Forest ServicesDaily Current Affairs — 5 May 2026
16 articles • UPSC Prelims & Mains
Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006
In News Recently, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court reiterated an important legal principle while reviewing a case under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh. Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 was enacted to correct historical injustices faced by forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers by legally recognizing their long-standing dependence on forests for livelihood, habitation, culture, and surviva
IMF Paper: Digitalisation reforms improved MSME productivity in India
Context A recent working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted how Indias public administration digitalization reforms have improved productivity in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Major Highlights The business environment reforms undertaken in India between 2010-11 and 2014-15 were mainly through digitalisation of business-related public administration. The paper lists reforms into six areas: tax systems, construction permits, environment and labour comp
Fall in Reservoir Levels in Eight States
Context The Central Water Commission (CWC), which monitors 166 reservoirs and 20 river basins across India, has flagged a sharp decline in water levels in its latest data. About Water levels in India’s major reservoirs have fallen to below 40% of total capacity. Several reservoirs have reached critically low or zero levels.
Supreme Court on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026
Context Recently, the Supreme Court of India flagged the critical issues like Self-identification vs State verification and Welfare targeting vs individual dignity in Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. Background: Legal Evolution of Transgender Rights in India NALSA Judgment, 2014: It recognised transgender persons as the ‘third gender’, and affirmed right to self-identification without medical intervention. It established self-determination as a core constitutional
Geoengineering Approach to Stabilise Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
Context A recent study from Utrecht University examines whether constructing a dam across the Bering Strait could help stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) The AMOC is a vast ocean current system in which warm, salty surface water flows northward, cools, becomes denser, sinks in the North Atlantic, and then returns southward at deeper levels. The AMOC is essential for regulating the Earth’s climate, as it redistributes heat
West Bengal Tea Workers Invoke ILO Article 24
Context Tea plantation workers in West Bengal have raised issues of labour rights violations with the International Labour Organization (ILO) by invoking Article 24 of the provisions. About Concerns of Workers: They have alleged systemic labour rights violations despite India’s ratified conventions. They cite starvation deaths, severe malnutrition, non-payment of wages and dues, lack of minimum wage and discrimination against women and Adivasi workers.
Central bank explores steps to mobilise dollar inflows as rupee slides'
Source: Indian Express(Page25) | Syllabus: GS3(Economy)
Suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on ship off Cape Verde
Source: Indian Express(Page23) | Syllabus: GS2(Health)
SC weighs risk of misuse of benefits for trans people
Source: The Hindu(Page12) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Did the PM’s broadcast violate MCC?
Source: The Hindu(Page14) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Direct taxes log 5-yr low growth of 5.1% in FY26, fall short of target
Source: Indian Express(Page25) | Syllabus: GS3(Economy)
SC brings survivors of forcible ingestion of acid in RPwD Act
Source: The Hindu(Page12) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
SC asks Centre to examine plea on revising Aadhaar issuance norms
Source: The Hindu(Page12) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)
Rajnath Singh pushes for edge in high-tech warfare
Source: The Hindu(Page12) | Syllabus: GS3(Defence)
Jobs to GDP to debt: State of poll state economies
Source: Indian Express(Page20) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)/GS3(Economy)
What does the latest ruling mean for the Forest Rights Act?
Source: The Hindu(Page14) | Syllabus: GS2(Governance)/GS3(Environment)