1 July 2024, The Indian EXPRESS
Indians spend 3.5 times more on foreign travel that they did 5 yrs ago
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GS3-Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development
- Indians are spending a lot more on overseas travel. And with a rise in the number of those travelling abroad, the they took out (outward foreign exchange remittances) jumped to almost $1.42 billion (around Rs 12,500 crore) a month on an average in 2023-24 compared with just $400 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) a month on an average five years ago in 2018-19.
- According to Reserve Bank of India data, Indians took out a total of $17 billion (Rs 1,41,800 crore) in 2023-24 for overseas travel under the RBI’s liberalised remittances scheme (LRS).
- This is 24.4 per cent more compared with $13.66 billion in the previous year.
New NCERT report card for senior classes to track post-school plans and life skills
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GS2-Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education
- From preparations for entrance exams to acquiring life skills such as time management and understanding the value of money — the report cards of students of classes 9 to 12 could be vastly different, reflecting a lot more than just marks scored in school-level and Board examinations.
- These elements are part of a new ‘Holistic Progress Card (HPC)’, a report card that PARAKH — a standard-setting body under the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) — recently released for secondary school students (Classes 9 to 12).
Karthumbi umbrella, praised by PM, is a success story of Tribal women
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GS2-Development Processes and the Development Industry — the Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations
- One of the stars of the 111th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was a humble umbrella made by the tribal women of Attappadi.
- This was the first broadcast of the monthly radio programme after it was halted for the general election.
- PM Modi was all praise for the tribal community. “Karthumbi umbrellas are made in Palakkad district of Kerala.
- These multi-coloured umbrellas are a sight to behold. And the thing that makes these umbrellas unique is the fact that they are manufactured by the tribal sisters from Kerala."
Govt brings out checklist of 1.04 lakh animal species
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GS3-Conservation of wildlife
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on Sunday launched a checklist of India’s fauna covering 1,04,561 species on the occasion of the 109th Foundation Day of Zoological Survey of India.
- The ‘Fauna of India’ checklist portal is the first comprehensive document on the faunal species reported from India.
- It comprises 121 checklists of all known taxa covering 36 phyla. Endemic, threatened, and scheduled species have been included in the list.
The new compact
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GS2-Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure
- Beginning July 1, a historic page turns. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita; and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — will now replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973; and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
- These three laws have, for over a century, framed the citizen’s compact with the state, especially its imperative to lay down the rule of law and the coercive apparatus that comes with it.
- But India’s criminal justice system has been in dire need for reform. The case has been made repeatedly by mounting numbers of undertrials in jails, the victims in their long wait for justice and courtrooms clogged with cases.
Gandhi & Martin Luther King
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GS4- Human Values - Lessons from the Lives and Teachings of Great Leaders
- It is rare that a single individual carries an ideal across continents in ways that make it more practicable.
- James Lawson, American non-violence activist and trainer, was such a person. In most listings of India’s influence in the world, Lawson may barely find a mention.
- He served as a key link between the Gandhian non-violence of India’s freedom struggle and the struggle against racism in the US.
- Lawson, who died on June 9 at the age of 95, leaves behind the legacy of having inspired countless movements for justice through non-violence.
- Should we see activists like Lawson as outliers? Or is there possibly an anchor here for defiant optimism?
Sanctuary on fire
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GS3- Disaster and Disaster Management
- The fires in Uttarakhand’s Binsar forest have brought into focus the avoidable, indeed tragic, costs of a siloed governance structure.
- This is a structure in which government officials know what is required of them and, in the main, do their job properly.
- But, they have limited oversight of the interlinkages between their responsibility and those of others also involved, albeit via a different department, and therefore only a blurred line of sight to the full picture of the problem.
- In this structure, they have little incentive or inclination to ask the question, “Can this problem be fully addressed by crafting solutions only through a narrow departmental lens?”
- Officers in such a structure may have a sense of the relatively “small cost” of failing to deliver on their responsibility, but a scant appreciation of the potentially systemic consequences of the collective of such “small” costs, if all involved also failed to deliver.
Boosting a special bond
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GS2-India and its Neighborhood- Relations
- Nepal and India have a unique relationship. The open border, shared culture, economic interdependence and deep-rooted people-to-people relationship make bilateral ties special.
- India is Nepal’s largest trading partner, the top-source country for tourists, the only supplier of petroleum products and the largest source of total foreign investment.
- India also provides transit for almost all of Nepal’s third-country trade and accounts for a significant share of inward remittances from pensioners, professionals and labourers working in India.
- It has always been the first responder during disasters and emergencies in Nepal.
- The country, in addition to the immediate rescue and relief package, provided a financial package of $75 million for the development of the recently earthquake-hit areas of Nepal.
Govt approved Rupees 56 crore for next phase of conservation plan for Great Indian Bustard
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GS3- Conservation of wildlife
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has approved Rs 56 crore for the next phase of the conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican.
- The plan includes habitat development, in-situ conservation, completion of the conservation breeding centre, releasing captive-bred birds and habitat development among other things.
India’s new criminal laws
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GS2-Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure
- Three new criminal laws will come into effect on Monday (July 1).
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), passed in Parliament last December, will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively.
An airport in on the way, a Tamil Nadu industrial hub rises: a profile of Hosur
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GS3- Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth
- The Tamil Nadu government announced the construction of a new airport in Hosur on Thursday (June 27), marking a significant milestone in the planned evolution of this industrial town in Krishnagiri district close to the state’s border with Karnataka into a global supply chain and logistics network hub.
- The international airport announced by Chief Minister M K Stalin will be built over an area of 2,000 acres, and will be designed to handle 30 million passengers annually.
