Chilika Lake: Odisha As per the water bird status survey-2022 conducted in the Chilika lake, nearly 11 lakhs water bird and wetland dependent species visited the lake. Chilika Lake is the largest brackish water lake and wintering ground of the birds in the Indian subcontinent. Chilika is Asia’s largest and world’s second largest lagoon. In […]
Month: January 2022
Jagannath Temple Act, 1954
Jagannath Temple Act, 1954: In a historic decision, the Odisha state cabinet has approved amendments to the Sri Jagannath Temple Act of 1954. In the year 1806, the then British government had issued regulations for management of the Jagannath temple which was referred to as the Juggernaut temple by the colonial rulers. Under these regulations, […]
Smart Cities And Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR) Program
Smart cities And Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR) Program: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched “Smart cities and Academia Towards Action & Research (SAAR)” program. It is a joint initiative of MoHUA, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and leading Indian academic institutions of the country. Under the program, 15 […]
One District One Product under PMFME Scheme
PMFME Scheme: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries and NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited) today launched six, One District One Product (ODOP) brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. The Ministry has signed an agreement with NAFED for developing 10 brands of selected ODOPs under […]
United Nation Security Council: Five New Non Permanent Members
United Nation Security Council: The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) got five new non permanent members (Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates). Estonia, Niger, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam finished their terms recently. Albania is joining for the first time while Brazil is taking an 11th turn. Gabon and […]
Economical Weaker Sections: Income Criteria
Economical Weaker Sections: A government committee report told the Supreme Court (SC) that “income” is a “feasible criterion” for defining the “Economical Weaker Sections” (EWS). In October 2021 NEET aspirants filed a petition asking how ‘Rs 8 lakh’ has been taken as an annual income criterion to identify EWS for grant of 10% reservation in […]
What is Multi Agency Centre (MAC)?
Multi Agency Centre (MAC): The Union government has asked the States to share more intelligence inputs through the Multi Agency Centre (MAC). MAC is a common counter-terrorism grid under the Intelligence Bureau that was made operational in 2001 following the Kargil War. As many as 28 organisations, including the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), armed […]
Airtel Payments Bank Is Now A Scheduled Bank
Airtel Payments Bank Is Now A Scheduled Bank: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the inclusion of Airtel Payments Bank Ltd. in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. With this, the bank can now pitch for government-issued Requests for Proposals (RFP) and primary auctions and undertake both Central […]
Consumer Protection Rules, 2021
Consumer Protection Rules, 2021: In exercise of its powers under provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, the Central Government has notified the Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission) Rules, 2021. The new rules revised pecuniary jurisdiction for entertaining consumer complaints. Overview of the new rules: Food […]
Mullaperiyar Dam
Mullaperiyar Dam: An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking appropriate direction to Government of Tamil Nadu to construct a new dam as also augment the storage capacity of the Vaigai dam downstream or to take such steps to strengthen the Mullaperiyar dam till an alternative dam is constructed. The petitioners said this […]
