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🔆 UNSC RESOLUTION 47 ON KASHMIR

📍 Context
✅ On 21 April 1948, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 47, proposing a roadmap to restore peace and hold a plebiscite in Jammu & Kashmir.

📍 What is Resolution 47?
✅ Formally titled “The India-Pakistan Question”
✅ Adopted under Chapter VI of the UN Charter
✅ Contains recommendations, not legally binding obligations
✅ Proposed a three-step process for resolving the Kashmir dispute

📍 Background
✅ October 1947: Pakistan-backed tribal raiders invaded Jammu & Kashmir
✅ Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession with India to obtain military assistance
✅ January 1948: India referred the matter to the UN, seeking action against Pakistan’s support for the invaders
✅ India believed the Instrument of Accession provided a strong legal basis for its claim

📍 Three-Step Formula
✅ Step 1: Pakistan to secure the withdrawal of tribesmen and Pakistani nationals from J&K
✅ Step 2: After verification, India to reduce its military presence to the minimum required for maintaining law and order
✅ Step 3: A UN-appointed Plebiscite Administrator to conduct a free and impartial plebiscite on accession to India or Pakistan

📍 Key Developments
✅ UNSC changed the agenda from “Jammu and Kashmir Question” to “India-Pakistan Question”, treating both as parties to a dispute
✅ During the early Cold War, the US and UK were perceived as favouring Pakistan due to strategic considerations
✅ Jawaharlal Nehru later expressed disappointment with the UN’s handling of the issue, viewing it as a lesson in international diplomacy

📍 Implications & Legacy
✅ Plebiscite was never conducted as the prerequisite withdrawal of Pakistani-supported forces was not completed
✅ India maintained that complete withdrawal was a precondition for any referendum
✅ Critics argue that referring the issue to the UN internationalised the dispute
✅ Simla Agreement (1972) established that India and Pakistan would resolve outstanding issues bilaterally, a position consistently upheld by India

📍 UPSC Prelims Pointers
✅ Adopted on 21 April 1948
✅ Passed under Chapter VI of the UN Charter
✅ Recommendations are non-binding
✅ Proposed Pakistan withdrawal → Indian troop reduction → Plebiscite
✅ Simla Agreement (1972) emphasised bilateral resolution of disputes

📝 UPSC Mains Practice Question (GS-2)
“Critically examine the significance of UNSC Resolution 47 on the Kashmir issue and discuss how subsequent developments, particularly the Simla Agreement, have shaped India’s position on the dispute.

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 11 JUNE 2026

🔆 ECONOMY

📍 10-Year G-Sec Yield Falls on FPI Buying
✅ Benchmark 10-year G-Sec yield declined to 6.911%
✅ Driven by ₹11,026 crore FPI investment under Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
✅ Government exempted interest income and capital gains tax on G-Secs for FPIs
✅ Tax exemption effective retrospectively from 1 April 2025
✅ RBI expanded FAR eligibility to new 15-year, 30-year and 40-year G-Secs

📍 CGSMFI 2.0 Extended Till 31 August 2026
✅ Credit Guarantee Scheme for Microfinance Institutions (CGSMFI-2.0) extended
✅ Valid till 31 August 2026 or ₹20,000 crore guarantees
✅ Loan cap for large NBFC-MFIs increased from ₹300 crore to ₹1,000 crore
✅ Implemented by NCGTC
✅ Enhances credit flow to the microfinance sector

🔆 STATES

📍 Andaman & Nicobar Sets Guinness World Record
✅ Created Tallest Human Stack Underwater
✅ 14 scuba divers formed a 22.3-metre underwater stack
✅ Achieved at Swaraj Dweep
✅ Second Guinness World Record in two consecutive days

🔆 NATIONAL

📍 Meta to Set Up First AI-Enabled Data Centre in India
✅ Developed with Reliance Industries
✅ Location: Jamnagar, Gujarat
✅ Capacity: 168 MW
✅ Strengthens AI infrastructure and India’s digital economy

