’s ethanol roadmap: The targets and challenges World First: El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender SC on food for migrant labourers without ration cards Context: The Supreme Court asked the Centre how it intended to take food to crores of migrant labourers who have no […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 12 June 2021
Contents Group of 7 (G7) and the recent developments Group of 7 (G7) and the recent developments Context: Advanced economies making up the G7 grouping have reached a “historic” deal on taxing multinational companies. Finance ministers meeting in London agreed to counter tax avoidance through measures to make companies pay in the countries where they […]
SC on food for migrant labourers without ration cards
Context: The Supreme Court asked the Centre how it intended to take food to crores of migrant labourers who have no ration cards. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Welfare Schemes, Government Policies and Initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: About Ration Cards in India Advent of Aadhaar National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 What is the one […]
India’s ethanol roadmap: The targets and challenges
Context: The government of India has advanced the target for 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol (also called E20) to 2025 from 2030. E20 will be rolled out from April 2023. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Conservation of Environment, Environmental Pollution & Degradation) Dimensions of the Article: What is Ethanol fuel? Ethanol Blended Petrol […]
World First: El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender
Context: El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after the country’s Congress, approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, a move that delighted the currency’s supporters. Relevance: Prelims, GS-III: Science and Technology (Blockchain technology), GS-I: Geography (Maps) Dimensions of the Article: About El Salvador About […]
Group of 7 (G7) and the recent developments
Context: Advanced economies making up the G7 grouping have reached a “historic” deal on taxing multinational companies. Finance ministers meeting in London agreed to counter tax avoidance through measures to make companies pay in the countries where they do business. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations (Important International Institutions, Foreign Policies and Developments affecting India’s Interests) Dimensions […]
12th June 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 12th June 2021
SUB MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION Focus: GS III- Agriculture Why in News? To empower the farmers through Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) scheme, Government of India has released funds for various activities of Farm Mechanization. About Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization Nodal: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare The Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) was introduced […]