Vision IAS Monthly Current Affairs September 2017 is a monthly magazine which contains compilation of news for the month of August 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.

1. POLITY AND CONSTITUTION ___________ 4
   1.1. Co-Operative Movement in India ________4
   1.2. Whip _______________________________6
   1.3. Declaration of Assets of MPs____________6
   1.4. NOTA in Rajya Sabha Polls______________7
   1.5. Demand for a Hybrid Electoral System ____8
   1.6. Panchayat Staffing Rules ______________10
   1.7. Preventive Vigilance__________________10
   2. INTERNATIONAL/INDIA AND WORLD ___ 13
   2.1. BRICS Summit 2017 __________________13
   2.2. India-Myanmar______________________14
   2.3. India-Japan _________________________16
   2.4. Rohingya Issue ______________________17
   2.5. North Korea Nuclear Crisis_____________19
   2.6. India-China Joint proposal: WTO________20
   2.7. Pacts Signed by Exim Bank Under BRICS
   Mechanism ____________________________22
   3. ECONOMY_________________________ 23
   3.1. Wage Code Bill 2017 _________________23
   3.2. Domestic Systematically Important Bank _23
   3.3. Consolidation of Public Sector Banks ____24
   3.4. Contingency Fund of Reserve Bank of India
   ______________________________________24
   3.5. Credit Rating Agencies ________________25
   3.6. Economic Advisory Council ____________26
   3.7. Shell Companies _____________________26
   3.8. Smart Agriculture Conclave ____________27
   3.9. GIS-Enabled Portal Maps Land-Related
   Information ____________________________28
   3.10. Dairy Sector _______________________28
   3.11. Doubling the Farmers Income _________30
   3.12. Electronic Warehousing Receipts ______31
   3.13. Saubhagya Yojana __________________32
   3.14. Oil Discovery in Arabian Sea __________33
   3.15. Intelligent Transportation Systems _____34
   3.16. India Third in Nuclear Power Installations35
   3.17. WEF Global Competitiveness Index_____36
   3.18. Road Safety: Road Accident in India 201636
   4. SECURITY__________________________ 39
   4.1. Police Reforms: Modernisation of Police
   Force Scheme __________________________39
   4.2. Rohingya: National Security Issue _______40
   4.3. Astra Missile ________________________41
   4.4. DRDO Successfully Tests NAG Missile ____41
   4.5. Military Excercises ___________________41
   4.5.1. Yudh Abhyas 2017 ____________________ 41
   4.5.2. Surya Kiran Exercise ___________________ 42
   5. ENVIRONMENT_____________________ 43
   5.1. Coastal Erosion______________________43
   5.2. Plastic Bags/Waste Management _______44
   5.3. Draft Policy on Sediment Management __44
   5.4. Strategic Regional Plan to Tackle HumanElephant Conflict ________________________46
   5.5. Dam Safety _________________________46
   5.6. Amendments to Environment Protection Act
   ______________________________________48
   5.7. Guideline for Odour Pollution __________48
   5.8. Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) System _49
   5.9. Carbon Capture Technology ___________50
   5.10. Sedimentary Basins of India __________51
   5.11. Saving Natural Capital _______________51
   5.12. Animal Species in the Indian Sundarbans 52
   5.13. Snow Leopard______________________53
   5.14. New Wetland Conservation Rules______54
   6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY____________56
   6.1. Hospital Acquired Infections ___________56
   6.2. Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV ____57
   6.3. 5G ________________________________58
   6.4. India Joins Quantum Computing Race ___59
   6.5. Biotechnology in North East Region _____60
   6.6. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram
   Sankul Pariyojana _______________________61
   6.7. Artificial Leaf _______________________62
   6.8. Monkey Fever_______________________62
   6.9. Jeevan Bindi ________________________62
   6.10. Mapping Lunar Water with Data From
   Chandrayaan-1 _________________________63
   6.11. Nation-Wide Hackathon
   #Opengovdatahack Launched______________64
   6.12. Osiris-Rex Spacecraft ________________64
   6.13. Cassini Mission _____________________65
   6.14. Europe Unveils World's Most Powerful XRay Laser ______________________________65
   7. SOCIAL_____________________________66
   7.1. National Nutrition Strategy ____________66
   7.2. Public Healthcare in India _____________67
   7.2.1. Inadequate Resources– Infrastructure &
   Human___________________________________ 67
   7.2.2. Less Focus on Preventive Public Health____ 68
   7.2.3. Failure in Procurement Management _____ 68
   7.3. India's Ambitious 'Zero Hunger' Programme
   ______________________________________69
   7.4. Health Ministry Launches Two New
   Contraceptives__________________________70
   7.5. Challenges of Ageing in India___________71
   7.6. Women Reservation Bill ______________72
   7.7. Laws on Beggary in India ______________74
   7.8. Centre Plans Halfway Homes___________75
   7.9. Global Human Capital Index ___________76
   7.10. New Paradigm for Determining Sexual
   Assault ________________________________77
   7.11. DBT for Integrated Child Development
   Scheme (ICDS) __________________________77
   7.12. Reforms in Higher Education __________79
   7.13. Swacchta Hi Seva ___________________80
   7.14. LPG Panchayat _____________________80
   7.15. Pencil Portal _______________________81
   8. CULTURE __________________________ 82
   8.1. Konkani____________________________82
   8.2. Bonda Tribe ________________________82
   8.3. Cauvery Maha Pushkaram _____________82
   9. ETHICS_____________________________84
   9.1. Ethics and Superstition _______________84
   9.2. Blue Whale Challenge ________________84
   10. MISCELLANEOUS ___________________86
   10.1. Khelo India ________________________86
   10.2. Divyang Sarathi Mobile App __________86
   10.3. North East