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The Centre has proposed to relax the General Financial Rules (GFR) to enable all government organisations to accept “untested innovative goods and services solutions from start-ups.”

A minimum 2% of the procurement budget of a ministry or department may be “earmarked for procurement.

GFRs are a compilation of rules and orders of Government of India to be followed by all while dealing with matters involving public finance.

Source : The Hindu

What is IUCN, mandate??
What is red list? relevance of it?
Why more added?
How will it impact us?

The Big Picture - Anti-Defection Law & Karnataka Political Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l8VMZ4z59s



Political defections aren’t anything new and not something that the BJP alone should be held accountable for in the two southern states Goa and Karnataka, as well as in the Rajya Sabha where four out of six TDP members resigned and joined the Treasury Benches. Crossing the aisle has been part of India’s democratic process ever since the first elections in 1952. On more than one occasion, the Congress has used the lure of power or cash or both to get the requisite support to govern, a memorable instance being from 1984 when the then Andhra Chief Minister and TDP founder NT Rama Rao (NTR) was displaced by N Bhaskara Rao. That NTR was in the US undergoing heart surgery made the occasion all the more poignant. The events in Karnataka are not new. The usual method of opposition parties has been to lure away ruling party/coalition legislators. This floor-crossing in states reached epic proportion in the 1960s and 1970s. MLAs in some states changed their political allegiances multiple times during the day. Parliament amended the Constitution in 1985 in an attempt to stop this menace, and brought in the anti-defection law. On this edition of ‘The Big Picture’ we analyse the political crisis in Karnataka and the anti-defection law. Guests: B. K. Chaturvedi, Former Cabinet Secretary Satya Prakash, Legal Editor, The Tribune J. Sai Deepak, Advocate, Supreme Court Anchor: Frank Rausan PereiraFrom: Rajya Sabha TV




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July 16, 2019 at 09:33PM

The Big Picture - Floods & River Linking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2kAfeaD0sU



Some northern Indian states could receive rainfall during the next 4-5 days, but monsoon activity could be subdued in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra’s interiors, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the next 3-4 days, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. After recording above normal rains between July 6 and July 11, monsoon appears to be slowing down, sparking concerns in the agriculture sector, according to experts. Overall rainfall deficiency in the country till Sunday was 12.5% over the long period average, an improvement from June’s 33% — the highest deficiency in June in four years. The sluggish monsoon has impacted the sowing of summer cops. But in northeastern India, floods have caused widespread damage, with several lives being lost as a result of flooding. On this edition of The Big Picture we analyse the dual problems of floods and water shortage and the linking of rivers to deal with our water woes. Guests: RK Sinha, Member (RM), Central Water Commission Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI Tajamul Haque, Former Chairman, CACP Aman Agarwal, Director, Indian Institute of Finance Anchor - Frank Rausan PereiraFrom: Rajya Sabha TV


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July 15, 2019 at 09:43PM

The Big Picture - Sex Abuse and Safeguarding our children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFtO8ERV5w



Centre govt and Supreme Court both have taken firm steps to tackle the rising number of sexual offences against children . Earlier this week Union cabinet approved amendments to strengthen the POCSO Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual aasault on children. Section 14 and 15 of the POCSO Act 2012 will also be amended to address the menace of child pornography. Govt has also informed the parliament that 1023 fas track courts will be set up in the country for speedy trial of cases of sexual assault on women and children . Supreme Court has also registered a PIL suo moto to shape a concerted and clear national response displaying zero tolerance towards sexual assault of children. As per the data collected through all high courts 24,212 FIRs have been registered from 1st January yo 30th June this year across the country on incidents of child rape. Trial has commenced in only 6449 cases put of which only 4 percent have been decided by trial courts. Guest - Rekha Aggarwal, Advocate, Supreme Court, Aditi Tandon, Special Correspondent, The Tribune, Reva Nayyar, Former Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child, Anchor- Vishal DahiyaFrom: Rajya Sabha TV


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July 12, 2019 at 07:00PM

✅In todays THE hINDU, do read the following, make notes. 1) China stresses need for united trade front Ugly path of unilaterialism has affected economic stability, says envoy to India (on world page) 2) Bangladesh Hindu activist to be tried for sedition -on same page 3)Whither House panels? In the backdrop of a number of Bills having been passed without scrutiny, why are parliamentary standing committees necessary (on FAQ page) 4) Yes we can, indeed we must, restore forests An outstanding example of reforestation is Philippines (on SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY page) 5) #PrelimsfactsGeography Timing eruptions A group from Cambridge University has estimated that magma can be stored from hundreds to a thousand years at the crust­ mantle boundary before being let out in a volcanic eruption. Researchers used diffusion of chromium and aluminium atoms to estimate this. The discovery can help forecast volcanic
eruptions. 6) A glean revolution in a world of food shortages and hunger
Picking up after a harvest the good and usable fruit of human activity that is inadvertently left behind, is now a movement (Open page) @upscaim

✅Must admire and celebrate with Dhing express, 5 gold medals in just 20 days..👍 https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/hima-das-peoples-call-her-dhing-express-lead-in-demolishing-liquor-vends/articleshow/64984567.cms

*So the target for next 8 weeks, is to complete
✅ paper 4, Ethics,
✅ polity upto executives of state and Union,
✅ Governance
✅ geography - geomorpholohy, climatology, oceanography
✅ Social issues - complete - (GS mains )
And current affairs whatever is being put in this channel.

✅ I have been very choosy regarding current affairs topics, I myself am reading them. You may rely on this.

✅We Will have weekly tests, prelims plus mains combined,✅