FASTag : Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of the fee plaza’ from midnight of 15th/16th February 2021. Any vehicle not fitted with FASTag will have to pay twice the fee for the category of the vehicle […]
Category: Current Affairs
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme : Highlights
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship recently rolled out the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) program in all the districts of India. The programme was earlier working across 69 districts. Fellows under the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship will acquire the academic expertise and technical competency. The expertise will help […]
Commercial Jute Seed Distribution Scheme : Key Points
Commercial Jute Seed Distribution Scheme: The Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani, has launched the commercial Jute seed distribution scheme on February 15, 2021. The Commercial Jute Seed Distribution Scheme was launched in the backdrop of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Jute Corporation of India and the National Seeds Corporation. The MoU was […]
Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities : The Burden on Indian Society Report
Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”: The World Bank recently published its report titled “Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”. This report was released by Union transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, on February 13, 2021. The report mentions the disproportionate impact of a road crash on poor households. […]
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2021 11th Edition : Highlights
11th Edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’: The Governor of West Bengal, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, inaugurated the 11th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ on February 14, 2021. The event was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel. It was inaugurated at Cooch Behar Palace in West […]
World Radio Day 2021 : Theme
World Radio Day: The World Radio Day (WRD) is being celebrated across the world on February 13, 2021. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of world radio day and more than 110 years of radio. The day will be observed under the theme, “New World, New Radio”. The theme highlights the services […]
Women Excellence Award 2021 : Awardees
Women Excellence Award 2021: The SERB Women Excellence Award was announced on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. Four young women fellows from the National Science Academies have been awarded for excelling in science and engineering. The SERB Women Excellence Award will provide them a grant of Rs. 15 […]
National e-Governance Plan In Agriculture : Keypoints
National e-Governance Plan In Agriculture: The National e-governance plan in agriculture (NeGPA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The scheme was initially launched in the year 2010-11 in 7 States. Recently, this scheme was extended up to March 31, 2021. The NeGPA guidelines were amended in 2020-2021 in order to infuse modern information technologies in the farm […]
What is Vigyan Jyoti Programme? Second Phase
Vigyan Jyoti Programme: The second phase of the Vigyan Jyoti program was started on February 11, 2021. It was started on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Vigyan Jyoti Programme will spread the programme to encourage the girls to take interest in science. It would also encourage them to […]
Parliamentary Panel Report On 5G In India : Key Findings
Parliamentary Panel Report On 5G In India: Key findings by the panel: Despite the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) having submitted a report on the steps to make India 5G ready as early as August 2018, there was very little progress on the ground. Challenges: Lack of various approvals around spectrum such as uncertainty around […]
