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✅Centre advises Edible Oil Associations to maintain MRP of oil till availability of edible oil stocks imported at 0% and 12.5% 👉 To bolster domestic oilseed farmers , the govt increases the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) 📚Topics to cover for Prelims- Basic Customs Duty and other types of Customs duty 📚What is Basic Customs Duty ? a) It is a tax levied on imported goods in India and is regulated under Customs Act, 1962 and Customs Tariff Act, 1975 b) It is calculated as a percentage of the assessable value of the goods c) The assessable value is the sum of costs of goods, freight and insurance d) The BCD rate can vary from 0-100% and it depends on the country of origin and the type of goods being imported e) Some goods are exempt from BCD, like life saving drugs, and food and drugs used for special medical purposes for treatment of rare diseases. #PrelimsSnippets #pib #IndianEconomy #Currentaffairs

✅Wholesale Price Index for Month of August 2024 #Inflation #WPI #IndianEconomy #currentaffairs

✅India to get its own carbon market - Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) 👉 The CCTS scheme will be implemented by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Note : BEE has been established under Energy Conservation Act,2001 👉 CCTS will take effect by 2026 #Environment #CarbonMarket #currentaffairs #ParisAgreement

✅”Water Poverty” grips Africa Continent 👉 WHAT IS “WATER POVERTY” ? It is defined as a situation where a region or nation cannot afford the cost of sustainable clean water to all people at all times. #environment #currentaffairs #DownToEarth

✅”Accessibility Standards” for public exhibition of feature films in cinema theatres for persons with hearing and visual impairment #pib #currentaffairs

✅India to host the formal meetings of the CoP 9 Bureau and Fund approval Commitee of the UNESCO Anti-Doping Convention 👉topics to cover for prelims :- 1) Anti doping Convention of UNESCO 2) National Anti doping Agency (NADA) 3) World Anti doping Agency (WADA) #currentaffairs #InternationalOrganisations

✅BHASKAR (Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry) Initiative 👉under Startup India 👉launched by DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry #currentaffairs #pib

✅M. VISVESVARAYA - * Indian civil engineer and statesman * Diwan of Mysore ( 1912 - 1919 ) * He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire by King George for his contributions to public good . * He was the chief engineer of the Krishna Raja Sagar dam in Mysore city. * He introduced "block system of irrigation " in the Deccan canals in 1899. * This solved the problem of the "muddy and discolored" water in the city of Sukkur located on the backs of river INDUS. * He invented automatic gates meant to regulate the flow of water in reservoirs. The Krishna Raja Sagar dam was the first to install these gates . * He is known to have designed and planned an entire area of JAYANAGAR (Bangalore), one of the first planned neighbourhoods in Bangalore and , at that time , the largest in Asia. * Books by him --- "Reconstructing INDIA" (1920) "Planned Economy of India* (1934)

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