Government Policy

The FAME Scheme The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India (FAME) scheme has been a key driver in the country’s electric mobility journey. Why in NEWS Phase 3 of this scheme is expected to be launched in the upcoming Interim Budget Historical background 2011: The seeds of …

  Supplementary grants This is or additional grands necessary to satisfy the government spending These grants are mentioned in article 115 of the constitution Article 115 mentions three type of supplementary grants, namely supplementary, additional, and excess grants. supplementary grant- it is provided when a amount for a particular service …

The National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) is a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. It was established in 1989 with the objective of providing financial assistance, concessional loans, and skill development training to members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) for …

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967 is an Indian law that aims to prevent unlawful activities of individuals and associations. The law was first enacted to deal with anti-national activities and secessionist movements. The law’s main objective is to provide powers to deal with activities that threaten the …

  The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 is a Citizenship Law passed by the Indian Parliament on December 11, 2019. It amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 to provide a fast track to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought …

Two bills that were introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 26, 2023. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, amends the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which re-organized the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir (with legislature) and Ladakh (without legislature). …

The story so far The criminalization of adultery on a gender-neutral basis was recommended by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs last month after reviewing the three new criminal law Bills that will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act. This …

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) introduced the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill in November as one of several initiatives aimed at regulating broadcasting in a comprehensive way. The Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, which was introduced in 2007, was the most recent attempt to tackle this difficult undertaking. A decade …

A strategy known as “Climate-Smart Agriculture” (CSA) aids in directing efforts to change agri-food systems towards environmentally friendly and climate-resilient methods. CSA is in favour of achieving globally recognised objectives like the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. The three main objectives of CSA Sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes: This …

The Parliament Ethics Committee is a grouping in the Parliament of India that is responsible for overseeing the moral and ethical conduct of its members. It was constituted in 1997, following the Presiding Officers Conference held in New Delhi in October 1996, which desired the legislatures to explore the possibility …

A group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities: a tribe of Amazonian Indians. Tribes can include: Many families and relatives A large family A community of customs and traditions Adherence …

The Public Distribution System (PDS) evolved as a system of management of scarcity through the distribution of food grains at affordable prices. 

The Government of India sets Minimum Support Price (MSP) for certain agricultural products. MSP is a safety net for farmers that ensures a minimum guaranteed price for their produce. MSP protects farmers from market fluctuations and ensures a fair return on their investment.  The MSP is based on a calculation of at …

Context A Supreme Court Bench says an unborn child has rights, and a woman’s autonomy is also important. In India, pregnancy can be terminated with the help of a registered medical practitioner in cases related to safeguarding the mother’s physical and mental health. The termination of pregnancy is governed by …

TOPICS COVERED: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context:  These are some of the guidelines for the professional conduct of registered doctors of modern medicine recently notified by the ethics and medical registration board under the country’s apex …

Source: Hindu Syllabus: Government policies and interventions Context Ensuring comprehensive data protection is paramount for accelerating India’s digital economy and the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill strikes a harmonious balance between flexibility and data privacy measures, industry apex body. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP Bill) It is a …

A Bill to amend the Registration of Birth and Death Act, which is among the 21 new Bills listed to be introduced in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, is likely to make Aadhaar compulsory for registration of births and deaths for whoever has one. NPR database The database will …

Union Home and Cooperation Minister launched a portal to refund the money of around four crore small-time investors of four cooperative societies linked to the Sahara group of companies. Two Sahara Group entities are being investigated by several agencies including the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged money laundering and foreign …

The central government promulgated an Ordinance that undid the unanimous verdict of a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The Central government promulgated an Ordinance extending the powers of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) over services in the administration of the national capital. These powers essentially involve the power to transfer and appoint …

An animal, Susan, goes about her life, doing all the things that an animal of Susan’s sort would. But while pursuing her goals, she runs into various hurdles, a few frivolous, and unimportant to her life, and a few that are more serious — an illness, a storm that wrecks …