Test 2 Current Affairs

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5/11

• CJI Dattu recommends Thakur

• Paper 2 Topic: Appointment to constitutional posts.

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Chie Justice o India H.L. Dattu has recommended Justice Tirath Singh Thakur as his successor.

• Justice Thakur is the seniormost !udge in the courtater the Chie Justice Dattu" #ho retires onDecem$er 2.

• I a%%ointed" Justice Thakur #ou&d $e the '(rd Chie Justice o India. He #ou&d $e in o)ce ti&& Januar* '"2+1,.



Con-entiona& gk

• %%ointment o CJI

• ccording to the con-ention"

•

the %resent Chie Justice• recommends the name o his successor

• to the go-ernment.

• ter the La# 0inistr* c&ears his name"

•

the &e #i&& go to the rime 0inister3s 4)ce• and na&&* reaches the resident" ater #hose

a%%ro-a& the arrant o %%ointment #i&& $e issued.



5/11

• 6ST15 set to re%&ace d*ing I7ST( and '8

• Paper 3 Topic: space.

• 6ST15" #hich #i&& $e %ut in s%ace short&*" #i&& re%&ace t#o

o&der s%acecratI7ST ( and '8 that #i&& &ike&* e9%ire in thecoming months.

• ccording to the IS:4" the trans%onders o 6ST are so&e&* inthe ;u $and and #i&& cater to DTH <directtohome= te&e-isionneeds" $esides su%%orting the thousands o >ST o%erators

#ho %ro-ide $road$and ser-ices and DS76 <digita& sate&&itene#s gathering= or T> ne#s channe&s.

• IS:4 is a&so ocusing on $ridging the ;u$and shortage in thecountr*. Current&*" Indian D2H $roadcasters are hea-i&*de%endent on e9terna& trans%onders.



Con-entiona& gk

• 6ST 15

• 6ST15" #eighing ("1?' kg" #i&& $e &aunched in on7o-em$er 11 rom ;ourou in @rench 6uiana <in Southmerica= on the Auro%ean rianes%ace3s riane5 &auncher.

•

The sate&&ite cost and the &aunch ee are around :s. B?+crore.

• 6ST15 #i&& $e o#n a&ong #ith Saudi ra$ia3s ra$sat?8/8adr,.

• It #i&& $e stationed o-er India at a s&ot at (.5 degrees Aast

&ongitude.• 6ST #i&& a&so carr* the third 667 sate&&ite na-igation

trans%onder as a $acku% or air&ines and other users oaugmented 6S$ased s*stems.



h* can3t #e use Indian &aunch

-ehic&esE

• The t#o Indian rockets F SL> and 6SL> Fcannot %itch the #eight o 6ST15 to itss&ot (?"+++ km high.

• I7ST ( and '8

• I7ST(" &aunched in %ri& 2++(" hascom%&eted its 12*ear &ie. I7ST'8" o#nin 0arch 2++," got reduced to ha& itsunctions in 2+1+ ater one o its t#o %o#ergenerating so&ar %ane&s de-e&o%ed a snag.



5/11

• 7ITI ane& ro%oses gri :eorms toCur$ rice :ise

• Paper 3 Topic: Food security.

• 7ITI a*og3s task orce on agricu&turehas recommended $ig $ang reormsto address the %o&itica&&* sensiti-eissue o reGuent s%urt in cro% %rices.



• The re%ort ta&ks a$out the need or reorms in theagricu&ture sector in a $ig #a* to address issues

o $ad #eather" uctuation in cro% %rices" anddemand and su%%&* %ro$&ems in the &ong term.

• The re%ort has $een na&ied ater co&&ating the-ie#s o a simi&ar task orce o states.

•

Im%ortant recommendations made• 6uaranteed %rices or at &east ha& the ke* cro%s.

• Setting u% o a unied nationa& agricu&turemarket.

•

Changing &and &ease &a#s.• Creating a mechanism to aci&itate eas* e9it or

armers #ho #ant to mo-e out o agricu&ture.



5/11

• 8ankru%tc* committee

• Paper 3 Topic: Indian Economy and issuesrelating to planning, mobilization of

resources, growth, development andemployment.

• The go-ernmenta%%ointed 8ankru%tc*La# Committee recent&* su$mitted itsre%ort and its %ro%osed Inso&-enc* and8ankru%tc* 8i&& to the go-ernment.



• The 15mem$er committee #as headed $* T ;>ish#anathan" a ormer Lok Sa$ha secretar*genera&.

•

The committee has o$ser-ed that theenactment o the %ro%osed 8i&& #i&& %ro-idegreater c&arit* in the &a# and aci&itate thea%%&ication o consistent and coherent

%ro-isions to diferent stakeho&ders afected $*$usiness ai&ure or ina$i&it* to %a* de$t and #i&&address the cha&&enges $eing aced at %resentor s#it and efecti-e $ankru%tc* reso&ution.



ro%osed drat $i&&

• The drat 8i&& has conso&idated the e9isting &a#s re&ating toinso&-enc* o com%anies" &imited &ia$i&it* entities" un&imited &ia$i&it*%artnershi%s and indi-idua&s #hich are %resent&* scattered in anum$er o &egis&ations" into a sing&e &egis&ation.

• The 8i&& seeks to im%ro-e the hand&ing o conicts $et#een

creditors and de$tors" a-oid destruction o -a&ue" distinguishma&easance -isa-is $usiness ai&ure and c&ear&* a&&ocate &osses inmacroeconomic do#nturns.

