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The Members of Parliament (MPs) have adopted 3154 Gram Panchayats under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) from 2014-15 to 2022-23. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched in 2014. To translate the comprehensive vision of Mahatma Gandhi about an ideal Indian village into reality. To trigger processes which lead to a holistic development of the identified Gram …

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has allowed foreign lawyers and law firms to practise in India. According to the Advocates Act, advocates enrolled with the Bar Council alone are entitled to practise law in India. All others, such as a litigant, can appear only with the permission of the court, authority or person before whom the proceedings are …

As the deadline for completing the Smart Cities Mission approaches, the government has asked 20 of the worst performing cities — ones that have completed the fewest projects under the mission — to buck up. Smart Cities Mission The Smart Cities Mission is an initiative of the Union Housing and Urban …

The United States formally approved a vast oil drilling project in Alaska, also known as the Willow What is the Willow Project? Willow Project is a massive and decades long oil drilling venture on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve, which is owned by the federal government of US. The area where the project …

A Sufi Samvad (Sufi Dialogue) programme was launched by a political party as a means of reaching out to the Muslim community. Key details: It is a year-long programme. It will end with a big meeting set to be addressed by Prime Minister of India. The idea of the programme is to go among the Muslim …

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta challenging a Karnataka High Court order granting pre-arrest bail to a BJP MLA. Procuring the release of a person from legal custody, by undertaking that he shall appear at the time and place designated and submit himself to the …

The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment expressed disappointment that a massive budgetary allocation of ₹15,000-crore had been planned for PM-PVTG Development Mission when even the Ministry of Tribal Affairs does not have data on PVTG populations in several States and Union Territories. It was launched as part of …

Union Power Minister informed the Parliament that 3377 MW capacity allocated to States and 4.3 lakh people have benefited from the Programme. What is solar energy? Solar energy is obtained from the sun. Solar energy is less costly in comparison with electrical energy. The solar energy can be used for both household as well as for commercial …

The Kochi landfill site around Brahmapuram that caught fire is a stark reminder that Indian cities need to be prepared for more such incidents as summer approaches. What are landfills? A landfill is an area of land that is used to dump garbage, either directly on the ground (landraising) or filling an unwanted hole in …

Key details: The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra. It is a bilateral armour exercise. For the first time in the exercise series, both armies participated in a command post Exercise, which involved Battalion and Brigade level planning elements and computer wargaming. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra is conducted under the ambit of the bilateral arrangement for the joint Army Training …