Science and Technology Contemporary Issues

TOPIC

ISSUES

CURRENT

IT

E governance

Digital India

Digital divide

Spectrum allocations

Digital equality

Smart city and Grids

Broadband and mobiles

Telecom Consumers Protection (Eighth

Amendment) Regulations, 2015

Net neutrality
Call drops
Internet of Things
Big Data
E Literacy
Project Loon (Google)

section 66A of the Information

Technology Act, 2000
e-Kranti: NeGP 2.0
LiFi Technology
MEGHRAJ
Near Field Communication
New Horizon (Pluto Mission)
Internet Readiness Index
IPTV
Digital Locker, e-Praman,
4G, 5G & Net 4.0

SPACE

Space achievements

India NASA Joint Missions

Space research collaborations

Mars mission

Gravitational Waves

Astrosat

Dark Energy & Dark Matter

Avatar
Augmented reality
Neutrino observatory
IRNSS
GSLV Mark-III (Cryogenic Technology)

Indias gravitational wave

observatory initiative (IndIGO)
Laser Interferometer GravitationalWave Observatory(LIGO)

Astrobiology Mission (Aditya

Mission)
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COMPUTERS and
electronics

ROBOTICS

National Supercomputing Mission

Make in India

National electronics manufacture policy

Supercomputers

Semiconductor manufacture

2 D semiconductor material

R Code & RFID

Innovative initiatives

Robotic soldier

Agricultural, medical,
manufacturing, strategic
needs

Robotic startup

Economic benefits of robotics

Robotic medicine
E Nose

NANO TECH
Nano mission

Nano electronics
Nano batteries
Nano medicines
Gold Nano Particles

BIOTECH

Biosafety

Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2015

Biological Pollution
Biotourism

Issues relating to Genetic engineering

regulatory authority

Biofuels

Biotech regulatory authority Bill

Gene Editing

Agricultural Biosecurity Bill

GM Mosquito

HEALTH

Ethical concerns of medical

practices

National Family Health index

Health policy initiatives and

governance

Universal Health Policy

Women and female health

Assisted Reproductive Technology

(Regulation) Bill
Nirmal Bharat
Allied and Healthcare Professionals
Central Council Bill

benefits and policy initiatives

Homoeopathy Central Council

(Amendment) Bill

Drinking water and sanitation

Standing Committee report on HIV and

AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill

Zika Virus

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products

Act
amendments to the Medical
Termination of Pregnancy Act
National Mental Health Policy

MEDICINE

Regulation of drugs

Drugs and Cosmetics Rules

Integration of traditional
Indian medicine

National Medical Device Policy

German Measle Vaccine

Stem Cells
Recombinant DNA
Technology
Designer Baby
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Food and nutrition

Women and child nutrition

Mid-Day Meal Rules, 2015

Malnutrition

National nutrition mission

Nutritional issues of
Adolescent girls
Food processing technologies
10 EDUCATION

11 AGRICULTURE

Governance of technical
education

Review Committee to look at research

fellowships

Personalization of education

Review over higher education

Women education

National Policy on Education

GM Crops

GM Musturd

Robotics in Agriculture

Livestock revolution

Economics of animal rearing

ATMA
Organic farming
Kisan call centres
DD Kisan
Bio fertilizer & Bio Pesticide

Sandesh Prathak
12 ENERGY

Energy Security

Atomic Energy Bill

Non conventional
technologies of energy
generation

Standing Committee report on Energy

Conservation

Energy Governance
Energy efficient technology
Fast Breeder Reactor (
Nuclear Energy Technology)

Standing Committee report on the

Ethanol Blended Petrol and Bio Diesel
Policy
National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
National Renewable Energy Bill
National Electricity Policy
Net Energy Metering
Blue LED

13 TRANSPORT

Non conventional transport

mechanisms and strategies

National Civil Aviation Policy

Hybrid and Micro-hybrid Vehicle
High Speed Trains

Government initiative

Magnetic Levitation in transport

Sagarmala project

Futuristic technologies

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill

Standing Committee report on the
National Waterways Bill

14 International

Multilateral international nuclear Deals

International technical
collaborations and their
impacts

15 Security

India Japan energy Dialogues

USIndia Bilateral Electronic Hardware
Manufacturing Dialogue
India Israel collaborations

China US Cybersecurity Policy,

Cyber security

India US and China India Cybersecurity

Negotiations

Nuclear security

Indian Nuclear Safety

Indias New Maritime Security Strategy

16 Urbanization

17 IPR

Smart City
Technologies in town and
country planning

GAGAN

Amendments in Patent laws

Pharma Barcoding and drug licensing

issues

Powerball

GI Tags (new)
Role of Traditional Knowledge
Digital Library(TKDL) and TKRC Pangaea Laboratories case
on patents in India
Colgate Case
India US Rift over patents
International Patent
diplomacy

18 Defense

IPR Policy
Compulsory Licensing on Patented
Drugs

report on the Coast Guard

FDI in defense

Defense Procurement Procedure, 2013

Defense purchases

Ammunition Management

Tactical Nuclear Bomb &

Hydrogen Bomb

Light Combat Aircraft

CuTi Technology
Tejas, agni and brahmos
AWACS (Radar Technology)

19 Environment

Particulate Matter 1

Odd-Even Scheme

Direct Shift to BS VI norms

Air Quality Index

Green Cement
SAFAR
Doppler Weather Radar