India's G-20 Presidency: Fostering a Human-Centric, Sustainable, and Inclusive Global Future
Embracing Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: "the world is one family"
- Encouraging a universal family outlook transcending borders and ideologies
- Call for human-centric progress and unity in an interconnected world

Three Key Changes in the Post-Pandemic World Order
1. Shift to Human-Centric Perspective
- Recognition of the need to move beyond GDP-centric worldview
- Emphasis on valuing human well-being and progress
2. Importance of Resilience in Global Supply Chains
- Acknowledgment of the significance of reliability in supply chains
- Focus on building resilience for global stability
3. Call for Multilateralism and Global Institution Reform
- Collective effort to strengthen multilateralism
- Advocacy for reforming global institutions for inclusivity

Catalyzing Mindset Shift and Mainstreaming Marginalized Aspirations
- Voice of Global South Summit and participation from 125 countries
- Push for African Union inclusion in the G-20

Accelerating Progress on SDGs
- Midway point of the 2030 Agenda, with concerns about SDG progress
- G-20 2023 Action Plan for implementing SDGs

Climate Action and Collaboration
- India's historical commitment to living in harmony with nature
- Climate action as a complementary pursuit, including finance and technology transfer
- Initiatives like Chennai HLPs and Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre

Democratizing Climate Action
- Promoting lifestyle decisions for sustainable environments
- Comparison to the global Yoga movement
- Introduction of Lifestyles for Sustainable Environment (LiFE)

Food and Nutritional Security
- Millets (Shree Anna) as a solution for climate-smart agriculture
- Deccan High Level Principles on Food Security and Nutrition

Inclusive Technology and Digital Public Infrastructure
- India's efforts to leverage technology for inclusive growth
- Role of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in financial inclusion
- Plan to scale DPI through G-20 for developing countries

Women Empowerment
- Empowering women across sectors, from space to entrepreneurship
- Bridging gender digital divide and enhancing women's leadership roles

People-Driven G-20 Presidency
- India's reputation for accomplishing things at scale
- Hosting over 200 meetings in 60 cities, involving 1,00,000 delegates from 125 countries
- A unique opportunity for delegates to experience India's diversity and development

Nourishing Unity and Collaboration
- G-20 Presidency's commitment to unity, collaboration, and inclusion
- Making the global table larger and ensuring every voice is heard

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Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI):
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-- Investment to be less than 10% of the post issue paid-up share capital of the Indian investee company by single FPI and 24% on collective basis
-- less than 50% allowed in any issue of corporate bond
-- Categories of FPI
Category I - Govt, Foreign Central Bank, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Pension Funds
Category II - Institutions, Banks
Category III - Corporates, Individuals, some trusts

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“Three Sisters” by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement
1) International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
2) Codex Alimentarius Commission
3) World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

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10 important Historical terminology based Questions asked in UPSC Prelims

1) Araghatta- waterwheel used in the irrigation of land (2016)

2) Eripatti - Land, revenue from which was set apart for the maintenance of the village tank (2016)

3) Ghatikas - Colleges generally attached to the temples (2016)

4) Banjaras- trader-nomads during the medieval period. (2016)

5) Mahattara and Pattakila - Designation for village headmen and village officials (2014)

6) Tribhanga - a pose in dance of India refers to the three breaks in the body at the neck, waist and knee, which provides an oppositely curved shape to the body at the waist and neck and gives it a ‘S’ shape. Important form of Odissi dance. (2013)

7) Manganiyars- Manganiyar means ‘those who ask for alms’. Those musicians sang for the kings and feudal landlords on various occasions like marriage and even mourning.

8) Panchayatan- is a style of temple construction. A Panchayatan temple has four subordinate shrines on four corners and the main shrine is in the center of the podium, which comprises their base.

9) Kalaripayattu - an ancient martial art and a living tradition in some parts of South India.

10) Kalyana Mandapas- Mandapa is dedicated to the ritual marriage celebration of the Lord with the Goddess and it was constructed under the Vijayanagara style of temple architecture.(2019)

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