Recently, the Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology launched a report titled ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’. Further, the government is focused on achieving the target of USD 300 billion in electronic production by 2026. The report …

Union government is planning to set up a national regulator PAREKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) for achieving a benchmark framework to assess students at the secondary and higher secondary level. PARAKH, is also part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It’s a proposed regulator, which will act as …

Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed a writ petition challenging provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954 requiring couples to give a notice declaring their intent to marry 30 days before their marriage. The SC Rejected the petition on the grounds that the petitioner was no longer an aggrieved party as she had already solemnised her marriage under …

Ministry of Coal seeks to bring more than 2400 hectare of area in and around coalfieldsunder green cover. It has been aimed to plant more than 50 lakh saplings for the year 2022-23. The identified areas include reclaimed mined out areas of coal companies and areas outside of leasehold – amenable for plantation and made …

Recently, the World Bank has agreed to look into environmental damage from the under-construction VishnugadPipalkoti Hydro Electric Project (VPHEP) on the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand. The panel has considered the request for an enquiry after accepting the Complaints from 83 Local Communities. Alaknanda River It is one of the headstreams of the Ganga. It …

Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has said that only 402 online applications are received to avail benefits under SEED (Scheme for Economic Empowerment of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes). More than 10 crore Indians from 1,400 communities belong to these groups, as per the latest estimates available …