Important issues from Current Affairs for 2015 Mains

The Current Affairs question sets [Click here to open] tried to cover a broad spectrum of issues from current happenings. However there are some issues which are being discussed in the Government but they may or may not have found place in the news. Here are some issues which can be considered to be ‘happening’ from Government’s perspective. At this stage it will be tough to read anything in detail about these topics. But I would advise just to go through the basic concepts.

SOCIAL SECTOR

1. Evaluation and restructuring of RSBY
2. Saakshar Bharat Programme: Promoting Volunteerism and Convergence with SSA and other schemes
3. National Policy on promoting the manufacturing of API/Bulk Drugs
4. GIAN in Higher education
5. Jan Aushadhi: Quality Medicines at affordable prices for all
6. Measures in ensuring sustainability of ODF
7. Umbrella Scheme on Education for Tribal Students
8. Synergies between RMSA and SSA and Scope of Convergence between the two
9. School Milk Programme
10. Kayakalp – Quality improvement in public health facilities
11. Improving Monitoring and Efficacy of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
12. Integration of Maternal Death Review (MDR) with Mother & Child Tracking System (MCTS) Application
13. Internationalization of Education
14. Key Issues & Implementation Gaps in the Education Sector in North-East India
15. DDU – GKY- Special guidelines for Persons with Disability
16. National Database of Teachers to monitor teacher education
17. Women and Child friendly Panchayats
18. Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
19. Integration of RGNCS & ICDS
20. Streamlining Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)
21. Micro nutrient fortification in ICDS

FINANCE/ TRADE

1. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
2. India BPO Promotion Scheme and North-East BPO Promotion Scheme
3. Project SUDHA
4. Monitoring of investment schemes viz. Chit Fund, CIS, Prize Chit, MLM
5. Standards on Goods and Services
6. PPP in Developing Airport Infrastructure
7. Innovations in startup – The Industry University tie up and Incubation
8. Access to funds / capital for Start-ups
9. “Bed & Breakfast / Home stay” Policy of Incredible India
10. Status of Handloom clusters
11. Labour Code on Social Security
12. Multi-State Societies Registration Bill
13. Strengthening Industrial Training Institutes and Industry Linkage

AGRICULTURE- RURAL DEVELOPMENT- FOOD

1. PMKSY: to formulate templates of District Irrigation Plan (DIP)
2. SHGs credit linkage – Issues and challenges
3. A step towards ease of doing business through Conclusive titling
4. Pesticides’ Regulatory Framework
5. De-Canalization of Urea Imports
6. Juvenile Delinquency: Effectiveness of laws and emerging issues in India
7. Potential Irrigation created by Interlinking of River
8. Merging BGREI & NFSM
9. PMGSY Monitoring
10. Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertilizer Subsidy
11. Skill development in Food Processing Sector
12. Leveraging the organic potential of the North East
13. Computerization of PDS
14. Universal Crop Insurance
15. E-POS – A new way in computerization of TPDS
16. Cold Chain – Integration of schemes
17. National Livestock Mission and its Convergence with National Rural Livelihood Mission

DEFENCE- INTERNAL SECURITY

1. GIS Map for LWE Districts
2. Communication in LWE areas: Mobile coverage
3. Human Trafficking – Challenges and Responses with special emphasis on Cross Border Trafficking
4. Sex Offenders Registry
5. Aid to civil authorities by the armed forces
6. Investigative Unit on Crime Against Women
7. ICT for monitoring of work for Border Area Development Plan (BADP) and Integrated Check Post (ICP)
8. Streamlining Quality Mechanisms in Ordnance Factories
9. Cashless Treatment of Acid Victims

INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Heritage City – New Approach of Urban Development
2. PCPIRs
3. “Right Of Way” Policy bottlenecks
4. NLCPR Project for North East
5. Operationalizing shipbuilding subsidy scheme
6. Udyog Aadhar
7. Citizen Engagement for preparation of Smart City Proposals
8. Effective use of land post mining.
9. Real Estate Bill
10. Functional and Financial aspects of UMPP
11. Alternate models for attracting private players in mineral exploration under the new National Mineral Exploration Policy
12. SFURTI – Reduction in Implementation Time
13. Making Clean Cooking Fuel Accessible – A fresh look at domestic LPG
14. Curbing trade deficit in mineral sector through import substitution and optimization of imports
15. Road safety through responsive post-crash response mechanism
16. Feasibility of establishing a Communication University
17. Port-Led Development and PPP in ports sector
18. CGD Network and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) Network System in India
19. Enhancing revenue generation from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
20. PMEGP online process and fund flow simplification
21. IHHL construction – Process re-engineering
22. To expedite the Process of Awarding a Highway Project
23. Monitoring the Progress of Coal mine project after the auction

ENVIRONMENT

1. Working of Joint Forest Management Committees
2. Decongesting NCR
3. Improving implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006
4. Ground Water Development and Scoping for Sustainable Ground Water Resource Management
5. Control of Pollution of River Ganga
6. Effective implementation of Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
7. Scope in the implementation of Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency projects

REGULATORY ISSUES

1. Disaster Response Plan 2015
2. Revisiting Service rules for Civil Servants
3. Feasibility of establishing a Communication University
4. Citizen mediated monitoring mechanism
5. FCRA – Process Re-engineering

6. Revision of District Gazetteers