Eco-Sensitive Zone Of The Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the eco-sensitive zone, with the total area […]
Category: Current Affairs
Animal Discoveries 2020: Zoological Survey of India
Animal Discoveries 2020: It is a document published recently by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). It reveals that 557 new species have been added to India’s fauna in 2020, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records. The number of faunal species in India has climbed to 1,02,718 species. Important Species added: Trimeresurus […]
e-Shram Portal
e-Shram Portal: Minister for Labour and Employment formally launched e-Shram portal, a database of unorganised sector workers, and handed it over to the States/UTs. The government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing […]
New Guidelines For Poultry Farmers
New Guidelines For Poultry Farmers: According to new guidelines for poultry farmers, small and marginal poultry farmers in India will now have to take measures similar to their bigger counterparts to prevent environmental pollution. Till now, small poultry farms in India were exempt from environmental laws. In 2020, the National Green Tribunal stated that the […]
What is Sweat Equity?
Sweat Equity Rules: SEBI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has brought into effect the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021. The regulations have widened the scope of employees who can be offered stock (equity) options. SEBI has merged the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 (SBEB Regulations) […]
Drone Rules, 2021: Important Points
Drone Rules, 2021: In March 2021, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) published the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules, 2021. Based on the feedback, the Government has decided to repeal the UAS Rules, 2021 and replace the same with the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021. Key features of Drone Rules 2021: Several approvals abolished: unique authorisation […]
North Eastern Region District SDG Index And Dashboard 2021–22
North Eastern Region District SDG Index And Dashboard 2021–22: NITI Aayog Releases North Eastern Region District SDG Index and Dashboard 2021–22. The NER District SDG Index& Dashboard, a collaborative effort by NITI Aayog and Ministry of DoNER, with technical support from UNDP. The Index measures the performance of the districts of the eight States of […]
Vigraha : Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), will be commissioned by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in Chennai on August 28, 2021. The ship will be based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the eastern seaboard under the Operational and […]
Who Was Hari Singh Nalwa?
Who Was Hari Singh Nalwa? Afghanistan, which has earned the name of graveyard of the empires, could not be controlled by anyone completely. But Hari Singh Nalwa, a legendary Sikh commander, tamed the turbulent forces at play in Afghanistan and earned the reputation of the most feared Sikh warrior there. Hari Singh Nalwa was a […]
Economic Criteria in Deciding Creamy Layer : SC
Deciding Creamy Layer: The Supreme Court of India recently held that the economic criterion cannot be the sole basis for deciding the creamy layer from among backward classes for the purpose of excluding it from the purview of providing reservation. The SC was hearing a petition challenging two notifications issued by the Haryana government sub-classifying […]
