GS-2 3.URBAN LOCAL BODIES REFORMS Manipur becomes the 4th state to complete urban local bodies reforms. IMPORTANT POINTS: Manipur has become the 4th state in the country to successfully undertake “Urban Local Bodies (ULB)” reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Thus, the State has become …
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Indian Economy and Issues Relating to Planning, Mobilization, of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment
GS-3 2.CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES CBDT launches e-portal for filing complaints regarding tax evasion/Benami Properties/Foreign Undisclosed Assets. IMPORTANT POINTS: CBDT has launched an automated dedicated e-portal on the e-filing website of the Department to receive and process complaints of tax evasion, foreign undisclosed assets as well as complaints regarding …
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GS-2 1.NEW FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 2021-26 New Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2021-2026 to be rolled out from April 2021. IMPORTANT POINTS: The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that India’s new Foreign Trade Policy 2021-2026, under formulation, will come into effect from April 1, 2021. India’s FTP has conventionally …
Read More »Technology Transfer Agreements to Bring Country’s First Indigenous Device for Correcting Ballooning of Brain Arteries & Device for Healing of Heart Hole
Indians will soon have access to the country’s first indigenous flow diverter stent for diverting blood flow away from localized ballooning of arteries in the brain and a device that promotes better healing of the hole in the heart. Nitinol-based occluder devices, which are presently used to heal Atrial Septal …
Read More »Dst Scientists Find Clue to Anomalous Behaviour of Self-Propelled Fluctuations Like Fish Schools, Flocking Birds, Bacterial Colonies
Scientists have found a clue to dynamical origin of fluctuations in systems like fish schools, swarm of insects, flocking birds and bacterial colonies, which are called active matter systems. This understanding can be useful in nanotechnology applications like building small-scale energy-efficient bio-devices as well as biomedical applications like characterizing infection …
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GS-2 6.FIVE YEARS OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA Recently, the flagship crop insurance scheme of the Government of India –the Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana (PMFBY)– has completed five years of its launch.PMFBY was launched on 13 January 2016. The scheme was conceived as a milestone initiative to provide a comprehensive risk …
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GS-3 5.SPINTRONICS Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali (Punjab), an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, have produced an ultra-high mobility 2d-electron gas (2DEG) at the interface of two insulating oxide layers. WHAT IS SPINTRONICS? Spintronic, also known …
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GS-3 6. MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION (MEE) Environment Minister releases Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries (2018 – 19). MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION (MEE) MEE is the assessment of how well protected areas such as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation reserves, community reserves and tiger reserves are …
Read More »Indian Culture Will Cover the Salient Aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture From Ancient to Modern Times.
GS-1 5. KHADI PRAKRITIK PAINT Khadi Prakritik Paint has been launched by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur (a KVIC unit). ABOUT KHADI PRAKRITIK PAINT: It is an eco-friendly, non-toxic paint with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties. Based on cow dung as its main ingredient, the paint is cost-effective and odourless, and …
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GS-2 4. NORTH EAST VENTURE FUND (NEVF) IMPORTANT POINTS: It is the first and the only dedicated Venture Fund for the North Eastern Region. The Venture Fund Scheme launched by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) intended to promote growth of business ventures and skill development in …
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