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BRIEF NOTE ON NEO CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST

BRIEF NOTE ON NEO CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST

INSIDE THE DIGEST BRIEF NOTE ON NEO CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST ............................................................................ 1 CURRENT AFFAIRS GRANDMASTER CHALLENGE ............................................................................. 7

SOCIAL SECTOR: HEALTH ......................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16

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1 SOCIAL SECTOR ................................................................................................................................... 9

SWACHH SURVEKSHAN 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 TYPBAR TCV ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 GAVI ALLIANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME (IDSP) .................................................................................................................................. 10 NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING AUTHORITY ............................................................................................................................................. 11 HPV VACCINE................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 ROTAVAC VACCINE ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 PULSE POLIO PROGRAMME FOR 2018 .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 AMRIT (AFFORDABLE MEDICINE AND RELIABLE IMPLANTS FOR TREATMENT) SCHEME ............................................................................................. 13 PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHIT MATRITVA ABHIYAN ............................................................................................................................................. 14 KALA AZAR........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 UN ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 HEALTHY INDIA FOOD CALENDAR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 KACHRA MAHOTSAV ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 STAR RATING FOR CITIES...................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDIA’S NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGES ................................................................................................................................. 17

Social Sector: Education ................................................................................................................................... 17 1.17 MARGDARSHAN .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 1.18 ‘MAITREYI YATRA’ ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 1.19 GIAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.20 OPERATION DIGITAL BOARD ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 1.21 AISHE, GURUJAN PORTAL AND GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO .................................................................................................................................. 18 1.22 ASER................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 1.23 CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION (CABE) ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Social Sector: Vulnerable Sections .................................................................................................................... 20 1.24 NARI & E-SAMVAD .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.25 SCHEME FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS (SAG) ............................................................................................................................................................. 20 1.26 STREE SWABHIMAN INITIATIVE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 1.27 RECOGNITION GIVEN TO WOMEN ACHIEVERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 1.28 ICELAND - FIRST COUNTRY TO LEGALISE EQUAL PAY AT WORKPLACE ..................................................................................................................... 23 1.29 NATIONAL HANDICAPPED FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.............................................................................................................. 23 1.30 PRADHAN MANTRI VAYA VANDANA YOJANA (PMVVY) AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS SAVINGS SCHEME (SCSS) ...................................................... 23 1.31 OXFAM INTERNATIONAL ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.32 'JIYO PARSI' SCHEME ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.33 ACCESSIBLE INDIA CAMPAIGN ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 1.34 MANKIDIA TRIBE AND PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTG) ...................................................................................................... 26 2 Economy: Concepts, Schemes and Institutions ............................................................................................. 28 Economy: Concepts ..........................................................................................................................................28 2.1 ORGANIC FOOD ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 2.2 CUSTOMIZED FERTILIZERS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 2.3 ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 2.4 ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUND ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30 2.5 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 2.6 PARTICIPATORY NOTES ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.7 UNPUBLISHED PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS .............................................................................................. 31 2.8 RES EXTRA COMMERCIUM ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.9 PROTECTIONISM AND DIFFERENT TYPES ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.10 OPEX MODEL OF SOLAR POWER ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 2.11 SAFEGUARD DUTY .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34

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SUNSET CLAUSE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 ANCHOR INVESTORS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 PROVISIONING REQUIREMENT.............................................................................................................................................................................. 35 OPTIONS IN FINANCE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 VALUE CAPTURE FINANCE (VCF) POLICY FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................................................... 36 INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 LEADS INDEX .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 INDIA VOLATILITY INDEX ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 GLOBAL MANUFACTURING INDEX ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38 GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECT REPORT .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 URBAN LIVEABILITY INDEX AND GLOBAL LIVEABILITY INDEX ................................................................................................................................ 39

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Economy: Schemes ........................................................................................................................................... 40 2.23 PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40 2.24 INDAS .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 2.25 SHRAM AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 41 2.26 SKYREV360........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 2.27 NIRMAN SAMVAAD ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 2.28 SFOORTI ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 2.29 ICETRAK- ICETAB .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 2.30 NATIONAL WATERWAYS -2 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 44 2.31 NATIONAL CSR DATA PORTAL AND CORPORATE DATA PORTAL ......................................................................................................................... 44 2.32 SAKHSHAM 2018 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45 2.33 GOLD HALLMARKING REGULATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 45 2.34 SPARK & PARAS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 46 2.35 GLOBAL HOUSING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE (GHCTC) ............................................................................................................ 46 2.36 MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONS AND PORTALS UNDER MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS ............................................................................... 47 2.37 PERFORM ACHIEVE AND TRADE (PAT) ............................................................................................................................................................... 48 Economy: Institutions ...................................................................................................................................... 49 2.38 GST COUNCIL .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 2.39 NATIONAL PAYMENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA (NPCI) ...................................................................................................................................... 49 2.40 INDIA INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 50 2.41 DHARMA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 2.42 NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND I NFRASTRUCTURE FUND (NIIF) ................................................................................................................................ 51 2.43 SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES .................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 2.44 ICREATE ........................................................................