National Monetisation Pipeline The Union Finance Minister has launched the National Monetization Pipeline for the brownfield infrastructure assets. The NMP comprises a four-year pipeline of the Central Government’s brownfield infrastructure assets. Brownfield infrastructure is any previously developed asset that is not currently in use that may be potentially contaminated. The term is also used […]
Tag: 25th Aug 2021
Yuktdhara Portal
New Portal Under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that the new portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”, which has been released recently, will facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information. The “Yuktdhara” Geospatial Planning Portal will serve as a repository of assets (Geotags) created under various national rural development […]
Corbett Tiger Reserve : Uttarakhand
Corbett Tiger Reserve: Uttarakhand: The Delhi High Court has asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to consider as representation a petition to stop the alleged illegal construction of bridges and walls within tiger breeding habitat of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The Project Tiger was launched in […]
Earthquake Observatories in India
Earthquake Observatories: The government has announced that India is going to have 35 more earthquake observatories by the end of the 2021 and aims to add 100 more earthquake observatories by 2026. The announcement came at the inaugural function of the Joint Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) – International […]
Adoption (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021
Adoption (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021: According to a new clause in the adoption regulations, Indian diplomatic missions abroad will now be in charge of safeguarding adopted children whose parents move overseas with the child within two years of adoption. So far, Indian missions have had a role in inter-country adoption of Indian children limited to […]
Four-Tier Structure For The Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs).
Four-Tier Structure For The Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs): A Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-appointed committee has suggested a four-tier structure for the Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs). In June 2020, the Central government approved an Ordinance to bring all urban and multi-state co-operative banks under the direct supervision of the RBI. In January 2020, the RBI […]
Alternative Investment Fund For Export-Oriented MSMEs
Alternative Investment Fund For Export-Oriented Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Finance minister has launched Rs 250 crore worth Alternative Investment Fund for export-oriented micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Objective of the fund: To Identify Indian enterprises with potential advantages by way of technology, products or processes along with export potential, but which are […]
Indira Point : Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame
Indira Point: The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame was taken to Indira Point, the southernmost tip of the country on August 22, 2021, as part of its voyage to the Nicobar Group of Islands. 2021 is being celebrated as Swarnim Vijay Varsh to mark the 50th year of India’s historic victory in the 1971 war. […]
Sree Narayana Guru
Sree Narayana Guru: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Sree Narayana Guru on his Jayanti. Narayana Guru (1855 – 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He was born into a family that belonged to the Ezhava caste. He led a reform movement against the injustice in […]
Smog Tower
Smog Tower: Ahead of its infamous smog season, Delhi got a ‘smog tower’, a technological aid to help combat air pollution. Components of smog tower The structure is 24 m high, about as much as an 8-storey building — an 18-metre concrete tower, topped by a 6-metre-high canopy. At its base are 40 fans, 10 […]
