CURRENT AFFAIRS

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

What is the issue?The sustained rise in the price of LPG cylinders has been a burden in the budget of many households for more than a year now.What is the trend of the price of LPG refills?The price of LPG refills has risen by more than 50% to over Rs. 900 per cylinder in Nove

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The UPI facility will soon be extended to feature phone users. At the moment, the Unified payments interface (UPI) — the single largest retail payments system in the country in terms of volume of transactions for small-value payments — is availab

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Why in News?The 2022 World Inequality Report (WIR) has been released.What you need to know about the WIR?Released by the World Inequality Lab, a research center at the Paris School of Economics.The WIR studies different kinds of financial data to fin

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 03, Dec 2021

Reference News:Government has approved financial aid for the periodup by the Ministry of Commerce and administered by from 2021-22 to 2025-26 to NEIA Trust.What is NEIA?National Export Insurance Account (NEIA) is a trust setNEIA Trust was establish

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Context:Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a scheme called Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) to be continued for next five years.What will the citizens achieve from the successful roll-on of

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Context:The Reserve Bank of India has been working on a phased implementation strategy for a CBDC and the pilot may be launched by the end of this year.The financial advisory services firm has listed four major use cases of CBDC in the Indian context. This includes:‘Fit-

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Reference News:-  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's National Family Health survey (NFHS-5) data on health and family welfare issues has given rise to a flurry of chest-thumping declarations.What are the survey’s findings about population?TFR is the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Dec 2021

Reference News:Drugs have been a major source of revenue for the Taliban. With the collapse of Afghanistan’s economy, the Taliban will rely heavily on drug money to maintain control over their cadres.According to the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on D

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Nov 2021

Reference News:Farmer unions want the government to enact legislation conferring mandatory status to MSP in addition to repealing 3 farm laws.What is MSP?Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural produce

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 29, Nov 2021

Context:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept in abeyance a recommendation by an internal panel to give banking licences to large business groups, while allowing promoters to own up to 26% in private banks.What has happened?The IWG was constituted to &ldqu