# Civil registration system

• Over three quarters of registered deaths in India remain without causes being medically certified.
• In states like bihar, that proportion is scarcely believable at 96.6%.
• At national level, there has been marginal improvement in certification of deaths with the proportion rising from 20.7% in 2019 to 22.5% in 2020.
• Other states with single digit certification levels are Jharkhand (6.1%), Madhya pradesh (6.7℅) and Nagaland (7.6%).
• Goa and Manipur have 100% certification of registered deaths, lakshadweep 99.7%.

# BPCL privatisation

• The centre on Thursday formally scrapped the privatisation of the country’s second largest state owned oil refining and marketing firm bharat petroleum corporation limited.
• The sale has been scrapped due to obstacles in the sale process triggered by covid-19 pandemic, the current geopolitical situation and the inability of bidders to go ahead with the deal.
• The government had earlier planned to offload its entire 53% holding and invited expression of interest for BPCL’s privatisation.

# NEET

• In the last five years, female candidates in the national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) have registered an increase of nearly 41%.
• The number of registrations has shown significant growth in the last five years up from 11.4 lakh in 2017 to 18.7 lakh this year.
• The number of candidates taking the exam in Hindi has more than doubled in the last five years up from 1.2 lakh in 2017 to 2.5 lakh in 2022.

# Trade pacts

• India is moving ahead with the next round of free trade agreements with commerce and industry minister Piyush goyal in the UK to push ahead with talks.
• The two trade agreements, along with those with Canada and Israel are currently on the table.