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Government hikes exports tax on petrol, diesel to ease home situation 

(Economy)

 

Circle rate rebate withdrawn ,stamp duty may go up 

(Economy)

Why did the government impose a special additional excise duty on export of petrol and diesel? And implications of the move .

 

What is the circle rate? And What is stamp duty?

 

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The Ministry  moves to change environment protection law :fine no imprisonment  

(Environment)

Know about the MoEF proposal to make  amendments in the Environment Protection Act? rationale behind it and what are the major provisions of Environment Protection Act, 1986?

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A Renewables revolution

(Environment)

What are the causes of the growing energy crisis and the climate crisis?their impacts ,significance of abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition?What are various initiatives to  boost renewable energy around the world.?and what more needs to be done ?

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Passing stress test 

(Economy)

Know about findings of Reserve Bank of India’s latest financial stability report and its major recommendations .

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How the bank held its own 

(Economy)

Know about RBI’s inflation management,How the RBI innovated policy to fight the pandemic?issues linked to them,key analysis and way ahead .

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BB era ends :new body select chiefs of PSU banks ,insurance firms 

 

‘Acute price pressures: Factory PMI growth at 9-mth low’

 

(Economy)

 

What are the objectives behind the government’s resolution for establishing the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) in place of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB)?

 

What is  Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)?,Calculation of PMI and its purpose

 

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The new virus sub variants 

(Science and Technology )

Which Covid-19 variants are currently the most in circulation? And What do we know about these sub-variants so far?

 
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