📍 South Asia Food Systems Summit Held in Ahmedabad
✅ Organised by MoFPI and World Bank-led SAPLING Initiative
✅ Theme: “Unlocking Value: Advancing Food Processing for Employment Generation and Sustainable Growth in South Asia”
✅ South Asia agriculture valued at $700+ billion annually
✅ Food processing contributes 13% of India’s exports
✅ Highlights government schemes like PMKSY, PMFME and PLI

📍 Cabinet Approves Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A
✅ Approved by Union Cabinet
✅ New corridor length: 6.032 km
✅ Project cost: ₹2,169.04 crore
✅ Metro network to expand to 77.63 km
✅ Includes 5 stations (4 elevated, 1 underground)

📍 Varanasi Becomes First Easy Connect Aviation City
✅ First city integrated into India’s Easy Connect Model
✅ Announced by Ministry of Civil Aviation
✅ Aims to simplify international travel connectivity

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 Global AI Debt Issuance May Reach USD 570 Billion
✅ Forecast by Morgan Stanley
✅ AI-related debt issuance projected at USD 570 billion in 2026
✅ Driven by investments by Amazon, Alphabet and Meta
✅ Reflects rapid expansion of global AI infrastructure

🔆 SPORTS

📍 Srishti Kiran Becomes World No. 1 Under-13 Tennis Player
✅ Bengaluru player won 5 consecutive ITF Junior titles
✅ Achieved highest Under-13 global ranking
✅ Career-high ITF Junior Ranking: 357

📍 Savitha Shri Baskar Wins Women’s Asian Chess Championship
✅ Tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
✅ Qualified for FIDE Women’s World Cup 2027
✅ Represents India from Chennai

🔆 RANKS & REPORTS

📍 Report on Datasets for State Finance Commissions Released
✅ Released by Ministry of Panchayati Raj
✅ Strengthens evidence-based fiscal decentralisation
✅ State Finance Commissions constituted under Article 243-I
✅ Established through 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 World Accreditation Day 2026
✅ Observed on 9 June
✅ Theme: “Innovation, Trust and Sustainability: The Power of Accreditation”

📍 International Archives Day 2026
✅ Observed on 9 June
✅ International Archives Week: 8–12 June 2026
✅ Theme: ”#ArchivesForJustice: Rights, Memory & Futures”

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 MoD Procures 20 GNSS Jammers for Indian Navy
✅ Contract worth ₹449 crore
✅ Procured under Buy (Indian-IDDM) category
✅ Minimum 75% indigenous content
✅ Enhances operational safety and maritime security
✅ GNSS Jammers disrupt enemy satellite navigation signals and spoofing attempts

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🔆 Crisis in India’s Examination System

📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Recent controversies involving NEET, CBSE Class 12 evaluation, and CUET-UG have exposed deep structural flaws in India’s examination system, raising concerns over governance, transparency, accountability, and institutional credibility.

📍 Current Crisis
✅ NEET: Paper leaks and integrity issues undermined trust in the National Testing Agency (NTA).
✅ CBSE: Faulty On-Screen Marking (OSM) system led to blurred scans, missing answer scripts and evaluation errors affecting 18 lakh students.
✅ CUET-UG: Technical glitches disrupted examinations at multiple centres across the country.

📍 Key Governance Challenges

✅ Operational & Technological Issues
• Excessive outsourcing to private vendors without adequate due diligence.
• Lack of pilot testing and stress-testing before nationwide implementation.
• Poor digital capacity building and inadequate teacher training.

✅ Administrative Failures
• Top-down decision-making ignored ground-level feedback.
• Defensive institutional culture discouraged transparency.
• Hyper-centralised examinations created a single point of failure, affecting millions simultaneously.

✅ Socio-Economic Implications
• Over 4 lakh re-evaluation requests indicate declining public trust.
• Financially weaker students face barriers in seeking re-evaluation and legal remedies.
• Digital divide and economic inequality are further aggravated.

✅ Ethical & Accountability Concerns
• Absence of institutional accountability despite systemic failures.
• Pressure on officials to defend institutions undermines civil service ethics, neutrality and transparency.
• Weak grievance redressal mechanisms erode public confidence.

📍 Way Forward

✅ Strengthen Technological Infrastructure
• Use NIC-hosted sovereign cloud infrastructure with end-to-end encryption.
• Mandatory third-party audits by institutions like IITs before deployment.

