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National Infrastructure Smt. Nirmala A report of the task force on National Infrastructure
Pipeline 2019-2025 (NIP Sitharaman, Union Pipeline for 2019-2025 (NIP 2019-25) in order to achieve
2019-25) Report Minister of Finance the $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. Based on the
information compiled by the task force headed by
Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, Rs 102 lakh
crores has been projected on the capital expenditure in
infrastructure sectors in India during the fiscals 2020 to
2025. Click here
Forest Survey of India Forest Survey of According to a report about 21.40% of forest cover of the
(FSI) Report 2019 India (FSI) country has been prone to fires. Among the total forest
areas, the northeastern region in the country was found to
be more vulnerable. Mizoram topped among all the states
with the highest number of fire alerts at 2,795. The forest
fire points (FFP) identified during the 13 years (2004-
2017) were 2,77,758. While overall green cover in the
country has been increased but forest cover in the north
east states have decreased drastically. Click here
Levels and Trends in Child Inter agency group As per this report India is among 5 countries where in
Mortality report 2020 for child mortality, 2018, the mortality of girls under the age of 5 exceeds that
United Nations(UN) of the boys. Half of all under-5 deaths in 2018 occurred in
these five countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) and Ethiopia.India
and Nigeria alone accounted for about 1/3rd of under 5 age
deaths. In India, considering overall states and Union
Territories(UTs), Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttarakhand
showed largest gender gaps in under-5 age mortality. Click
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Market Study on E- Competition For better understanding a functioning of e-commerce in
commerce in India:Key Commission of India on April 2019.
Findings and Observations India (CCI) Revenue sector: Revenue from the e-commerce sector is
report 2020 expected to increase from $39 billion in 2017 to $120
billion in 2020, growing at an annual rate of 51%, the
highest in the world. Click here
2nd State Energy Efficiency Minister of State In New Delhi based on 97 indicators. The index was
Index 2019 (MoS- Independent released during RPM (Review, Planning and Monitoring)
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Institute for Health Metrics and (IHME) Acccording to a recent report 14% of under 5
Evaluation(IHME) Report 2020 years of age deaths in India occurred mainly
due to pneumonia. This accounted for
approximately 1,27,000 deaths annually
where the figure was around 1,78,000 in 2013.
50% of the under-5 deaths caused by
pneumonia were from the northern belt of
India. Click here
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A New Era for Girls: Taking stock United Nations Girls still face violence and discrimination
on 25 years of progress Children’s Fund even after 25 years of Beijing Declaration and
(UNICEF) collaboration Platform for Action. The Beijing Declaration
with UN Women and was aimed at advancing women’s and girls’
Plan International rights in the country. The report has been
launched in line with the Generation Equality
campaign, and to mark the 25th anniversary of
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action. Female youth Labour Force
participation declined to 33% in 2020 owing
to improved Educational opportunities.
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2nd Global Animal Protection World Animal India gained C grade (also in 1st edition in
Index (API) 2020 Protection 2014) with other 8 countries which indicates
India is one of the better-performing
countries. Tragically no country gained A
grade. It index aims to display whether
countries are doing well & where they lack on
animal welfare policy & legislation, so they
could take steps to improve. Click here
10th FICCI-IBA survey FICCI and Indian FICCI has released the 10th round of FICCI-IBA
Banks’ survey in New Delhi which was conducted by
Association (IBA) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
& Industry (FICCI) and Indian Banks’
Association (IBA) for the period of July to
December 2019. The survey has
analyzed 18 banks consisting of public sector,
private sector and foreign banks which
together represented 50% of the banking
industry, as classified by asset size. The survey
required view of bankers on the measures that
would help in improving the economic
situation. Responding banks reporting NPAs
declined to 39% while sector with High NPAs
are Infrastructure, Metals and Iron &
Steel, Engineering Goods and Textiles.
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Report of the International United Nations Office In accordance with the “Report of the
Narcotics Control Board for 2019 of Drugs and Crime International Narcotics Control Board for
(UNODC) 2019”, by International Narcotics Control
Board (INCB) released by United Nations
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Lost at Home: The risks and United Nations The report by United Nations Children’s Fund
challenges for internally Children’s Fund (UNICEF) titled “Lost at Home: The risks and
displaced children and the urgent (UNICEF) challenges for internally displaced children
actions needed to protect them and the urgent actions needed to protect
them”, has stated, at the end of 2019, an
estimation of 46 million people were
internally displaced around the world by
conflict and violence, out of which, more than
4 in 10, or 19 million were children. In India,
the total number of new internal
displacements in 2019 stood at 5,037,000 (5
mn) due to natural disasters & conflict and
violence. Click here
Country of Particular Concern U.S. Commission on The U.S. Commission on International
(CPC) Annual Report 2020 International Religious Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its Annual
Freedom (USCIRF) Report 2020 has downgraded the Indian
ranking by naming it into the list of “Country
of Particular Concern (CPC)” i.e. Tier 1 from
“Special Watch List i.e. “Tier-2” in 2019 report,
this is the first time since 2004 that India has
been placed in this category for engaging in
and tolerating systematic, and ongoing
religious freedom violations, as defined by the
International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA),
1998.
NIP for FY 2019-25 Final Report Atanu Chakraborty The task force on National Infrastructure
Pipeline (NIP) chaired by economic affairs
secretary Atanu Chakraborty submitted its
Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projecting total
infrastructure investment of Rs 111 lakh crore
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Annual Periodic Labour Force National Statistical According to the annual Periodic Labour Force
Survey (PLFS) Office (NSO), Ministry Survey (PLFS) [July 2018 – June 2019] of
of Statistics and National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of
Programme Statistics and Programme Implementation
Implementation (MoSPI), India’s unemployment rate fell to
(MoSPI) 5.8% between July 2018 and June 2019 from
6.1% during the same period of 2017-18 while
the Indian economy grew 6.1% in 2018-19,
slower than the 7% expansion recorded the
year before. Click here
Nature Index 2020 Nature Index 2020 3 autonomous institutions of the Department
ratings of Science & Technology (DST), Government of
India ranked among top 30 Indian Institutes.
The Nature Index 2020 ratings has been
globally topped by Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS), China while India’s Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is on
160th position globally but stood first among
Indian institutions. Click here
U.S. Commission on International USCIRF U.S. Commission on International Religious
Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Freedom (USCIRF) appreciated State
Report Department’s 2019 Annual Report on
International Religious Freedom to improving
religious freedom conditions abroad. As per
the report India was termed as “country of
particular concern’(CPC). Click here
Global Economic Prospect (GEP) World Bank World Bank in its latest edition of the Global
June 2020 report Economic Prospect (GEP) June 2020 report,
states that India’s growth is contract by 3.2%
(ie. -3.2%) for FY20-21. Also the global
economy will contract by 5.2% in 2020 as per
GEP. The World Bank president David Malpass
stated that an estimated 60 million people
could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020.
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Global Trade Update 2020 United Nations According to the report titled ‘Global Trade
Conference on Trade Update 2020’ released by the Geneva based
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