Koyna Dam The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India informed about the delay in the grant of Revised Administrative Approval to an incomplete hydroelectric project in Maharashtra. The delay resulted in the funds being blocked for more than six years. The Water Resources Department (WRD) of the Maharashtra government accorded Administrative Approval for the […]
Month: March 2022
Online Voting For Non-Resident Indians
Online Voting For Non-Resident Indians: The Union Minister for Law and Justice in response to a question in the Lok Sabha stated that the government is exploring the possibility of allowing online voting for Non-Resident Indians (NRI). In 2020, the Election Commission of India (ECI) in a proposal to the Law Ministry proposed to extend […]
India-UAE CEPA: Finalized
India-UAE CEPA: Finalized The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) got finalised. India-UAE CEPA was signed on 18th February 2022, during the India-UAE Virtual Summit. The Agreement is expected to enter into force on 1st May 2022. CEPA provides for an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade […]
New Defence Space Command Agency : Australia
New Defence Space Command Agency : Australia Australia has announced a new Defence Space Command Agency to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in space. It will help Australia in developing and advocating space-specific priorities within the government, industry, allies and even international partners. The agency will provide training to people to become […]
25 Years Of BIMSTEC
25 Years Of BIMSTEC: BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) completes 25 years of the journey this year that began in Bangkok in June 1997. The fifth summit of BIMSTEC will be held in Colombo on March 30. BIMSTEC: In an effort to integrate the region, the grouping was formed in 1997, […]
Hike In Prices Of Around 800 Essential Drugs: NPPA
Hike In Prices Of Around 800 Essential Drugs: NPPA The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has announced a hike in prices of around 800 essential drugs from 1 April. These drugs are included in the National Essential List of Medicine (NELM). The rise in drug prices works out at around 10.76% based on the Wholesale […]
Minority Status For Hindus In Some States
Minority Status For Hindus In Some States: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking minority status for Hindus in Mizoram,Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Kashmir etc. Hindus were a minority in 10 states as per the 2011 Census. Therefore, they are not able to avail the benefits of schemes […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 28th March 2022
Today Current Affairs: 28th March 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
What Is Institutional Delivery?
What Is Institutional Delivery? It has been a decade-and-a-half since India started incentivising institutional deliveries to ensure safe childbirths. But health indicators for mothers and infants have not improved as much as the number of such deliveries. Institutional Delivery means giving birth to a child in a medical institution under the overall supervision of trained […]
Bucharest Nine (B-9): Important Points
What Is Bucharest Nine? The Bucharest Nine (B 9) rejected the Russian claim about the eastward “expansion” of North-Atlantic Treaty Alliance organisation (NATO). They underlined that NATO is not an organisation that “expanded” to the east”, rather, these countries as the independent European states that decided on our own to go west. The B 9 […]
