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Daily Current Affairs: 18 February 2025

Current affairs of 18 February 2025: Indian Illegal Migration to US: Deportation Data Insights; CEC Appointment Law 2023 and Gyanesh Kumar’s Selection; Kaveri 2.0 DDoS Attack: Karnataka Land Portal Targeted, and 7 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 10 topics

National Affairs

  1. CEC Appointment Law 2023 and Gyanesh Kumar’s Selection

Banking & Finance

  1. SEBI Makes Public Consultation Mandatory for Regulation Changes
  2. Repo Rate Cut Impact: EMIs, Lender Disclosure, Housing Limits
  3. RBI Rupee Defence and Liquidity Squeeze in Banks

Economy

  1. Manufacturing Share in India’s GVA: Stagnation Facts

International Affairs

  1. Indian Illegal Migration to US: Deportation Data Insights

Agriculture & Rural

  1. PM-AASHA Scheme: PSS, PDPS and PPSS Explained for MSP

Science & Technology

  1. Kaveri 2.0 DDoS Attack: Karnataka Land Portal Targeted
  2. AI Chatbots Show Cognitive Decline in BMJ MoCA Study

Environment & Ecology

  1. Aravali Safari Park Project: Haryana’s Conservation Debate

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. CEC Appointment Law 2023 and Gyanesh Kumar’s Selection

  • Gyanesh Kumar became the first Chief Election Commissioner appointed under the 2023 Act on election commissioner appointments.
  • Selection Committee: Prime Minister, one Cabinet Minister and the Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition; the CJI is excluded.
  • In Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023), the SC set PM, LoP and CJI as the interim panel.
  • A search committee led by the Law Minister shortlists five names.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

4. RBI Rupee Defence and Liquidity Squeeze in Banks

  • RBI let the rupee depreciate from November after two years of an effective peg, while still intervening to curb sharp falls.
  • Dollar sales shrank FX reserves from $704 billion to $630 billion and caused a ₹1.2 trillion liquidity deficit.
  • Banking liquidity moved from surplus to deficit, hurting banks' ability to lend.
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Economy

International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

7. PM-AASHA Scheme: PSS, PDPS and PPSS Explained for MSP

  • PM-AASHA was launched in September 2018 as a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
  • It has three parts: Price Support Scheme, Price Deficiency Payment Scheme and Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme.
  • NAFED and FCI are nodal agencies for procurement under the Price Support Scheme.
  • PDPS pays farmers the gap between MSP and selling price directly into bank accounts.
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Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

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