15th Finance Commission: water and sanitation: Rs. 1,42,084 Crore tied grant to rural local bodies (RLBs)/ panchayats for water and sanitation for the five years 2021–22 to 2025–26, which has been recommended by the 15th Finance Commission, will have a huge impact on ensuring these services in villages and thus on public health and quality […]
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Fit India Mobile App: National Sports Day
Fit India Mobile App On National Sports Day: Sports Minister Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Fit India Mobile App on National Sports Day. The Fit India App is free and available in English & Hindi on both the Android and the iOS platforms. The Fit India Movement was launched on 29th August 2019 by […]
Presidency Of The UN Security Council
Presidency Of The UN Security Council: India has assumed Presidency of the UN security council. The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English alphabetical order of the Member States’ names. Prime Minister Modi virtually presided over the Council meeting. He is the first […]
Who Are Dimasas?
Who Are Dimasas?: A suspected militant attack left five truckers dead in Assam’s Dima Hasao hill district. Intelligence inputs suggest that an outfit called the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) was behind the attack. The Dimasas (or Dimasa-Kacharis) are the earliest known rulers and settlers of Assam, and now live in Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, […]
National Monetisation Pipeline : NITI Aayog Recommendations
National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP): To make the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) a success, the government should give Income Tax breaks to attract retail investors into instruments such as Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), the NITI Aayog has recommended. The Centre’s think tank driving the NMP, estimated to raise almost ₹6 lakh crore for the exchequer over […]
Bharat Series (BH-series) Vehicles
Bharat Series (BH-series): In order to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways vide notification dated 26 Aug 2021, has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”. A vehicle bearing this registration mark shall not require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner […]
Environment And Agricultural Ministerial Meeting : BRICS
Environment And Agricultural Ministerial Meeting: BRICS: The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Environment and Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting was held. BRICS brings together the major emerging economies of the world, hosting 41% of the world population, contributing 24% of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 16% share in world trade. India […]
G20 Ministerial Conference On Women’s Empowerment
G20 Ministerial Conference On Women’s Empowerment The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format. G20 Conference on Women Empowerment acknowledged the common objectives and shared responsibilities to advance the goals […]
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22 Series VI
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22 Series VI, which will be open for subscription for the period August 30-September 3, 2021. About the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: The sovereign gold bond was introduced by the Government in 2015. Government introduced these bonds to […]
Merging of Black Holes
Three Supermassive Black Holes Has Been Spotted: A rare merging of three supermassive black holes has been spotted by a team of astrophysicists in India. All three merging black holes were part of galaxies in the Toucan constellation. The discovery was made using data from the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard the first Indian space […]
