Targets Released To Curb Malnutrition: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has released targets to Curb Malnutrition in India. Aims at reducing stunting and under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) among children below 6 years by 2% each year. Aims to Reduce, low birth weight by 2% per annum, Anaemia among children between six and 59 months, […]
Category: Important Reports
The Gender Parity Index : UNESCO
The Gender Parity Index : UNESCO Cases of crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have risen progressively in the years between 2018 and 2020, according to figures tabled by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lok Sabha. In the 2022 Gender Parity Index released by UNESCO, Rwanda has been ranked 6th among 146 nations […]
India’s Bioeconomy Report 2022
India’s Bioeconomy Report 2022: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) released India’s Bioeconomy Report 2022. During the release, the government launched a special Biotech Ignition Grant call for North East Region (BIG-NER) and announced financial support of up to Rs 50 Lakhs each to 25 startups and entrepreneurs from North East Region to develop biotech […]
NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, 2022
NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, 2022: Karnataka has bagged the top rank in NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, 2022, which determines innovation capacities and ecosystems at the sub-national level. The State has held this position, under the Major States category, in all three editions of the Index so far. In the Index released, Manipur secured […]
World Report On The Health Of Refugees And Migrants : WHO
World Report On The Health Of Refugees And Migrants : WHO According to a report released recently by the World Health Organisation titled ‘’World report on the health of refugees and migrants’’, India received USD 87 billion in remittances in 2021. The report is the first to offer a global review of health and migration […]
NITI Aayog Releases Report On Digital Banks
NITI Aayog Releases Report On Digital Banks: NITI Aayog’s report makes a case and offers a template and roadmap for a licensing and regulatory regime for digital banks. It focuses on avoiding any regulatory or policy arbitrage and offers a level playing field to incumbents as well as competitors. The report recommends a carefully calibrated […]
Decline In Immunisation Coverage
Decline In Immunisation Coverage: A report by World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlighted the impact of covid-19 pandemic on immunisation programs globally and in India as well. DPT vaccine is considered a marker for immunization coverage across countries. Key Highlights of the Report: Three million children have not received the […]
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is yet again the top higher educational institute in the country followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and IIT Bombay, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Among the universities, IISc, Jawaharlal Nehru University, […]
World’s Greatest Places Of 2022
World’s Greatest Places Of 2022: Ahmedabad and Kerala have been named by TIME magazine among the 50 extraordinary destinations to explore in its list of the World’s Greatest Places of 2022. These are two major tourist destinations in India. Besides Ahmedabad and Kerala, other cities which made to the list of top 50 include Seoul, […]
Global Gender Gap Index, 2022
Global Gender Gap Index, 2022: India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, 2022, released by the World Economic Forum. In 2021, India ranked 140 out of 156 nations. The country is the worst performer in the world in the “health and survival” sub-index in which it is […]
