Basavaraj Bommai: 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka

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➢ BJP leader Basavaraj S Bommai has been selected as the
23rd chief minister of Karnataka.

➢ Basavaraj S Bommai will take his oath on 28th July, 2021.

Highlights
➢ Basavaraj Bommai was selected by the BJP as BS
Yediyurappa’s successor who had resigned from the post
recently.

➢ Basavaraj Bommai met ex-chief minister BS Yediyurappa as

well as central observer of BJP Dharmendra Pradhan in
Bengaluru before taking his oath.

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➢ Previously, Basavaraj Bommai was home minister and was
among the top contenders for post of the state’s chief
minister.

➢ During the legislature meeting of BJP, BS Yediyurappa

proposed Bommai’s name for the post & it was supported by
Karjol Ashok Eshwarappa and all the other BJP MLAs.

➢ BJP has planned on having three deputy chief ministers in

Karnataka’s new government. Govind Karjol, R Ashoka and
Sriramalu are the ones who will most likely be appointed.

➢ Karnataka so far had 22 Chief Ministers but only three of

them were able to complete their full term.
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About Basavaraj Bommai
➢ In the year 2008, Basavaraj Bommai joined the BJP & since
then he has rose in the ranks of the party.

➢ Previously, he had held the water resources portfolio.

➢ By profession, he is an engineer & with the Tata Group he had

started his career.

➢ From Shiggaon located in the Haveri district of Karnataka, he

is a two-time MLC and three-time MLA.

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Ministry of Earth Sciences launches ESSDP
(Earth System Science Data Portal)

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On its 15th Foundation Day the Ministry of Earth
Sciences (MoES) launched Earth System Science Data
Portal (ESSDP)

Highlights
➢Dr Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of World
Meteorological Organization (WMO), gave a lecture
during this event.

➢A report on ‘WMO, Disasters, Climate and COP-26’

was discussed along with the issues related to
climate change.
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ESSDP (Earth System Science Data Portal)
➢ Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of the Ministry of Earth
Sciences launched the MoES-ESSDP (Earth System Science
Data Portal).

➢ It is an integrated digital web portal of the MoES institutes.

➢ This web portal will make the data regarding the various
themes of earth system science available for public usage.

➢ This is available at https://incois.gov.in/essdp & it has been

developed by using the latest technological tools.

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➢This portal has been aligned with the initiative,
Digital India, of the Government of India
which aims to transform India into a digitally
empowered economy and society.

➢This portal will facilitate in the retrieval and

search of science data on earth system such
as ocean, atmosphere, geosciences, poles,
and seismology for benefit of the society.

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Other launches
➢ A new MoES website was also launched.

➢ This new website will provide a user-friendly interface as well as

cyber security experience to the public.

➢ A book entitled Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in petroliferous basins

was also released by the minister.

➢ This book discusses about new tools for exploration of oil and is
authored by Dr Jayanthi JL, Project Scientist at NCESS and Dr V
Nandakumar, Former Director of National Centre for Earth Science
Studies (NCESS) which is located in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Pune Weather Live App
➢The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also
launched a new mobile app which is named ‘Pune
Weather Live.’

➢This app will provide location-specific and real-time

weather updates for the city of Pune.

➢This app functions by capturing live data from more

than 80 weather stations which also includes
information on rainfall.
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IMF World Economic Outlook- Update

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➢ On July 27th the International Monetary Fund has cut
India’s GDP growth forecast to 9.5% for the fiscal year
2021-22.

➢ Previously, IMF has forecasted 12.5% GDP growth.

Highlights relating to India

➢ GDP forecast has been cut citing the hit on economic
activity due to the second wave of Covid pandemic.

➢ Due to the 2nd wave during the months of March to May

the growth prospect of India has been downgraded & it is
expected that recovery will be slow.

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➢The report states that steady recovery is not assured
in any country around the globe as long as the
population remain susceptible to the COVID-19 virus
& its various mutations.

➢For the fiscal year 2022-23, IMF expects an economic

growth of 8.5%, which is more than the 6.9 %
projected by them in the April month.

➢S&P Global Ratings projected a 9.5% growth in GDP

in the fiscal year 2021-22 and 7.8% in the fiscal year
2022-23.
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➢RBI also forecasted 9.5% growth and it cut
down from the previously projected 10.5%.

➢The World Bank has projected India’s GDP

growth at 8.3% for FY22.

➢Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut

India’s economic growth forecast from 11% to
10%.

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Global Economy
➢ In the latest World Economic Outlook report published by
IMF, the global economy growth has been projected at 6% in
the year 2021 & 4.9% for the year 2022.

➢ Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist of IMA, has said that

economic recovery globally is going on, but the gap is
widening gap among the developing, emerging and
advanced economies.

➢ IMF has estimated that this COVID-19 pandemic has reduced

the per capita incomes in all the advanced economies of
the world by 2.8%, with 6.3% of per capita loss annually for
the developing markets.
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As per RBI data, digital payments in India have recorded a
growth of 30.19% during the financial year which ended on
March 2021.

Highlights
➢ The newly constituted Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) in its
report said that at the end of March 2021, the index rose to
270.59 from 207.84 the previous year.

➢ The RBI-DPI index has shown the significant growth in its

index represents the rapid deepening and adoption of
digital payments across India in the recent few years.

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About Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI)

➢The Reserve Bank announced the construction

of a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital
Payments Index (RBI-DPI) to look into digital
payments data of the country.

➢March 2018 is considered as the base year to

capture the digitalization data.

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Parameters of RBI-DPI
The RBI-DPI comprises of five parameters that enables
the measurement of penetration & deepening of
digital payments across the whole country.

The 5 parameters are:

1. Payment Enablers (25%)
2. Payment Infrastructure – Demand-side factors (10%)
3. Payment Infrastructure – Supply-side factors (15%)
4. Payment Performance (45%)
5. Consumer Centricity (5%).
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Conclusion
➢RBI has announced that this index will be
published on a semi-annual basis starting
from the month of March 2021 and will be
published after a time gap of four months.

➢As per reports, the country is going towards a

digital & cashless economy.

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On 29th July, 2021, International Tiger Day also known
as World Tiger Day is observed annually.

Key Points
➢This day is observed to create and spread awareness
about the dangers faced by the tiger population of
the world.

➢It is very important to focus on the conservation of

tigers as they play an important role in maintaining &
protecting a balanced ecosystem.

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➢World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) states
that since tigers are the top predators, they
play a very important role in maintaining
the planet’s ecosystems harmony.

➢By preying on the herbivore population,

tigers have helped to keep the balance
between the forest vegetation & the
animals.

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History of International Tiger Day
➢In the year 2010, in Russia, the first World Tiger Day
was observed at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.

➢A total of thirteen countries with tiger range banded

together & decided upon a global goal to double
wild tigers population by 2022.

Tiger Population in India

As per all India Tiger Estimation Report of 2018 the tiger
population in India is 2967.

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Significance of International Tiger Day
➢ World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says that at the beginning
of the 20th century there were around 1,00,000 tigers.

➢ In the year 2010, it was observed that the number has

drastically reduced to 3,200.

➢ Therefore, it is very important to save the tiger population of

the world.

➢ Hence, the International Tiger Day plays an important role by

creating & spreading awareness and further works for the
conservation of tigers.
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