About the Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana is a pension scheme which offers a guaranteed income to farmers in their old age. Launched in 2019, it is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ …
Why in the News? Recently, the Supreme Court directed all states and Union Territories to implement the One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) system, which allows for inter- and intra-state portability, by July 31. What is One Nation One Ration …
What is in the news? The Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. Background The Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world. …
Why in News? Chinese astronauts successfully performed the country’s first spacewalk, on the outside of the new Tiangong station in orbit around the Earth. China’s Space Station: The multi-module Tiangong station is set to be operational for at least 10 …
About Co-WIN Co-WIN is a cloud-based IT platform, to handle the finer points of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, such as registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages to beneficiaries with the name of their vaccinator, and live monitoring of …
What is an invasive species? An alien species is a species introduced outside its natural past or present distribution; if this species becomes problematic, it is termed an invasive alien species (IAS). Not all non-native species are invasive. For example, …
What is gender self-identification? Self-identification, or ‘self-id’, is the concept that a person should be allowed to legally identify with the gender of their choice by simply declaring so, and without facing any medical tests. This has been a long …
Context Recently, India has been ranked 10th in Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020 released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations (UN) agency for information and communication technologies (ICT). The US topped the chart, followed by the …
CONTEXT A light rail project has been proposed by the government of kerala. The project, if implemented, will substantially reduce the travel time between the two extremities of the State, namely the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south and …
NEWS As a recent ruling by Rajasthan’s power regulator implies, enabling energy access must go beyond powering rural homes. BACKGROUND Over the past decade, India has made great strides in expanding energy access in rural areas. As per the …