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🔆 India’s Demographic Dividend

📍 Key Facts
✅ The term “Demographic Dividend” describes economic expansion due to a distribution shift of the population’s age.

✅ India currently has 62.5% of its population between the ages of 15 and 59. This percentage is steadily rising and will reach its peak around 2036 (65%).

✅ Demographic dividend availability began in 2005–2006 and will continue until 2055–2056.

✅ The Economic Survey 2018–19 predicts that India’s Demographic Dividend will reach its peak around 2041 when 59% of the population will be of working age, or 20–59 years old.

✅ India has one of the youngest populations with a median age of just 28 years, compared to China (37 years), Western Europe (45 years), and Japan (49 years).

✅ Bulge in working-age population: India’s working-age population (15–64 years) has grown larger than the dependent population (below 14 and above 65 years) since 2018. This bulge is expected to last till 2055. (UNFPA Report)

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🔆Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki:
✅Location: It is located in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Flores Island.
✅It is situated along the famous ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Pacific region.
✅It is one of the most frequently active volcanoes in the region. 
✅It has two peaks arranged on a NW-SE line separated by 2 km and a 1232 m high saddle. This gave the twin volcano its name, Lewotobi, “husband and wife”.
✅The two peaks correspond to the Lewotobi Lakilaki (man) and Lewotobi Perempuan (woman)
Lewotobi Lakilaki (1584 m) has a summit crater of 400 m diameter open to the north. Lewotobi Perampuan (1703 m)’s crater is 700 m wide.
✅Lewotobi Lakilaki has been frequently active during the 19th and 20th centuries, while the taller and broader Lewotobi Perempuan has erupted only twice in historical time.
✅Small lava domes have grown during the 20th century in the summit craters of both volcanoes.

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🔆 Farmer-Related Data

✅ Farmer Suicides:
Nearly 30 people in the farming sector die by suicide daily
📊 Source: NITI Aayog

✅ Income Disparity:
Large farmers earn 7.5 times more than small and marginal farmers
📊 Source: NITI Aayog

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🔆 Virtual Assets & Terror Financing

📍 Overview
✅ FATF flagged deficiencies in global standards on virtual assets (VAs) & virtual asset service providers (VASPs) related to money laundering and terror financing.

📍 Virtual Assets
✅ Digital value: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin.
(Note: Not government-issued currencies)

📍 VASPs
✅ Facilitate:
• Exchange between virtual & fiat currencies
• Transfers between virtual assets
• Custody/administration of assets
✅ Examples: Crypto exchanges, wallet providers, ATM operators.

📍 Security Challenges
✅ Anonymity: VPNs & anonymity tools mask identities.
✅ Regulatory Arbitrage: Entities relocate to weak oversight jurisdictions.
✅ Crowdfunding: Extremists use social media & crowdfunding for global donations.

📍 India’s Response
✅ PMLA Inclusion (March 2023): VDASPs under AML/CFT norms.
✅ Mandatory FIU-IND Registration: For VASPs.
✅ FATF Evaluation: Enhanced monitoring for 2025 review.

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Important Alert:

Today, June 25, 2025, is the last date to submit the Civil Services Main DAF (Part III) by 6:00 PM. Candidates who have qualified for the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025 must ensure they have completed and submitted the DAF.

Candidates who fail to submit their fully completed DAF by 6:00 PM will have their candidature canceled and will not be permitted to appear for the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025.

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🔆 Reclaiming Indian Nationalism: A Call for Pluralism

📍 Core Premise
✅ Indian nationalism must be reimagined as plural, rooted, inclusive, and non-jingoistic.
✅ Stolen Nationalism: Hijacked by an exclusionary RSS pseudo-nationalism, which mirrors European ethnic models.
📍 Three Fundamental Questions
1️⃣ Is Modern India a Civilisational Successor?
• India’s identity should reflect its plural civilisational history.
2️⃣ Should We Be Proud of Being Indian?
• True patriotism emerges from democratic values and social justice.
3️⃣ Can We Avoid an Exclusivist State?
• Nationalism must allow dissent and multiple loyalties.
📍 Criticism of Current Nationalism
✅ Current nationalism demands total surrender and marginalizes minorities.
📍 Way Forward
✅ A liberal, inclusive nationalism rooted in shared cultural and constitutional values.
📍 Quote:
“Our challenge is to reimagine a deep and non-jingoistic nationalism.”

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