✅ Administrative Reforms
• Introduce multi-stage, flexible examinations throughout the year.
• Separate responsibilities among independent agencies for:
• Question paper preparation
• Exam conduct
• Independent auditing

✅ Legal & Institutional Measures
• Strict implementation of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act.
• Strong whistleblower protection and time-bound grievance redressal.
• Penal action and blacklisting of defaulting vendors and officials.

📍 Value Addition

✅ Good Governance Principles
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Responsiveness
• Efficiency
• Rule of Law
• Citizen-centric administration

✅ Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
Provides stringent penalties against paper leaks, organised cheating and malpractice in public examinations.

📍 UPSC Mains Practice Question
“Repeated examination-related controversies highlight deeper governance deficits rather than isolated technological failures. Critically examine the structural challenges in India’s examination system and suggest institutional reforms to ensure transparency, accountability and public trust.” (GS-II | 15 Marks | 250 Words)

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🔆 FCRA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026 – EXPANDING STATE CONTROL OVER CIVIL SOCIETY

📍 Context
✅ The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha, triggering debate over national security, NGO regulation and civil society autonomy.

📍 What is the Bill?
✅ Seeks to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
✅ Aims to strengthen regulation of foreign-funded entities
✅ Government cites regulatory efficiency and national security, while critics argue it expands executive control over civil society

📍 Key Provisions
✅ Automatic cessation of registration if renewal is not sought, denied or expires
✅ Establishes a Designated Authority to manage foreign contributions and related assets
✅ Provisional vesting of foreign-funded assets under the Designated Authority
✅ Assets may be restored if registration is renewed or re-granted
✅ Permanent vesting if registration is not restored or the entity becomes defunct
✅ Permanently vested assets may be transferred to government bodies or proceeds credited to the Consolidated Fund of India
✅ Expands compliance obligations for NGOs and office-bearers
✅ Provides appeal before a District Judge within 90 days
✅ Central Government empowered to grant exemptions in public interest
✅ Extends foreign funding prohibition to persons engaged in news production and current affairs broadcasting
✅ Reduces maximum imprisonment for violations from 5 years to 1 year
✅ Requires prior Central Government approval before investigations under the Act

📍 Existing FCRA Framework
✅ 1976: Original FCRA enacted during the Emergency
✅ 2010 Act: Strengthened regulation of foreign contributions
✅ 2020 Amendment: Reduced administrative expenditure limits and tightened compliance
✅ MHA Digital Portal: Tracks NGO registrations, filings and compliance status

📍 Major Concerns
✅ Wide powers vested in the Designated Authority
✅ Risk of government takeover of NGO assets
✅ Broad and undefined “public interest” standard may enable arbitrary action
✅ Increased personal liability for trustees and office-bearers
✅ Centralisation of investigative powers reduces state autonomy
✅ Potential disruption of NGOs working in healthcare, education and welfare

📍 Need for Safeguards
✅ Fixed statutory timelines for registration renewal
✅ Judicial approval before asset vesting
✅ Clear legal definition of “public interest”
✅ Protection for assets created through domestic funding
✅ Wider stakeholder consultation through a Joint Parliamentary Committee

📍 Significance
✅ Seeks to improve accountability in utilisation of foreign funds
✅ Raises important questions regarding freedom of association, due process and federalism
✅ Highlights the challenge of balancing national security with democratic space for civil society

📍 UPSC Prelims Pointers
✅ FCRA enacted: 1976
✅ Current principal law: FCRA, 2010
✅ 2020 Amendment tightened NGO regulations
✅ Foreign-funded assets may vest in a Designated Authority under the proposed Bill
✅ Appeals lie before a District Judge within 90 days

📝 UPSC Mains Practice Question (GS-2)

“Discuss the key provisions of the proposed FCRA (Amendment) Bill, 2026. Examine its implications for NGOs and civil society, and suggest measures to balance regulatory oversight with institutional autonomy.”

