National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021 (NeSDA 2021): The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions released the second edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021 (NeSDA 2021). The NeSDA 2021 report has been prepared covering the assessment of States, Union Territories with a focus on Central Ministries on their effectiveness in […]
Category: Important Reports
World Mental Health Report: WHO
World Mental Health Report: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) released the World Mental Health Report. Highlights of the report: WHO has called for more action on addressing mental health issues worldwide, especially now that the ‘Covid-19’ pandemic has been cited as contributing to worsening mental health. Almost a billion people, 14% of whom were […]
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022)
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022): Recently the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) was released by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). REN21 is a global collective of renewable energy actors. It includes scientists, governments such as India’s, non-governmental organisations and members of the industry who collated data on […]
World Competitiveness Index 2022
World Competitiveness Index 2022: The annual World Competitiveness Index was released by the Institute for Management Development (IMD). IMD is a Swiss foundation, based in Switzerland, dedicated to the development of international business executives at each stage of their careers India has witnessed the sharpest rise among the Asian economies, with a six-position jump from […]
Cost Inflation Index (CII) For FY 2022-23
Cost Inflation Index (CII) For FY 2022-23: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the cost inflation index (CII) for FY 2022-23 via a notification dated June 14, 2022. The Cost Inflation Index for FY 2022-23 relevant to AY 2023-24 is 331. For the previous year, i.e., FY 2021-22, CII was notified as 317. […]
Digital News Report 2022
Digital News Report 2022: Digital News Report 2022 was released by Reuters Institute. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is dedicated to exploring the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagement, and research. This year’s report, the eleventh overall, is based on a survey conducted by YouGuv, a British market research and data […]
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21: As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the unemployment rate saw a decrease of 0.6% and fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, compared with 4.8% in 2019-20 Data show the rate of joblessness fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, […]
National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021
National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions releases the second edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021, NeSDA 2021. J&K tops among UTs in e-Governance services delivery, saves around Rs 200 crore annually that was incurred in carriage of physical files during the Annual Durbar move between […]
SIPRI Yearbook 2022
SIPRI Yearbook 2022: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) launched the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2022, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)—continue to modernize their […]
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022: The newly released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022, measured by Yale and Columbia universities, ranks India at the bottom position among 180 countries. The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health. It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability […]
