[Economy] CRR-SLR Exempt on FCNR, ECB Limits Changed Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jul week1-2022 (WMD)
RBI Exempts FCNR- foreign currency non-resident bank deposits and non-resident external (NRE) deposits from CRR SLR requirements to prevent Rs. fall
[Ethics WMD] Leadership Qualities- Mahua Moitra, Boris Johnson, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jul week2-2022
TMC MP Mahua Moitra in controversy because of her Twitter posts comparing sexual harassment word with "Mr.Gogoi"
[Ethics WMD] Attitude towards women- nonconsensual image, porn, right to privacy, abortion Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jul week1-2022
Army Officers went to Court for relief saying “We shouldn’t be punished for porn because it’s invasion of their right to privacy.
[Science WMD] ISRO POEM, NASA CAPSTONE, GEMCOVAC-19, Doctors Day, Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week4-2022
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module or ‘POEM’. POEM is a platform that will help perform in orbit experiments using the discarded, stage of PSLV rocket.
[Polity WMD] Nupur Sharma FIR clubbing, separation of powers, judicial appointments, Hermit Spyware- Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week4-2022
Supreme Court declined a plea by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma to club/group FIR filed against her for hate speech
[Economy WMD] NITI Report on Gig Workers, Environmental Activism, Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week4-2022
Gig workers are temporary workers who are engaged in livelihoods outside the traditional employer-employee arrangement. Delivery boys, app-based taxi drivers, service providers such as cleaners and technicians,
[Economy WMD] FSIB- Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), BBB, GST Rate Change, Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week4-2022
Govt is establishing the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) in place of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB). FSIB Chairman: Bhanu Pratap Sharma
[Environment WMD] Single use plastic ban, ESZ, Surya Nutan Cooker, & more from Jun week3-2022
India bans single use plastic using Environment Protection Act 1986 - e.g. cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, trays; sweet boxes etc
[Polity WMD] President Droupadi Murmu, OTT-Child actor rights, Election Symbol, Dynastic Politics Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week3-2022
Ensure at least one parent or legal guardian (a nurse in case of an infant) - is present during shoot. Ensure the child’s education under the Right to education Act
[Economy WMD] 30% Tax on Bitcoin & VDA, BNPL, WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS), & More Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week2-2022
Finance Act, 2022: 30% tax on Profit on cryptocurrency trade. And, tax deducted at source (TDS) of 1 per cent on transfer of virtual digital assets (VDAs) from July 1, if the value of transactions exceeds Rs 10,000 in a year.
[Economy WMD] Black Swan Event, NCAP Car Safety, NITI CEO, Consumer Expenditure Survey- Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week2-2022
a black swan event means an unprecedented unexpected extreme risk event e.g. 2007’s USA sub-prime crisis, 2020’s Corona. RBI report says that in the next black swan event, possibility of capital outflows to the tune of $100 billion -around Rs 7,80,000 crore from India by FPIs.
[Economy WMD] RBI’s non-official Directors, Critical Banking Infrastructure, Rajasthan NPS Exit, Weekly Mrunal Digest from Jun week2-2022
Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) → GOVERNMENT has nominated Anand Mahindra, Venu Srinivasan (TVS), Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel (Zydus Cadila) and Ravindra H Dholakia (Ex-IIM Boss) as part-time non-official Directors.
[Ethics WMD] Corporate Greed, Pinkwashing, PUBG Weekly Mrunal Digest from July week1-2022 for UPSC
Pinkwashing is the strategy of Companies to promote LGBT rights and products to distract from real issues. E.g. June, recognised as (LGBT) Pride month → Walmart and other companies launch rainbow coloured products tshirt, jackets, etc to profit. Netflix and Amazon Prime launch web series where LGBT actors are shown in positive and powerful light. But in reality many LGBT employees removed from job, not allowed to progress in career etc