Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs December 2018 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of November 2017 bearing relevance to Civil Service Examination. News and events from all domain i.e. National, Business, International etc. have been dealt in brief. The magazine is brought out monthly by renowned Delhi based IAS coaching institute VISION IAS.

Table of Contents
1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION ___________ 4
1.1. Mission Antyodaya____________________4
1.2. Municipal Reforms ____________________5
1.3. Special Courts for Trying Politicians ______7
1.4. Section 29A of RPA____________________8
1.5. Candidates Contesting from Two Seats____9
1.6. Open Prisons _______________________10
1.7. Judicial Accountability & RTI Act ________11
1.8. Adultery Law to be Revisited___________12
1.9. Meghalaya’s Social Audit Law __________13
1.10. Schemes for North Eastern Region _____13
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 15
2.1. Indian Diaspora Largest in the World ____15
2.2. India Gets Entry into Wassenaar
Arrangement ___________________________16
2.3. The New US Security Strategy __________17
2.4. US Recognises Jerusalem as Capital of Israel
______________________________________17
2.5. International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
______________________________________18
2.6. International Solar Alliance ____________19
2.7. Maldives and China __________________19
2.8. US Withdraws from Global Compact on
Migration______________________________20
2.9. Permanent Structured Cooperation on
Defence (PESCO) ________________________20
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 21
3.1. Strategy on Resource Efficiency ________21
3.2. WTO Ministerial Conference 11 ________23
3.3. Mid-Term Review of Foreign Trade Policy 25
3.4. Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance
(FRDI) Bill 2017 _________________________26
3.5. RBI’s Financial Stability Report _________28
3.6. Consumer Protection Bill 2018 _________29
3.7. Contract Farming ____________________30
3.8. Fertilizer Sector _____________________32
3.9. Energy Access _______________________33
3.10. Methanol Economy _________________35
3.11. DBT in Power Sector_________________36
3.12. Guidelines for Procuring Wind Power___37
3.13. Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for
Solar Transfiguration of India (SRISTI) _______38
3.14. India Challenges China as World’s Biggest
LPG Importer ___________________________39
3.15. National Highway Investment Promotion
Cell ___________________________________40
3.16. Plans for Backward Districts __________41
3.17. Ship-Breaking Industry_______________42
3.18. Leather Industry ____________________43
3.19. Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles
Sector_________________________________44
3.20. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Review
______________________________________44
3.21. Financial System Stability Assessment
(FSSA) and Financial Sector Assessment (FSA)_45
4. SECURITY___________________________46
4.1. NIC-CERT Setup______________________46
4.2. Border protection Grid________________46
4.3. Endo-Atmospheric Interceptor Missile
Successfully Test Fired ___________________47
4.4. INS Kalvari _________________________47
4.5. Military Exercises ____________________48
5. ENVIRONMENT______________________49
5.1. Delhi Air Pollution: Recent Initiatives ____49
5.1.1. Delhi Government Action Plan __________ 49
5.1.2. NGT Action Plan to Combat Delhi Air Pollution
_________________________________________ 49
5.1.3. Centre’s “Air Action Plan – Abatement of Air
Pollution in Delhi National Capital Region” ______ 50
5.1.4. Environment Ministry’s Regional Project to
Tackle Stubble Burning______________________ 51
5.2. Excessive Nitrogen in Atmosphere ______51
5.3. Electric Vehicle ______________________53
5.4. Environment Impact Assessment _______54
5.5. Global E-Waste Monitor ______________55
5.6. China Launches Nation Carbon Market___56
5.7. Invasive Alien Species ________________57
5.8. Scheme for Protection of Majuli Island___58
5.9. Birth Control for Animals ______________58
5.10. Joint Tiger Census___________________59
5.11. India Awarded by CITES ______________59
5.12. Cyclone Ockhi ______________________60
5.13. Urban Fires ________________________61
5.14. Project ‘Blue Flag’ for Beach Clean-up __62
5.15. Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities
______________________________________63
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________64
6.1. Brain Gain: Indian Scientists Returning to
India __________________________________64
6.2. Free Space Optical Communication______65
6.3. Nasa’s Sofia Mission__________________65
6.4. New Matter ‘Excitonium’ Discovered ____66
6.5. Eminid Meteor Shower _______________66
6.6. ITCOOCEAN_________________________66
7. SOCIAL_____________________________68
7.1. State of The World’s Children 2017 Report68
7.2. National Nutrition Mission ____________69
7.3. National Strategic Plan (2017-24) & Mission
Sampark_______________________________70
7.4. National Trachoma Survey Report (2014-17)
______________________________________72
7.5. MGNREGS Assessment________________73
7.6. Ganga Gram Project __________________73
7.7. Scheme for Inter-Caste Marriages_______74
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7.8. Minority Tag ________________________74
7.9. Gaming Disorder ____________________75
7.10. Utkrisht Impact Bond________________75
8. CULTURE __________________________ 77
8.1. Kumbh Mela ________________________77
8.2. Hornbill Festival _____________________77
9. ETHICS ____________________________ 79
9.1. Conflict of Interest ___________________79
9.2. Ethics of Privacy _____________________79
10. MISCELLANEOUS ___________________81
10.1. Darpan Project _____________________81
10.2. Kimberly Process Certification Scheme__81
10.3. Eco-Niwas Portal ___________________81
10.4. Public Procurement Portal for MSME ___82
10.5. Iraq Overtakes Saudi Arabia as India’s
Biggest Oil Supplier ______________________82
10.6. Virtual Currency of Venezuela _________83
10.7. Sameep ___________________________83