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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 12 JUNE 2026

🔆 ECONOMY

📍 World Bank Raises India’s FY27 Growth Forecast
✅ FY27 GDP growth revised upward to 6.6%
✅ Earlier estimate: 6.5%
✅ FY26 growth: 7.7%
✅ FY28 forecast: 7.2%
✅ FY29 forecast: 7.0%
✅ India expected to remain among the fastest-growing major economies

🔆 STATES

📍 Ahmedabad Introduces QR Codes for Street Food Hygiene
✅ Every registered vendor to display a unique QR code
✅ Customers can access registration and food safety details
✅ Initiative aims to improve transparency and hygiene standards
✅ Directed by Gujarat Information Commission

🔆 NATIONAL

📍 Centre Waives Excise Duty on Higher Ethanol-Blended Petrol
✅ Excise exemption extended to E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuels
✅ Supports fuel grades beyond E20
✅ Excise duty fixed at Nil (0%)
✅ Aims to reduce crude oil imports and increase ethanol demand
✅ Supports energy security and lower carbon emissions

📍 OSOP Initiative for Divyangjan Vishwakarma Artisans
✅ Implemented by MSME Ministry
✅ Launched under PM Vishwakarma Scheme
✅ Products sold through dedicated outlets at railway stations
✅ Enhances market access and visibility for Divyangjan artisans

🔆 INTERNATIONAL

📍 World Bank Announces $100 Billion Crisis Support
✅ Up to $100 billion support for countries affected by Middle East conflict
✅ Immediate assistance of $50–60 billion
✅ Includes $25 billion in pre-arranged financing
✅ Focus on social protection, government finances and business liquidity

📍 India Pledges $2.5 Million to UNRWA
✅ First tranche of annual $5 million contribution
✅ Supports education, healthcare and humanitarian assistance
✅ Reaffirms India’s support for Two-State Solution
✅ UNRWA established in 1949

🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs

📍 Centre, Assam & Nagaland Sign Oil Exploration MoU
✅ Tripartite MoU signed between Centre, Assam and Nagaland
✅ Focus on crude oil and natural gas exploration
✅ Covers Assam–Nagaland border region
✅ Reflects cooperative federalism approach

📍 BSNL & IIT Kanpur Sign MoU
✅ Collaboration for next-generation indigenous telecom technologies
✅ Focus on D2M Broadcasting, Indigenous 4G and Advanced Spectrum Research
✅ Supports Atmanirbhar Bharat in telecom sector

🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

📍 Sangeet Natak Akademi Announces Fellowships & Awards
✅ 7 Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna) selected
✅ 108 Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards announced for 2024 & 2025
✅ 106 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar recipients selected
✅ Akademi Ratna is the highest honour of Sangeet Natak Akademi

📍 Gautam Dey Wins EMBO Gold Medal 2026
✅ Indian-origin scientist honoured for research in cell division and nuclear organisation
✅ Shares award with Omaya Dudin
✅ Receives Gold Medal and €10,000 bursary
✅ Award presented by European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

🔆 SCHEMES

📍 Skill India Completes 12 Years
✅ Ministry celebrates 12 years of Skill India
✅ ITIs increased from 9,776 (2014) to 13,888 (2026)
✅ 1.64 crore+ candidates trained under PMKVY
✅ 56.08 lakh+ apprentices engaged since 2016
✅ Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) offers 1,000+ courses in 23 languages
✅ Supports AI readiness through SOAR Initiative

🔆 RANKS & REPORTS

📍 Global Peace Index 2026 Released
✅ Published by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
✅ Covers 163 countries
✅ Global peacefulness declined by 0.7%
✅ 12th consecutive year of deterioration
✅ Most peaceful region: Western & Central Europe
✅ Least peaceful region: Middle East & North Africa
✅ Largest deterioration recorded in South Asia
✅ Economic impact of violence estimated at US$21.8 trillion

🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS

📍 World Day Against Child Labour 2026
✅ Observed on 12 June
✅ Theme: “Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults”

🔆 DEFENCE

📍 India’s First Made-in-India Airbus C295 Completes Maiden Flight
✅ Successfully tested at Vadodara, Gujarat
✅ Manufactured by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. with Airbus
✅ First of 40 aircraft to be built in India
✅ Total IAF order: 56 aircraft
✅ Contract value: ₹21,935 crore
✅ Major milestone under Make in India

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