Saksham Anganwadi And Poshan 2.0: Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued Operational Guidelines regarding implementation of Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. It will also promote Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries to ensure last-mile tracking of take-home rations and tracking of migration of pregnant women and lactating mothers. Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0: In Financial […]
Minerals Security Partnership
Minerals Security Partnership: There is growing concern in the Government over India not finding a place in the Minerals Security Partnership. Minerals Security Partnership is an ambitious new US-led partnership to secure supply chains of critical minerals, aimed at reducing dependency on China. Demand for critical minerals, which are essential for clean energy and other […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 4th August 2022
Today Current Affairs: 4th August 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ Policy
India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ Policy: Indian External Affairs Minister met with Maldives President stating that India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ policy and the Maldives’ ‘India First’ policy complement each other, advancing the special partnership. Under its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, India is committed to developing friendly and mutually beneficial relations with all its neighbours. India is an active development […]
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021: The Lok Sabha passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 The Bill amends the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Act regulates the protection of wild animals, birds and plants. The Bill seeks to increase the number of species protected under the law, and implement the Convention on […]
Financial Inclusion Index: RBI
Financial Inclusion Index: RBI The Reserve Bank of India has released the Composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) for the year ended 31st March 2022. India’s Financial Inclusion Index has improved to 56.4 from 53.9 in the previous year 2021. The improvement has been seen across all its sub-indices (Access, Usage and Equality). Financial Inclusion Index: […]
Restoring Coastal Habitats
Restoring Coastal Habitats: A study has been published, which has raised doubt about the efficiency of restoring coastal habitats to offset carbon emissions. Restoring Coastal habitats is far from certain and unreliable. and there’s a real risk that the scale at which they can mitigate emissions has been massively oversold. It is extremely difficult to […]
4th Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Para Games
4th Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Para Games: The Government of India inaugurated the 4th Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Para Games in New Delhi. ONGC Para Games is a special Human Resource Initiative to provide Equal Opportunities to Persons with Disabilities PwDs in all walks of corporate life. The intent is to […]
National AYUSH Mission
National AYUSH Mission: Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission, the total budget of 3119.46 crores has been allocated/ released as a central share to States/UTs since the inception of the scheme and they have reported an expenditure of Rs. 2290.20 crores. The government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location […]
Exercise Pitch Black
Exercise Pitch Black: Indian Force will join 16 other nations later this month for Exercise Pitch Black, hosted by the Australian Air Force. It’s a biennial exercise to enhance interoperability and strengthen relationships among participants. It will provide Indian Air Force a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with these nations in a dynamic […]
