UPSC current affairs and Hindu editorial notes September 23

The HINDU editorial notes

On September 20 , global climate strike led by youngsters took place across many parts of the world
Recent events like heat waves in Europe and unprecedented floods across many parts of world have awakened many people to the realities of climate change
But still the political and economic discourse has not changed much., rising tide of Nationalist politics across the world has made matters worse by prioritizing short term national interests over global emergencies
In such a political scenario ,the UN secretary general has convened a Global climate action summit
Summit aims to achieve two things:-

Countries are urged to enhance pledges for action made as part of the Paris agreement on lower emissions. Even after repeated requests by the scientific community as well as youth movements ,the major economies of the world are still entrenched in the National politics.
By inducing changes in economics around a set of action portfolios This includes accelerating transition towards low carbon energy future, making cities resilient to climate destruction etc.This economic program can be achieved easily with minimal disruption and costs .

The weak global action against climate change is a worrying sign for India ,as India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change
India has always supported for a sustainable development future, India's switch to renewable are happening at a fast rate
However there are also inconsistencies India story as a climate champion, the Government's plan on continued coal and fossil fuel in future sends mixed signals

Despite the laggard approach of developed nations ,India can lead the fight against global climate emergency and set an example to other developing nations by following a sustainable and low carbon future model for its domestic needs.

To read the complete article,click here

The article discusses the repentant gesture made by Archbishop of Canterbury at Jallianwala Bagh memorial.
This momentous gesture by The Archbishop of Canterbury , highest position in the Anglo-Christian church is significant and seeks to lend a healing touch to the victims of massacre.
Its been a hundred years since the tragic incident took place.Dyer's shooting order and crawling orders ,a racially motivated action was at the core of imperial violence.
.Dyer's brutality was justified in those times and was even celebrated as a hero among certain British circles
All these years the UK Government has never apologized for the colonial injustice,the initiative by archbishop marks a new beginning , will the UK Government follow suit and apologize?

To read the complete article,click here

Ever since GST was implemented in 2016 , the GST council responsible for deciding the regulatory aspects of the indirect tax has had its hands full
Given the complexity of taxes that GST subsumed and replaced ,the GST council had to deal with teething troubles to ensure optimal outcome.
One of the major concerns for the GST council was the exploitation of loopholes by scrupulous players while availing refunds.
A huge number of cases have been unearthed by revenue intelligence officials and directorate general of GST intelligence regarding the fraud claims on input tax credit.
Against this backdrop the GST council has decided "in principle" to recommend linking Aadhaar with registration of taxpayers.
Aadhaar unique id linkage with tax information will prevent leakages and exploitation.
The GST Network has already made Aadhaar mandatory for new registrants post 2020.Now it's time for the GST council to follow the same suit by making Aadhaar linkage mandatory for tax refunds

To read the complete article,click here