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Topic- inflation ( prelims) The labour bureau an attached office of ministry of labour and employment has been compiling consumer price index for industrial workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centers in the country.  The index is comiled for 88 centres and all India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.  It comprises various groups: Food beverages  Pan, supari, tobacco, intoxicant  Clothing and footwear  Housing  Fuel & light Miscellaneous  General inflation for July 2021, went down to 5.27% compared to 5.57% of previous month  Food inflation also decreased  from previous month from 5.61% to 4.91%. 

Topic: ecological issues  GS-3PAPER, GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA  CCRI The children climate risk index is an annual index produced by the UNESCO to rank the countries based on the risk posed by the climate crisis on the health, lifestyle, livelihood, habitation in the form of flooding, droughts, erosion, pollution,  heatwave, ,cyclone, landslides etc. CCRI report 2021 states that in 33 countries of  world children's are in "extremely high risk" including four South east Asia countries.  Serious deprivation faced by children due to the intensifying effect that climate and environmental shocks have on existing inadequate access to such as water, sanitation, health-care, education.  Extremely high risk countries of sought east Asia are ranked: 14th- Pakistan  15th- Bangladesh  25th-Afghanistan  26th- India  India's neighbour's ranks are: 51st- Nepal  61st- Sri Lanka 111st- Bhutan  India: 600 million Indians will face acute water shortages...

Topic: GS-3 paper-    infrastructure development  Geography- integrated rural development     Panchayati raj and decentralised planning Greater Noida authority has started smart village programme in 14 village in phased manner with fund of Rs 150 crore.  The villages are given below: Maincha Chapraula  Sadullapur Tilpatakaranwas Gharbra  Cheerasi  Ladpura  Aminabad  Sirsa  Ghanghola  Astauli  Jalpura  Chipiyana  Khurd-Tigdi  Ysufpur Chak Shahberi  Aim : To develop these villages with proper amenities and infrastructure that are available in urban areas. Phase 1 : Civic infrastructure will be provided such as sewer line improvement and construction,  drainage, roads, water supply, streetlight, etc. Phase 2 : The  second stage of project entails improving public infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, communications centres, community toilet, besides beautification of ponds, creation o...

  WHAT ARE WETLANDS?  World Wetlands Day on the 2nd of  February  recognised by united nations general assembly.  THE CONVENTION ON WETLANDS Adopted in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, the Convention on Wetlands is the only global treaty to focus on a single ecosystem. Its 171 Contracting Parties commit to:   Designate wetlands of high value on the list of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites), and    Use all wetlands wisely and cooperate on transboundary issues.  Today there are 2,400 designated Ramsar Sites, covering a total surface area of  over 250 million hectares (an area slightly larger than Algeria).  The network of Ramsar Sites includes coastal and inland wetlands of  all types.  The Convention on Wetlands is working to reverse wetland loss and degradation around the world.  The Convention supports sustainable development, disaster resilience, and climate action, contributing to 16 different Sustainab...

Topic: G3 paper  Science and technology, indigenous development of technology,  Geography: animal conservation  IndiGau is a cattle genomic chip of purely indigenous  cow animal breed developed by the Indian Institute of animal biotechnology Hyderabad to conserve the breed of cow. Purposes :  To achieve the goal of conservation of our own breeds with better characters. For example Gir, Sahiwal, Kankrej, Ongole, Kangsyam, Tharprker etc. To help toward the doubling the farmers income by 2022. Source - pib India  Reference   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1745479

Indian Pangolins : are found in gautam buddha Nagar Uttar Pradesh which is protected under the Wildlife protection act 1972 in schedule 1. Pangolins are among the most trafficked animal. Ants being its primary prey, the tongue of a pangolin is longer than its body to help it catch as many as 20,000 ants per day. The species is threatened due toits scale made of keratin-- much like human nails. Schedule 1 : it gives the highest level of protection to animal.  Noida has 3 protected animal in schedule 1: Spotted deer (cheetal) Blackbuck  Indian pangolin  Noida has other animal:such as Bengal fox Sahi Wild boar 

Topic-upsc GS-2 paper:  e- Governance, transparency and accountability . National payment corporation of India in association with development of financial services(DFS), National health authority (NHA), Ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) and partner banks have launched an e-Rupi digital solution. The Purpose behind is to make India a cashless, digital economy by promoting cashless transactions.  Features : It is a QR Code or SMS based e-Voucher which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries  It is an electronic pre-paid voucher (e-RUPI). An organization or individual can help someone by giving eRupi instead of cash. Voucher is authorized via a verification code-hence  easy and secure. It has two step redemption process. Voucher redemption can be tracked by issuer. No digital or bank account are required to have to beneficiaries.  No  specific mobile app required to have to beneficiaries.  Both basic and smart phone users are able to ...