Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs January 2018 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of December 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. National Medical Commission Bill________4
1.2. Electoral Bonds_______________________6
1.3. Office of Profit _______________________7
1.4. Totalizer Machines____________________9
1.5. Criminal Justice System ________________9
1.6. National Register of Citizen ____________11
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 13
2.1. Foreign Aid to Poor __________________13
2.2. India-ASEAN ________________________14
2.3. India Gets Entry into Australia Group ____15
2.4. India Israel _________________________16
2.5. India-Myanmar______________________18
2.6. Polar Silk Road ______________________19
2.7. Iranian Protests _____________________19
2.8. US Special Watch List _________________20
2.9. National Knowledge Network __________20
2.10. Raisina Dialogue____________________21
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 22
3.1. Banking Reforms Roadmap ____________22
3.2. Agricultural NPAS Spike _______________23
3.3. Report of the Committee on Doubling
Farmers’ Income ________________________24
3.4. Price Deficiency Payment (PDP) Scheme _25
3.5. CAG Report on FSSAI _________________26
3.6. Organic Food _______________________27
3.7. National Year of Millets _______________29
3.8. Pink Bollworm Attack on Cotton ________30
3.9. The Problem of Land Hoarding _________30
3.10. Floor Space Index ___________________31
3.11. Inclusive Development Index _________32
3.12. World Employment and Social Outlook
2018 __________________________________33
3.13. Global Talent Competitiveness Index ___33
3.14. Global Manufacturing Index __________34
3.15. Electronics Manufacturing in India _____34
3.16. Government E-Marketplace (GeM) 3.0 __37
3.17. GST E-Way Bill _____________________37
3.18. Model Concession Agreement for Port
Development___________________________38
3.19. UDAN 2 ___________________________40
3.20. Jal Marg Vikas Project _______________41
3.21. Logistics Ease Across Different States ___41
3.22. Amendments in Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) policy_____________________________42
3.23. Universal Exchange _________________42
3.24. India BPO Promotion Scheme and North
East BPO Promotion Scheme ______________43
3.25. National Investment and Infrastructure
Fund __________________________________44
3.26. IRFC’s First Green Bond ______________45
4. SECURITY___________________________47
4.1. Cyber Security ______________________47
4.2. Aaddhar Security ____________________48
4.3. Private Participation in Defence ________49
4.4. Agni V _____________________________50
4.5. INS Karanj __________________________51
5. ENVIRONMENT______________________52
5.1. Disaster Resilient Infrastructure ________52
5.2. Indian Tsunami Early Warning System ___53
5.3. Urban Heat Island____________________53
5.4. Carbon Sink_________________________54
5.5. Leed for Cities_______________________55
5.6. Environmental Performance Index ______56
5.7. Himalayan Research Fellowships Scheme_56
5.8. Zero Budget Natural Farming __________57
5.9. Mangalajodi Ecotourism Trust__________58
5.10. Sikkim Allows Forging Relationship with
Trees _________________________________58
5.11. New Moth Species __________________58
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________60
6.1. Supercomputers Pratyush and Mihir ____60
6.2. PSLV C40 ___________________________60
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6.3. NASA Missions for 2018_______________61
6.4. Blue Moon _________________________62
6.5. The Removedebris Mission ____________62
7. SOCIAL____________________________ 64
7.1. Social Protection ____________________64
7.2. All India Survey on Higher Education ____65
7.3. ASER Annual Report__________________66
7.4. Fertility Trend in India ________________67
7.5. Pictorial Warning on Tobacco Products __68
7.6. First India-Designed Vaccine Passed Who