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Jun212018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 21 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Kerala scraps plantation tax News: Kerala Chief Minister told the State Assembly that the government has decided to scrap plantation tax in view of the crisis in the plantation sector. Beyond News: Kerala is the only State in the country that still persists with the Plantation Tax. The decision to give up the tax was taken based on the recommendations of a committee of secretaries and the Justice Krishnan Nair Commission appointed by the last government to study and report on the crisis in the plantation sector. The Chief Minister said the government has also decided to freeze collection of Agricultural Income Tax (AIT) from the plantation sector. The lines (row homes) in which…

Jun122018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-JUNE 11 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE PM’s maternity scheme benefits 23.6 lakh News After initial hiccups in implementing the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), the government has finally made some headway and provided cash incentives to nearly 23.6 lakh beneficiaries out of an estimated 51.6 lakh a year. Beyond News The scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2017 and expected to be rolled out in September. However, until January 2018, the government programme had covered only 90,000 women a mere 2% of the target. Under the scheme, pregnant women and lactating mothers are offered a cash incentive of ₹6,000 for the birth of their first child as partial compensation for wage loss,…

May252018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 25 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Global warming may have ‘devastating’ effects on rice. News As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition, scientists warned. Beyond News The change could be particularly dire in southeast Asia where rice is a major part of the daily diet. They are showing that global warming, climate change and particularly greenhouse gases carbon dioxide can have an impact on the nutrient content of plants we eat. This can have devastating effects on the rice-consuming countries where about 70% of the calories and most of the nutrients come from rice. Protein and…

May202018 by albindiaNo Comments

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May192018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 19 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Urbanisation on the rise in India News About 34% of India's population now lives in urban areas, the N. World Urbanization Prospects 2018 reporthas said. Beyond News This is an increase of about three percentage points since the 2011 Census. One way to look at the growth in urbanisation is by studying the size of urban agglomeration, which denotes contiguous territories with an urban population density. The number of megasized urban clusters (above 50 lakh population) has remained almost constant over the years. However, the number of smaller urban clusters has been increasing rapidly. The chart shows the number of urban agglomeration clusters of varying population over the years. Hindu Notes from General Studies-02…

May192018 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-MAY 18 2018 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Section 144 in Assam district after clash over building toilet News Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was promulgated in southern Assam’s Hailakandi district after a clash over the construction of a pay-and-use toilet. Nb: Section 144 restricts unlawful assembly of people. Beyond News Trouble started when members of the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) clashed near the toilet’s construction site – a garden outside the government-run district hospital in Hailakandi town, about 310 km south of Guwahati. The toilet was being constructed by the State’s Public Health Engineering (PHE) department. The district hospital was named after former Congress MLA Santosh Kumar Roy. The Congress and the…