Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs November 2017 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of October 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. Parliamentary Sessions ________________4
1.2. Inter-State Council ____________________5
1.3. Finance Commission __________________6
1.4. Probity in Judiciary under Question ______7
1.5. Program to Train Elected Women
Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions _8
1.6. More Seats for Sikkim Assembly ________10
1.7. North East Rural Livelihood Project______10
2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS __________ 12
2.1. UNSC Reform _______________________12
2.2. Belt and Road Initiative _______________13
2.3. ASEAN _____________________________14
2.4. Quadrilateral Meeting ________________16
2.5. India-Sri Lanka ______________________18
2.6. Indian Jugde Re-elected at ICJ __________19
2.7. India-Singapore _____________________20
2.8. UN Partnership Fund _________________20
2.9. Global Conference on Cyber Space ______21
2.10. Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017__22
2.11. Islamic Alliance to Fight Terrorism _____22
2.12. India's Membership for European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development ____________23
3. ECONOMY_________________________ 24
3.1. Boosting Agri-Exports_________________24
3.2. Fishery Sector in India ________________25
3.3. Seed Industry _______________________27
3.4. Open Access in Electricity _____________29
3.5. National Anti-Profiteering Authority_____30
3.6. TRAI Recommendations for the Telecom
Sector_________________________________30
3.6.1. Net Neutrality________________________ 30
3.6.2. Spectrum Relaxation __________________ 31
3.7. Relaxation on Bilateral Transfer Pricing
Policy _________________________________32
3.8. White Paper on Data Protection Framework
______________________________________33
3.9. Coastal Economic Zone _______________34
3.10. Garment Sector ____________________36
3.11. Task Force to Draft New Direct Tax Law _37
3.12. Logistic Sector Gets Infrastructure Status 37
3.13. National Power Portal (NPP) __________39
3.14. Global Wealth Report _______________39
3.15. RKVY-Raftaar ______________________40
3.16. Draft Norms for Drones ______________41
3.17. Geographical Indication ______________42
3.18. Global Financial Development Report __43
3.19. Public Utilities Services ______________44
3.20. Audit of Aviation Sector in India _______45
4. SECURITY___________________________46
4.1. Island Development Agency ___________46
4.2. Enhancing Security of Bay of Bengal _____47
4.3. Brahmos ___________________________48
4.4. Sampriti 2017 _______________________49
4.5. NIRBHAY Supersonic Cruise Missile _____49
4.6. International Multilateral Maritime Search
and Rescue Exercise _____________________50
5.1. New Guidelines on Compensatory
Afforestation ___________________________51
5.2. Bamboo is no Longer a Tree ___________51
5.3. Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 52
5.4. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions in India ______53
5.5. UN Emission Gap Report 2017__________53
5.6. Delhi Smog _________________________54
5.7. Ban on Polluting Fuels ________________56
5.8. Bonn Climate Change Conference _______57
5.9. Permaculture _______________________58
6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________59
6.1. Space Activities Bill, 2017 _____________59
6.2. Scoping Report on Antimicrobial Resistance
in India ________________________________60
6.3. Aditya L1___________________________61
6.4. Most Ancient Spiral Galaxy Found ______62
6.5. New Parasitic Plant Discovered _________62
7. SOCIAL_____________________________64
7.1. WHO Guidelines on Responding to Child Sex
Abuse _________________________________64
7.2. Global Gender Gap Report 2017 ________65
7.3. India State Level Disease Burden Report _66
7.4. Private health care ___________________68
7.5. India Youth Development Index and Report
2017 __________________________________68
7.6. National Rural Drinking Water Programme69
7.7. Creation of National Testing Agency _____70
7.8. Mission For Protection And Empowerment
For Women ____________________________71
7.9. Global Education Monitoring Report ____72
7.10. Sub-Schemes Under ICDS_____________74
7.11. Moscow Declaration ________________74
7.12. Elephantiasis ______________________75
8. CULTURE __________________________ 77
8.1. Unesco Award for Srirangam Temple ____77
8.2. Chennai in UNESCO’s Creative Cities
Network List ___________________________77
8.3. History of Indian Navy ________________78
9. ETHICS_____________________________79
9.1. Teaching Ethics to Civil Servants ________79
9.2. The Virtue and Practice of Toleration ____80
10. MISCELLANEOUS ___________________81
10.1. Saubhagya Portal ___________________81
10.2. Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative ____81
10.3. UMANG App _______________________81
10.4. India Road Assessment Programme ____81
10.5. Nivesh Bandhu _____________________82
10.6. Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana ____________82