INDEX

POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 1-1
2. Why minimum wage won’t fix India’s woes? 1-2
3. Legislative council in MP 3-4
4. Delimitations of Constituencies in J&K 4-4
5. J&K Public safety act 4-5
6. ‘Shillong Declaration’ 5-5
7. Transgender Rights Bill 5-6
8. Fast Track Courts (FTC) 6-8
9. Should we increase the number of Supreme Court (SC) judges? 8-9
10. Women Leaders in Indian Politics 9-10
11. RTI Ammendment bill passed in Rajya Sabha amid protests 10-12
12. Why are Parliamentary Standing Committees necessary? 12-13
13. Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 13-15
14. Increase in strength of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34 15-16
15. e-Rozgar Samachar 16-17
16. Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment (UAPA) Bill 17
17. Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 18
18. Supreme court over quota 19-19
19. Data Localisation 19-20
20. Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 20-20
21. Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas 20-21
22. Dam Safety Bill, 2019 21-22
23. One nation, One ration card scheme 22-23
24. NISHTHA Initiative 23-24
25. Sikkim , from Chogyal rule to Indian state 24-25

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. ‘public Charge’ in US immigration policy 26-26
2. UN security council 26-27
3. BASIC Meeting 27-28
4. Consular access and Freeing Kulbhushan Jadhav 28-30
5. What are the guidelines on migrant camps? 30-32
6. Pulling a Vietnam in Afghanistan 32-33
7. New British PM urges EU to renegotiate Brexit 33-34
8. China says it wants security & stability along India border 34-36
9. UNSC resolution 47 36-37
10. United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) 37-37
11. The International Charter Space and Major Disasters 37-37
12. India’s non-permanent membership of UNSC 38-38
13. INF Treaty 38-39
14. Special Purpose trust fund 39-39

ECONOMY

1. Geographical indication (GI) 40-40
2. Repo-linked deposit and lending rates 40-40
3. Regulatory sandbox 41-41
4. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 41-41
5. Solar energy-KUSUM scheme 41-42
6. Economy and development; Intellectual Property Rights 42-44
7. RBI’s Goldilocks cut: on repo rate cut 44-45
8. 50th Anniversary of Bank Nationalization 45-47
9. Will Lower Rates Spur Economic Growth? 47-48
10. Panel for ban on digital currencies 48-49
11. What are sovereign bonds, and what are their risks and rewards? 49-51
12. Explaining the Asian rate cuts wave 51-52
13. From Plate to Plough 52-54
14. US says China manipulates Yuan 54-55
15. RBI’s monetary policy 55-58
16. Uranium mining 58-59
17. Global recession 59-59
18. Direct Tax Code 2.0 59-60
19. Renewable hybrid energy systems as a game changer 60-61
20. Bonds, yields, and inversions 61-62

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. Parker solar probe 63-63
2. Space Commerce 63-63
3. Space situational awareness control centre 64-64
4. Vikram Sarabhai Award in journalism 64
5. A-SAT Missile 64-65
6. Quick reaction surface to air missiles 65-66
7. Imprint 66-66
8. Hyperloop 66-67
9. Fame 2 67-67
10. Iron Ion Battery 67-68
11. National Policy on biofuels 68-68
12. RUCO 68-68
13. ICAT 69-69
14. Genome India initiative 69-69

ENVIRONMENT

1. Renewable hybrid energy system 70-70
2. Household air pollution in India 70-71
3. India as largest emitter of So2 71-72
4. 2 new species of freshwater fish found 72-72
5. Microplastic pollution 72-73
6. Eliminating plastic use 73-74
7. State butterfly for Tamil Nadu 74-74
8. Seed Bank 74-74
9. All India Tiger Estimation Report-2018 74-75
10. Plan for coastal zone management 75-76
11. Dracaena cambodiana 76-76
12. Tarballs on Mumbai beaches 76-77
13. World bank report on water pollution 77-77
14. Attack of alien species 77-78
15. Fly ash 78-79
16. Illegal tiger trade 79-80
17. State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index– SARAL 80-80

GEOGRAPHY

1. Interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers 81-82
2. Deep Ocean Mission Of India 82-83
3. Landslides in Kerala 83-83

AGRICULTURE

1. Concept of Farm ponds 84