GS-2 NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC) The Ministry of Labour & Employment has appointed Shri S.N. Subrahmanyan, CEO and Managing Director, L&T Ltd, as the Chairman of the National Safety Council for a period of three years. National Safety Council: National Safety Council (NSC) was set up by the Ministry of …
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Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the Population by the Centre and States
GS-2 MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (MOHUA) Initiatives taken by the MoHUA: MoHUA entered into MoU with Zomato to onboard street food vendors on its food-tech platform. This will give street food vendors online access to thousands of consumers and help these vendors grow their businesses. In October 2020, …
Read More »E-Technology in the Aid of Farmers Issues Related To Direct and Indirect Farm Subsidies and Minimum Support Prices;
GS-3 NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MARKET (E-NAM) The government announced in the budget 2021-22 that the e-NAM is being expanded to integrate 1000 more mandis. e-NAM: National Agriculture Market popularly known as e-NAM was an innovative initiative in agricultural marketing to enhance farmer’s accessibility digitally to multiple numbers of markets & buyers …
Read More »Nuclear Energy Production
Nuclear energy is an important component of the country’s energy mix and is being pursued along with other sources of energy in an optimal manner. Nuclear energy is a clean, environment friendly base load source of power available 24X7. It also has huge potential which can ensure long term energy …
Read More »Training of Astronauts and Progress of Gaganyaan Mission
Initiatives have been taken by the Government for Indian leg of crew training: Expert team is constituted to define the training curriculum. Plan finalized for astronaut training building including requisite facilities with regard to Gaganyaan mission. Work order for the same has been released. The details of progress of Gaganyaan …
Read More »26 Companies/Startups Have Approached Isro Seeking Technical Guidance and Facility Sharing for Their Space Activity.
26 Companies/startups have approached ISRO seeking technical guidance and facility sharing for their space activity. Government has developed and operationalized the NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) – an independent Indian satellite-based navigation system to provide PNT (Position, Navigation and Time) service to users over Indian region and region extending to …
Read More »Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc
GS-3 NATIONAL RAIL PLAN The Government has issued the Draft Final Report of the National Rail Plan. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NATIONAL RAIL PLAN (NRP): National Rail Plan aims at providing a long term perspective planning for augmenting the Railway Network. The vision of the NRP is to develop capacity, infrastructure …
Read More »Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
GS-2 GOBARDHAN SCHEME Union Ministers jointly launch Unified Portal of Gobardhan to promote Gobardhan scheme and track real time progress. ABOUT GOBARDHAN SCHEME: The Gobardhan Scheme (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources – DHAN) was launched by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. It is being implemented as part of the Swachch Bharat Mission (Gramin). The …
Read More »Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology
GS-3 CYBER CHALLENGE 2020-21 2nd CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge 2020-21 of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Inaugurated. IMPORTANT POINTS: The objective of the 2nd CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge 2020-21 is to enhance analysis and deepen understanding of police personnel. This hackathon is in continuation to the Hackathon & Cyber Challenge …
Read More »Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
GS-3 THRESHOLD FOR PAID UP CAPITAL AND TURNOVER FOR SMALL COMPANIES The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) revises threshold for paid up capital and turnover for Small Companies. BACKGROUND: The threshold for the paid up capital has been revised from “not exceeding Rs 50 lakh” to “not exceeding …
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