Reserve Bank of India-Digital Payments Index

The RBI constructed the Digital Payments Index to learn about digital payments in the country. The index is calculated based on five parameters namely Payment Enablers, Consumer centricity, payment infrastructure on the demand side, and payment infrastructure on the supply side. The index is calculated with 2018 as the base period. The 2023 DPI in ..

Month: current affairs - february, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Digital Payments • Digital Payments Index • NPCI • Reserve Bank of India • UPI

ISRO Report on SSLV Mission Failure

In August 2022, the Indian Space Research Organization launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It carried two satellites and both satellites were rendered unusable. The mission was declared a failure. ISRO recently released a report detailing the reasons for the failure of the mission. ISRO investigation concluded that vibration disturbances were the major reason ..

Month: current affairs - february, 2023

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: ISRO • ISRO failure • SSLV • SSLV D1 • SSLV D2

Economic Survey 2022-23: Highlights

Economic Survey is presented a day before the Budget session. Finance Ministry prepares the survey. The survey says that in 2024, India’s GDP will be in the range of 6% to 6.8%. Public digital platforms played a major role in increasing economic growth in 2022. The performance of the Indian Rupee was better compared to ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Economic Survey • Finance Minister • GDP • nirmala sitaraman • Union Budget

IMF: India’s Inflation will fall to 5% in 2023, 4% in 2024

The International Monetary Forum recently released the World Economic Outlook. According to the report, the Inflation in India is to reduce to 6.8% in March 2023. Further by the end of 2023, the inflation will reduce to 5%. In 2024, Indian Inflation will be 4%. The report also said that global inflation is to reduce ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: developed countries • developing countries • Inflation • International Monetary Fund • World Economic Outlook

Annual Death Penalty Report, 2022

The National Law University was established under the NLUA Act of 2007. Project 39A is a group associated with the university and it recently released a report called the Annual Death Penalty Report, 2022. According to the report, the number of death penalty prisoners in India increased to 539 in 2022. It was 490 in ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Capital punishment • Death Penalty • Death Penalty India Report (DPIR) • Death Sentence • High Court • national law universities • sessions court • Supreme court

WHO Report on Global Trans – Fat Elimination 2022

Trans fats are unsaturated fats. Increased consumption of trans fats leads to heart diseases and bad cholesterol. The World Health Organization recently released a report on “Global Trans – Fat Elimination”. WHO started trans fat elimination in 2018. 2023 was the set year of the target to completely eliminate trans fats. Key findings of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Cooking oil • heart diseases • Trans fat • World Health Organisation (WHO)