Current Affairs Refresher on January 2020 for CLAT 2020

The Government of India promulgated an ordinance to amend coal mining laws in order to ease auction of coal mines.
The Union Cabinet approved Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The bill aims to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy act, 1971.
The Union Cabinet approved the official amendments to National Commission for Indian System of Medicine bill, 2019.
The Andhra Pradesh cabinet Passed bill abolish Legislative Council. It is to be noted that the Legislative Council stalled two bills that were passed by the assembly.
The Union Cabinet approved the National Commission for homoeopathy bill, 2019. (The bill consist reforms in the field of Homeopathy education To enable accountability and transparency in protecting the interests of the general public)
The Cabinet approved the official amendments to National Commission for Indian System of Medicine bill, 2019.
The Supreme Court said that access to the Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution. 5-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana also asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to restore Internet services.

Cabinet clears over Rs 5000 crore for setting up N-E Natural Gas Pipeline Grid.
Union Cabinet approved a proposal to divest equity shares of 4 PSUs – MMTC, NMDC, BHEL and MECON – in Neelachal Ispat Ltd.
has set up a National Start-up Advisory Council to advise the Centre on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation
India climbs eight ranks to 72 in Global Talent Competitive Index.
Japan has topped a global index for the world’s most powerful passport in 2019, while India ranked at the 84th position
Manoj Mukund Naravane appointed chief of Army
Census India-2021 will begin on 1st of April 2020 and will end on 30th of September.
A 7-member group of ministers (GoM) has been constituted to oversee the implementation of the Rs 69,000-crore revival plan for state-owned BSNL and MTNL.
Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled 102 lakh crore worth infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years.

GST revenues during December 2019 from domestic transactions has shown an impressive growth of 16%.
The total revenue earned by after regular settlement in December 2019 is 41,776 crore for CGST; 42,158 crores for SGST
RBI allows 24×7 forex market operations
Indian economy is estimated to grow at 5% in 2019-20 as against 6.8% in the previous fiscal.
Repo rate 5.15%
Reverse Repo rate of 4.90%
UPI registered over Rs. 1.31 bn transactions with the total value crossing Rs. 2 trillion in Dec 2019, (7% growth)
Rs 70,000 Cr loan amount disbursed till Jan 13 under MSMEs scheme: Govt
India’s per-capita income rises 6.8 per cent to 11,254 a month in FY20

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