Why in the News? The Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech announced Project Dolphin. Project Dolphin will be a 10-year project in the similar lines of Project Tiger and Project elephant. The idea is to increase the population of …
What’s in the news? Fitch Ratings, a leading credit rating agency, has released its Global Economic Outlook (GEO). Note: GEO is different from the World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund. Highlights of the Report The report projected …
Paddy Straw It is the crop residue left after harvest of paddy. It is majorly set on the fire after the harvest. Burning of paddy straw releases greenhouse gases, air pollutants, particulate matter like elemental carbon and smoke that strongly …
Why in the news? The Supreme Court in the last week of August gave consent on the sub-categorisation of SC and ST list to make the benefits reach the poorest of the poor and also referred it to a larger …
Introduction: Three years ago, the Centre and the States of the Union of India struck a grand bargain resulting in the launch of the unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) era. About Goods and Services Tax GST is an indirect …
About PMKSY The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) since 2017. PMKSY is a comprehensive package which aims to create modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to …
Context: Over 200 Chinese apps, which were accessed by millions of Indian users, have been blocked by the Indian government. Why did the government ban such apps? These apps were banned because they are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of …
About the Index Global Innovation Index (GII) is co-published annually by Cornell University, INSEAD Business School, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. GII ranks global economies according to their innovation capabilities, including …
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, (FCRA), 2010 and rules framed under it regulate foreign contribution provided by certain individuals or associations to NGOs and others within India. The objective is to prevent use of foreign …