Solution (b)

Green Growth Equity Fund

•  India and the UK announced the launch of an Early Market Engagement for the joint UK-India Fund, namely a Green Growth Equity Fund

•  It aims to leverage private sector investment from the City of London to invest in green infrastructure projects in India

• Both governments will invest up to £120 million each (i.e. totally £ 240 million)

• The joint fund which will be established under the NIIF framework.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/working-with-india-to-make-clean-power-accessible-says-uk-minister/article32213863.ece

Solution (a)

The original Constitution did not contain provisions with respect to tribunals.

The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 added a new Part XIV-A to the Constitution. This part is entitled as ‘Tribunals’ and consists of only two Articles—Article 323 A dealing with administrative tribunals and Article 323 B dealing with tribunals for other matters.

Article 323 A empowers the Parliament to provide for the establishment of administrative tribunals for the adjudication of disputes relating to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services of the Centre, the states, local bodies, public corporations and other public authorities.

These tribunals are not bound by the procedure laid down in the Civil Procedure Code of 1908; rather these are guided by the principles of natural justice.

Do you know?

• The jurisdiction of Central Administrative Tribunal extends to the all-India services, the Central civil services, civil posts under the Centre and civilian employees of defence services, but, the members of the defence forces, officers and servants of the Supreme Court and the secretarial staff of the Parliament are not covered by it.

 Article reference: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/safeguarding-the-autonomy-of-tribunals/story-sTaztHIM2iZBhyaUTowxVM.html

Solution (d)

GST Compensation Cess is a levy which will be applicable in addition to the regular GST taxes (CGST + SGST/UTGST on intrastate supplies and IGST on interstate supplies). GST Cess will be levied on supply of certain notified goods – mostly belonging to the luxury and demerit category.

The GST Cess is levied to compensate states who may suffer any loss of revenue due to the implementation of GST, as per the provisions of the GST Compensation Cess Act.

Which goods will attract GST Cess?

Solution (c) 

The CA|TS was developed in response to the need for stringent conservation procedures for protection of the big cat through a partnership between governments and conservation organisations to assess the levels of effective management, among others.

To date, three sites – Lansdowne Forest Division in Uttarakhand, India, Chitwan National Park in Nepal and Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve in Russia – have been awarded CA|TS Approved status.

CA|TS is a set of criteria which allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to successful tiger conservation. CA|TS is organised under seven pillars and 17 elements of critical management activity.

CA|TS was developed by tiger and protected area experts. Officially launched in 2013, CA|TS is an important part of Tx2, the global goal to double wild tiger numbers by the year 2022.

Solution (a)

The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) reports on the status and trends of the world’s forest resources. It is led by the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.