• The 8i&& suggests an inso&-enc* regu&ator" or o-ersight o-er%roessiona&s in this regard. It a&so &a*s do#n a transition %ro-isionduring #hich the centra& go-ernment #i&& e9ercise a&& the %o#ers o

the regu&ator ti&& the time one is set u%.

• The 8i&& recommends the e9isting De$t :eco-er* Tri$una&s $e thead!udicating authorit* or indi-idua&s and un&imited &ia$i&it*%artnershi% rms. nd" that the 7ationa& Com%an* La# Tri$una& $ethe one or com%anies and &imited &ia$i&it* entities. It a&so %ro%oses

setting u% o inormation uti&ities" to co&&ect and co&&ate nancia&inormation rom &isted com%anies and their creditors.



8ackground

• The @inance 0inister run Jait&e*" in his 8udget S%eech2+151?" had identied 8ankru%tc* La# :eorm as a ke*

%riorit* or im%ro-ing the ease o doing $usiness and hadannounced that a com%rehensi-e 8ankru%tc* Code"

meeting g&o$a& standards and %ro-iding necessar* !udicia& ca%acit*" #i&& $e $rought in sca& 2+151?.

• ccording&*" the 6o-ernment had constituted the8ankru%tc* La# :eorm Committee to &ook into -arious

8ankru%tc* re&ated issues and gi-e its re%ort a&ong #ith a

drat 8i&& on the su$!ect to the 6o-ernment.• The 6o-ernment #i&& short&* take a na& decision on the

:e%ort and introduce the 8i&& in ar&iament.



5/11

• 76T orders states to check cro% $urning

• Paper 3 Topic: environmental pollution.

• %set o-er a s%urt in %o&&ution in thenationa& ca%ita& on account o cro% $urning$* armers in De&hi and northern states" the7ationa& 6reen Tri$una& <76T= has askedstates to noti* ste%s to check the menaceand im%osed nes on armers indu&ging insuch acti-ities.



• 76T has asked the go-ernments oun!a$" Har*ana" ttar radesh":a!asthan and De&hi to issue

notications in this regard.

• It has asked district magistrates othe res%ecti-e areas to constitute a

taskorce to sto% cro% $urning. The$ureaucrats ha-e $een asked to sendthe re%ort to the res%ecti-e state

%o&&ution $oards.



8ackground

• The court3s o$ser-ation came ater the counse&or the %etitioner argued that the #e$site oDe&hi o&&ution Contro& Committee recent&*sho#ed %articu&ate matter <0= in De&hi to $eat '?+ mg %er cu$ic metre" as against ama9imum %ermissi$&e &imit o ?+ mg.

• n image taken on 4cto$er (+ rom a s%ace

sate&&ite $* merica3s 7ationa& eronautics andS%ace dministration sho#s red out&inesindicating res $urning across &arge s#athes oun!a$ and Har*ana.



Stra# $urning

• The 76T has o$ser-ed that stra# $urning is aserious issue #hich contri$utes to g&o$a& #armingand en-ironmenta& %o&&ution.

• @armers $urn %add* to he&% %re%are the soi& or the

ne9t cro% $ecause the %ractice re&eases nutrients$ack into the ground and he&%s #ith %est contro&.8ut" some e9%erts dis%ute this. ccording to them"this causes %o&&ution" soi& erosion and reduction in

nitrogen content in the soi&.• This %ractice emits car$on dio9ide" car$on

mono9ide and nitrous o9ide into the atmos%here.



hat can $e doneE

• The un!a$ go-ernment had recent&*%ro%osed to set u% $io ethano&reneries aimed at tack&ing the

menace o #heat and %add* stra#$urning in the state. Such %racticescan he&% reduce the %o&&ution.



5/11

• resident to &aunch IITIISc !ointinitiati-e on research

• Paper 3 Topic: Indias contributionto !"#

• resident rana$ 0ukher!ee is a&& setto &aunch an initiati-e to de-e&o% aroadma% or research and %a-e the#a* or so&utions to ma!or

engineering and techno&og*



$out the initiati-e•

The initiati-e" KI0:I7T India3" is a %anIIT and IISc !ointco&&a$oration to de-e&o% a $&ue%rint or research oimmediate re&e-ance to societ* reGuiring inno-ation" directscientic research into identied areas" ensure higherunding su%%ort or research into these areas and measure

outcomes o the research eforts #ith reerence to theim%act on the standard o &i-ing in rura&/ur$an areas.

• It #i&& ocus on 1+ themes and each theme #i&& $ecoordinated $* one IIT/IISc. @or instance" IIT;harag%ur #i&&#ork on the themes o hea&th care" com%uter science and

inormation and communication techno&og*" #hi&e IIT;an%ur #i&& #ork on ad-ance materia&" #ater resources andri-er s*stems.

• The 1+ coordinating institutions ha-e done e9tensi-econsu&tations and arri-ed at s%ecic themes in each area o

research that has immediate socia& re&e-ance.



0ains Guestions 5/11

• 6enera& Studies 1

• #opic: $ole of women

• 1) It is observed that more and more women vote in elections these days even surpassing male turnout, but they still lag behind men substantially in their representation in the ele

ctorate. Discuss the reasons for this anomal y. (200 ords)

• !eference"

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0ains Guestion 5/11

• 6enera& Studies 2

• #opic: $ole of civil services in ademocracy

• 2= It is argued that $oth administration and %o&ic*making are getting increasing&* com%&e9 and reGuire s%ecia&ied

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