Power Sector Reforms: Andhra Pradesh has become the second State to undertake the power sector reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. As part of the reforms, the State has started a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of electricity subsidy to farmers with effect from September 2020. Thus, the State has successfully implemented […]
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What is KAPILA Campaign?
Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness Campaign (KAPILA): The Government has launched a campaign namely Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness Campaign (KAPILA) for Intellectual Property Literacy and creating patent awareness on 15th October 2020. The objectives of the scheme include: creating awareness regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Higher Education […]
Per Drop More Crop Scheme : Key Points
Per Drop More Crop: The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC)’ from 2015-16 in all the States of the country. It focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation viz. […]
One District One Product (ODOP) Scheme: Key Points
One District One Product (ODOP)” Scheme: To support the production of horticultural items under the “One District One Product (ODOP)” scheme and provide better nutrition to school children, the Uttar Pradesh government may introduce Sunahri Kand, also known as orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, in the hot-cooked food scheme of Anganwadis and the mid-day meal scheme in […]
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana: Highlights
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana: Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided that in cases where the employer has shown “Zero” contribution in respect of an employee for some months before exiting him from the system, the relief under ABVKY for such period of “Zero” contribution, shall also be allowed. It was brought to the […]
Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance: Worldwide Campaign
Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance: The Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance started a worldwide campaign to raise awareness for the conservation of fishing cats. The Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance is a team of conservationists, researchers, and enthusiasts working to achieve functioning floodplains and coastal ecosystems that ensure the survival of the fishing cat. Scientific Name: Prionailurus viverrinus. […]
New START Arms Control Treaty: Extended for 5 Years
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) nuclear arms control treaty: President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed it by phone a week ago, and subsequently, Mr. Putin signed it into law on Friday. The treaty had been set to lapse on 5 February, as the Trump administration had refused to approve […]
What Is MetroNeo in the Union Budget 2021?
MetroNeo: By making a sizeable budgetary allocation for MetroNeo in the Union Budget, the central government has paved the way for the innovative system of mass transport, which could soon be replicated across the country. To be adopted for the first time in the country in Maharashtra’s Nashik, MetroNeo is a comfortable, rapid, energy-efficient, and […]
India and Sri Lanka Relationship : Highlights
India Sri Lanka Relations: After strong opposition from trade unions across the country, Sri Lanka has unilaterally pulled out of a 2019 agreement with India and Japan for developing the strategic East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port. In 2019, India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding for “co-operation on economic […]
Hindi Word Of The Year 2020 : Aatmanirbharta Or Self-Reliance
Aatmanirbharta’ Or Self-Reliance: Oxford Languages has chosen ‘Aatmanirbharta’ or self-reliance as its Hindi word of the year for 2020. The 2019 Oxford Hindi word of the year was “Samvidhaan” or Constitution as the panelists felt that in 2019, the abrogation of Article 370 and the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute brought […]
