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  ALGAL BLOOM HOTSPOTS Algal Bloom Information Service (ABIS) provides timely information on harmful algal blooms, which are detrimental to coastal fisheries, water quality and also tend to induce respiratory problems within the coastal population from time to time. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)-ABIS will provide near-real time information on the Spatio-temporal occurrence and spread of phytoplankton blooms over the North Indian Ocean.   Four regions have been identified as bloom hotspots   North Eastern Arabian Sea  coastal waters off Kerala  Gulf of Mannar  coastal waters of Gopalpur. 

  Covid-19 Pandemic and Internal Migration in India List of Contents Introduction The amount of Internal Migrants in India Causes of Internal Migration in India Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on internal migration Impact of the pandemic on internal migrants Impact of the pandemic induced reverse migration on economy Suggestions for improving the conditions of internal migrants Conclusion Introduction As per the 2011 census, there are  450   million  (38% of the population) internal migrants in India. The World Bank report titled  ‘ Migration and Development Brief ’  mentions that nearly  40 million internal migrants  are affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Further, the Internal migrants in India faced various challenges in their migrated state, migration path and home state. The Covid-19 second wave is presently forcing states to implement lockdown. This once again highlighted the challenges faced by internal migrants in India. The amount of Internal ...

FINANCE   Direct & Indirect Taxes Deficits   Laffer Curve GST GST Council Anti-dumping duty Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) National Pension System (NPS) Government liabilities FRBM Public Account Cash Management Bills Ways And Mean Advances Special Drawing Facility (SDF) Types of Schemes - CENTRAL SECTOR or CENTRALLY SPONSORED 15th Finance Commission Production taxes Product taxes Electoral Bonds Financial Inclusion Index              

  INFLATION Deflation Disinflation Core Inflation Stagflation Phillips Curve Inflationary Gap Inflation Tax WPI CPI PPI Inflation Targeting MPC Financial Repression Base Effect  

  BANKING Role of RBI Liquidity CRR - Incremental CRR NDTL   SLR Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) Repo   Reverse Repo Marginal Standing Facility   Open Market Operations Market Stabilisation Scheme Base rate   Bank Rate Various Types of Money Marginal Cost of funds based Lending rate (MCLR) Priority Sector Lending Priority Sector Lending Certificates (PSLCs)   Demonetisation Banking Sector Reforms – Indradhanush plan   & Indradhanush 2.0 – Capital Adequacy BASEL, D-SIBs Financial Inclusion Small Banks Payment Banks UPI Gold Schemes: - Gold Monetisation Scheme - Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme - The Gold Coin and Bullion Scheme MUDRA NPAs Ever-greening of Loans Twin Balance Sheet Problem Regional Rural Banks Monetary Policy Committee   FSLRC   FCNR 4Rs 4Ds

  Medical Oxygen Medical oxygen is one that is used for treatment in hospitals, and it is considered on par with a drug or a pharmaceutical product. Medical oxygen is the oxygen supplied to clinics, nursing homes and at times straight forwardly to a patient.  Medicinal oxygen is supplied in portable liquid cylinders which have capacity of roughly twenty eight times the limit of normal cylinder utilized for liquid oxygen. To collect pure oxygen, a special technique is deployed to separate oxygen from the atmosphere, which leads to separation and distillation of atmospheric air. Once the oxygen is collected, it is  inspected and packaged into different grades . These grades are then divided into several categories such as welding oxygen, aviation breathing oxygen, research grade oxygen and medical oxygen. Medical oxygen  uses Provide a basis for virtually all modern anaesthetic techniques Restore tissue oxygen tension by improving oxygen availability in a wide range of...

National Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report   Report Specifications ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’ is the title of the paper. It describes India’s most vulnerable states and districts in terms of current climate danger and primary vulnerability drivers. The study was prepared in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, by the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. The Following are the Main results of the Vulnerability Assessment This study describes the most vulnerable states and districts in India in terms of current climate danger and the key drivers of vulnerability, based on an all-India assessment. Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal, which have a relatively high vulnerability, are mainly in the eastern part of the country, necessitating the prioritisation of adaptation interventions. Ove...