National Intellectual Property Awards 2020: Minister of Commerce and Industry conferred the National Intellectual Property Awards 2020 to the winners at an event. Addressing the event , Shri Goyal said the key achievements of his Ministry includes Granting of 28,391 patents in 2020-21 as compared to 4,227 grants during 2013-14 (572% growth. Reduction in Time […]
Category: Current Affairs
RoDTEP Scheme
RoDTEP Scheme: Centre has notified RoDTEP Scheme Guidelines and Rates (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products). The scheme for zero rating of exports will boost our exports & competitiveness in the global markets. The rates of RoDTEP will cover 8555 tariff lines. Scheme’s objective is to refund, currently un-refunded: Duties/ taxes/ levies, at […]
Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021
Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021: On the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and UN Women jointly launched the Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021, to encourage technology solutions developed by Women Entrepreneurs that facilitate Women’s Safety and Empowerment. The aim of the […]
United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC)
United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC): The Global Geospatial Information Community was sensitized about the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) to be organized by India in October 2022. The United Nation Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) organizes the United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) every four […]
Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP 3.0)
Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP 3.0): Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog in collaboration with La Fondation Dassault Systemes in India launched the third series of the ‘Student Entrepreneurship Program’ (SEP 3.0) for the young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL). The theme of SEP 3.0 is based on the ‘Made in 3D – Seed the […]
Oil Bonds
Oil Bonds: The Centre has argued that it cannot reduce taxes on petrol and diesel as it has to bear the burden of payments in lieu of oil bonds issued by the previous UPA government to subsidise fuel prices. Before fuel prices were deregulated, petrol and diesel as well as cooking gas and kerosene were […]
Financial Inclusion Index 2021 : RBI
Financial Inclusion Index: The Reserve Bank of India has created a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) to capture the extent of financial inclusion across the country. The announcement regarding the creation of the Financial Inclusion Index was made in the first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2021-2022 on 17 April. The annual FI-Index for the […]
National Gene Bank
National Gene Bank The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR). Gene Banks are a type of biorepository which preserve genetic material. A collection of seed plants, tissue cultures etc. A gene is the basic physical and […]
75 Hunar Haat
75 “Hunar Haat”: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has set a target to provide employment opportunities to 7 lakh 50 thousand artisans, craftsmen through 75 “Hunar Haat”. To be organised across the country, the 75 Haats will be a part of the ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ and will mark 75 years of India’s Independence. Also, 75 […]
TAPAS (Training For Augmenting Productivity And Services)
TAPAS (Training For Augmenting Productivity And Services): The Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment has launched an online portal TAPAS (Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services). The idea of TAPAS was conceptualised at a time when exploring the online medium for work and education had become imperative due to the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic. […]
