CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 14, Mar 2022

Why in News?The National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) is being set up with the purpose of monetising surplus government-owned land. It is being set-up as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and will be set up as a wholly-owned Government of India company.It will

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Justifying the 2 per cent equalisation levy (EL) imposed by India on the supply of services by multinational enterprises, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said it is a sovereign right to tax revenues earned from operations in the country.

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Jayant Varma, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), who has been opposing the RBI’s accommodative policy stance, has said the “stance carries with it the risk of falling behind the curve in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The Competition Commission of India has dismissed allegations of predatory pricing against e-commerce platform Shopee.What were the allegations of violation of competition norms against Shopee?Shopee sells various products at extrem

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently arrested Chitra Ramkrishna, former Managing Director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), in a case registered in May 2018, to probe the alleged abuse of the NSE’s server architecture for granting

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Mar 2022

What is the issue?For India Blue economy could be the next force multiplier of GDP and well-being, provided sustainability and socio-economic welfare are centered.What is Blue Economy?Blue economy refers to the ocean resources available in the c

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 05, Mar 2022

Reference News:Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Electronic Bill (e-Bill) processing system, announced in Union Budget 2022-23.Part of ‘Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Digital India eco-system

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Mar 2022

Reference News:-India runs the risk of being excluded from a proposal it co-authored at  negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” IPR held, by primarily Western countries, on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for covid-19.What are

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Last week, the Reserve Bank cancelled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) issued to P C Financial Services Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, which was primarily engaged in mobile app-based lending operations through an app called ‘Cashbean&r

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Finland and Sweden have dismissed Russia’s warnings that their potential NATO membership would have “serious military-political consequences” for the two countries.However, Russia has voiced concern about what it describ